Times Music
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| Industry | Music and Entertainment |
| Headquarters | The Times of India Building, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Mandar Thakur (Chief Operating Officer), Times Music |
| Parent | The Times Group |
| Website | www |
Times Music, a division of The Times Group is an Indian record label and music publisher. Headquartered in Mumbai, Times Music started operations in 1998 and has a catalogue of more than 21,000 tracks. Times Music is also the Indian sub-publisher for global music publishing firms Warner/Chappell Music and Peermusic. Times Music was one of the early pioneers of remixes in India and were the early leaders in the devotional and spiritual music genre. The label has also published regional, folk, Bollywood and traditional albums in languages such as Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, etc. and has a strong regional presence.
Times Music was established in 1998 under the leadership of Arun Arora, who was then the President and Executive Director of The Times of India and Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd. In 2000, the Indian music industry was ruled by Bollywood and International Music. The intent of the label was to create albums tailored to appeal to the discerning audience, which resulted in Times Music the concepts of spiritual, world and remix music in India.
In 2007, Times Music launched its independent Hindi and regional film music label, Junglee Music, to capitalise on the popularity of commercial film music. Junglee Music started with Welcome and followed it up with titles like Singh Is Kinng, Horn 'Ok' Pleassss and Dasvidaniya, as well as southern film titles. Later Junglee Music also published music for Raja Natwarlal and Haider. The label also made its mark in regional films especially in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati and Rajasthani.
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