Codiscos

Codiscos

Codiscos

Colombian record label

Codiscos (which is short for Compañía Colombiana de Discos, meaning "Colombian Record Company")[1] is a record label headquartered in Medellín, Colombia. It was founded in 1950 by Alfredo Díez Montoya[2] with the name Zeida Ltd, which is today the name of its popular label dedicated to tropical music. Along with Discos Fuentes, it is one of the oldest and largest record labels of Colombia.

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History

In 1958, it became an operational recording studio, with the aim of not only distributing, but also recording and encouraging the talents of Colombian authors, composers, arrangers and performers. Currently the company has three studios.

Codiscos was in licensing agreements with U.S. Sonotone Records and Balboa Records that have since been discontinued.[3]

On 1 August 2005, it opened a branch, called "Codiscos Corp." in Miami, Florida.[1]

Artists

Codiscos was the label of Juanes when he was part of the group Ekhymosis, when they signed their first record deal.[4]

Codiscos has been the record label for the following artists, among others:

The label has garnered 31 Latin Grammy Award nominations, 3 Latin Grammy's, 2 Billboard recognitions, and 2 Billboard Latin Music nominations.

See also

References

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    Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (3 September 2005). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 74. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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    Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (14 September 1996). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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    Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (12 December 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 42. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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    "La Historia de Ekhymosis" (Ekhymosis' Story)
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    Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham (2000). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-85828-636-5.
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    Lise A. Waxer (1 March 2010). The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia. Wesleyan University Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-8195-7056-7.
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    Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (22 November 2003). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 32. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)



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