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Croatia Records d.d. is a [[joint stock company]] currently led by the chief executive officer Želimir Babogredac, a notable [[sound engineer]]. It releases mostly (but not necessarily) [[mainstream]] music, and it has signed many prominent [[Croatian music]]ians of various [[music genres]] such as [[Dražen Zečić]], [[Arsen Dedić]], [[Mišo Kovač]], [[Josipa Lisac]], [[Goran Bare]], [[Teška industrija (sastav)|Teška industrija]], [[Thompson (band)|Thompson]], [[Maksim Mrvica]], [[Crvena jabuka]], [[Jelena Rozga]], [[Novi fosili]], [[Opća opasnost]], [[Rade Šerbedžija]], [[Jacques Houdek]], [[Parni valjak]], [[Leteći odred]], [[Mladen Grdović]], [[Dino Dvornik]], [[Dino Merlin]], [[Hari Rončević]], [[Adastra (band)|Adastra]], [[Radojka Šverko]], [[Klapa Sveti Florijan]], [[Giuliano Đanić|Giuliano]], [[Dječaci]], [[Mate Bulić]], [[Disciplina kičme|Disciplin a Kitschme]], [[Srebrna krila]], [[Divlje jagode]], [[Bosutski bećari]], [[Indexi]], [[Sinan Alimanović]], [[Mia Dimšić]], [[Nina Donelli]] and others. Today, Croatia Records claims to have 70% share of the Croatian music market and has 30 [[record store]]s. Being a continuation of [[Jugoton]], from which it inherited a comprehensive audio and video collection, Croatia Records is also active in re-releasing numerous [[digital remaster|digitally remaster]]ed former [[Yugoslav pop and rock]] titles. Following the global [[wikt:retro trend|retro trend]], the company decided to re-introduce [[gramophone records]] as well.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] |date=19 August 2008 |url=http://www.nacional.hr/articles/view/48069/5/ |language=Croatian |title=Povratak vinila u digitalnoj eri |trans-title=Vinyl makes a comeback in the digital age |author=Borivoje Dokler |accessdate=1 July 2012 |archivedate=28 July 2012 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728160621/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/48069/povratak-vinila-u-digitalnoj-eri |df= }}</ref>

Croatia Records has been the object of a controversy raised by singer [[Branimir Štulić]] over [[Royalties|royalty]] rights. Štulić claims royalties of songs by former rock band [[Azra]], whose lead singer and songwriter he was in the 1980s, and which was then managed by Croatia Record's predecessor Jugoton. Štulić has named a sum of 12 million [[Euro]]s he believes the company owes him but has not opted to take legal action to claim it.<ref>[[Slobodna Dalmacija]], March 29, 2008: {{cite web |url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2182/Default.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-03-30 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402003800/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2182/Default.aspx |archivedate=2008-04-02 |df= |language=hr}}</ref> Želimir Babogredac replied that Croatia Records has all the legal rights to release titles by Štulić and Azra, as the company is a direct successor of Jugoton, whom these artists were signed for. He also said that the sum Štulić claims is exaggerated. However, he added that Croatia Records is proud to have the highly acclaimed Štulić in the list of its artists and that he may receive a payment from the sale of [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|audio CD]]s only if he joins the [[Croatian Composers' Society]] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223230405/http://www.zamp.hr/home/home_en.htm ZAMP].<ref>[[Slobodna Dalmacija]], April 5, 2008:[http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektakli/tabid/79/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2992/Default.aspx] {{hr icon}}</ref>