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{{Infobox company

| logoname = Croatia Records Logo.svg

| type = [[Joint stock]]

| foundation = As [[Jugoton]] in 1947, renamed in 1991, [[company registration|registered]] at the [[:hr:Trgovački sudovi u Hrvatskoj|Commercial Court]] on January 30, 1996<ref>[http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/osnovniPodaci/view?claId=24921237&rfrshparam=1222593510920 Biznet] - Business directory by the Croatian Chamber of Economy {{en icon}}</ref>

| location_city = [[Zagreb]] (= [[Dubrava, Zagreb|Dubrava]])

| key_people = Želimir Babogredac

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| industry = [[Music industry]]

| products = [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|Audio CD]], [[DVD-Video]], [[Audio Cassette]], [[Gramophone record]]

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.crorec.hr/}}

'''Croatia Records''' is the largest [[major label|major]]a [[record label]] in [[Croatia]], based in [[Zagreb]] ([[Dubrava, Zagreb|Dubrava]]).

Croatia Records d.d. is a [[joint -stock company]] currently led by the chief executive officer Želimir Babogredac, a notable [[Audio engineer|sound engineer]]. It releases mostly (but not necessarily) [[mainstream]] music, and it has signed many prominent [[Music of Croatia|Croatian music]]ians of various [[music genres]] such as: [[Dražen Zečić]], [[Arsen Dedić]], [[Mišo Kovač]], [[Josipa Lisac]], [[Goran BareMajke]], [[Teška industrija (sastav)|Teška industrijaIndustrija]], [[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]], [[AdastraRadojka (band)|AdastraŠverko]], [[RadojkaGiuliano ŠverkoĐanić|Giuliano]], [[KlapaMate Sveti FlorijanBulić]], [[GiulianoDisciplin Đanić|GiulianoA Kitschme]], [[DječaciSrebrna krila]], [[MateDivlje Bulićjagode]], [[Disciplina kičme|Disciplin a KitschmeIndexi]], [[SrebrnaSinan krilaAlimanović]], [[DivljeLu jagodeJakelić]], [[BosutskiMia bećariDimšić]], [[IndexiMia Negovetić]], [[SinanNina AlimanovićDonelli]] and others.{{cn|date=October 2023}} Today, Croatia Records claims to have 70% share of the Croatian music market and has 30 [[record storeshop]]s.{{cn|date=October 2023}} 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 remasterRemaster|digitally remaster]]ed former [[Popular music in Yugoslavia|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=Croatianhr |title=Povratak vinila u digitalnoj eri |trans_titletrans-title=Vinyl makes a comeback in the digital age |author=Borivoje Dokler |accessdateaccess-date=1 July 2012 |archivedatearchive-date=128 July 2012 |deadurlurl-status=nodead |archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/68oqG5Kdt?url=web/20120728160621/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/48069/povratak-vinila-u-digitalnoj-eri |df= }}</ref>

{{main article|Jugoton}}

The company that is today Croatia Records was founded in [[1947 in music|1947]] in [[Zagreb]], the capital of the then-[[People's Republic of Croatia]] under the name [[Jugoton]], a [[public company|publicly owned company]] which was the largest [[record label]] and [[Chain store|chain]] [[record store]] in the former [[SFR Yugoslavia]]. During several decades of its successful existence, Jugoton signed many eminent ex-Yugoslav artists such as: [[Indexi]], [[Bijelo Dugme]], [[Električni Orgazam]], [[Haustor]], [[Idoli]] and [[Leb i Sol]], and also numerous important foreign stars for the domestic market including: [[Elvis Presley]], [[The Beatles]], [[Rolling Stones]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[U2]], [[David Bowie]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Depeche Mode]] etc. The company also owned a [[chain store|chain]] of [[record shop]]s across Yugoslavia. Many [[Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest|Yugoslav entries]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] were signed with Jugoton including the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1989|1989]] winners [[Riva (band)|Riva]].

After the transition from [[socialist state]] to [[parliamentary democracy]] in 1989, the question of Croatia's [[self-determination]] from Yugoslavia was raised. ShortlyIn 1991, shortly before the declaration of [[Croatian WarIndependence of IndependenceCroatia|Croatian independence]] and the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]], the company's name [[Jugoton]], a [[portmanteau word]] of ''Jugoslavija'' ([[Yugoslavia]]) and ''tone'', was changed to Croatia Records in 1991. Parallelly, the major labels in [[Serbia]] and [[Slovenia]] such as [[PGP RTB]] and [[ZKP RTLJ]] were renamed to [[PGP-RTS]] and [[ZKP RTVS]] respectively. The company was inherited by the now-[[independent state|independent]] [[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]] and since the previous economic system was abandoned, it was [[privatization|privatized]]. Since the year of 2000, Croatia Records ishas been managed by professionals from the [[music industry]] who joined in thea partnership company called [AUTOR d.o.o.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1www.biznetposlovni.hr/HgkWeb/do/osnovniPodaci/view?claId63664.aspx |title=24916524&rfrshparam=1222595682146Poslovni.hr AUTOR- Croatia Records d.od.o.] ([[limited|access-date=2008-09-27 company]])|archive-date=2008-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.<ref>archive.org/web/20081223105748/http://www.poslovni.hr/63664.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.burza.hr/poslovni_subjekti/subjekt/12190/?PHPSESSID= | title=Human interaction company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hr/wwwhr/arts/music/business/index.en.html |title = WWW.HR - Croatian Homepage}}</ref> In 2001, the musician [[Miroslav Škoro]] became the leader of Croatia Records, until his [[resignation]] in 2006.<ref>[[24 sata (Croatia)|24 Sata]] newspaper, July 30, 2006: [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:ic5tXsJUODEJ:damp.nsk.hr/arhiva/vol1/880/9550/www.24sata.hr/articles/view/29967/index.html+24sata.hr/articles/view/29967/index.html]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} (Google cache version) {{hrin iconlang|hr}}</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=Johnny Štulić: Hrvatska mi duguje 12 milijuna eura |access-date=2008-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402003800/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2182/Default.aspx icon|archive-date=2008-04-02 |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] {{hrin iconlang|hr}}</ref>

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