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{{Short description|Croatian record label}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Croatia Records
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| 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</ref>
| location_city = [[Zagreb]] ([[Dubrava, Zagreb|Dubrava]])
| location_country = [[Croatia]]
| key_people = Želimir Babogredac
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.crorec.hr/}}
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'''Croatia Records''' is a [[record label]] in [[Croatia]], based in [[Zagreb]] ([[Dubrava, Zagreb|Dubrava]]).
 
==Summary==
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==History==
{{main|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]].
 
===Croatian independence===
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[[Category:IFPI members]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Charter of the Republic of Croatia]]