Croatia Records

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Croatia Records is the largest record label in Croatia. It is a record label that sells mainstream music, and often a target of public criticism. The company was founded in 1947 as Jugoton Records, but it changed its name in 1991 to Croatia Records. CEO of Croatia Records is Miroslav Škoro.

Contents

1 Controversy

1.1 Right-wing artists
1.2 Azra
1.3 Severina

2 See also
3 External link

Controversy

Right-wing artists

Croatia Records is the home to artists such as Miroslav Škoro and former record label for Thompson (close family friend to Miroslav Škoro) and Mate Bulić, all of which are known for their right-wing political views. Some of those actually border with fascist: Thompson often used fascist hand gestures on stage and sung a song sympathetic of the puppet fascist Ustasha Croatian government of WWII.

Azra

When the popular rock band Azra disbanded in the 80's, the band's leader Johnny Štulić left via train for Utrecht, the Netherlands promising never to return partly because the mismanagement of Azra from Jugoton. When Jugoton transformed to Croatia Records, it inherited rights to songs by most of Jugoton's artists, and in the eyes of many continues to exploit the legacy of Azra, as Johnny Štulić, the band's vocalist and sole songwriter, receives only one kuna for every record sold (ca. 1/6 of a US dollar), despite the fact that they are still one of the most popular bands from the 1980s in Croatia.

Severina

Severina left Croatia Records in the late 1990s to join the roster of Dallas Records. Croatia Records then issued a "Best of" compilation album which, according to the law and the agreement between Croatia Records and Severina's management, they had no right to do. Some believe that this compilation was a major factor concerning the less than expected sales figures of her first album on Dallas Records.

After this incident, Bosnian rapper Edo Maajka said in an interview how he wouldn't work for Croatia Records if he had nothing to eat.

Other stories of artists being exploited have circled the public, but as of yet none have been confirmed.

External link

[Official site]