Discos Musart, known as Musart Records in English, is a Mexican

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founded in 1948 in Mexico City. It is headquartered in

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and is a leading independent producer, publisher and distributor of Latin music, managing over 72,000 copyrights and 5,000 master recordings with a particular emphasis on the Regional Mexican genre. Musart has long been the centerpiece of the music industry in Mexico, with an unparalleled catalog of classic, timeless songs from the region's most celebrated artists, including Joan Sebastian, Antonio Aguilar, Chalino Sánchez, Pepe Aguilar, Paquita la del Barrio and Grupo Laberinto. Originally founded by Eduardo Baptista Covarrubias, the Baptista family built the Group into one of the most dynamic vehicles for both well-established and developing Mexican artists. Until

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opened in Mexico in 1965, recordings by

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were released by Musart Records in Mexico. Capitol re-releases now sometimes use completely different covers so detecting whether a Capitol version is actually an original Musart album or not can be difficult. The Group's Recorded Music Division, consisting of four labels—Discos Musart, Balboa Records, Panart, and Top Hits, is a full-service producer and distributor of Latin music. While Musart is particularly strong in Regional Mexican music, the Group also produces and licenses music across Salsa, Merengue, Mariachi, Ranchero, Tropical and other contemporary genres, making it the top independent producer in the Latin music marketplace. Musart was acquired by

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(now Concord) in 2016.Concord Bicycle Music Acquires Mexican Indie Musart Music Group
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Notable artists

The following well-known artists have been part of the Musart roster: * Alberto Vázquez *

Angélica María Angélica María Hartman Ortiz (born September 27, 1944), also known as "La Novia de México", is a Mexican singer and actress. She debuted as a child actress in the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in films such as ''Pecado'' (1951), ''Una mujer de ...

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007), known as Antonio Aguilar, was a Mexican singer and actor. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and acted in more than 120 films. He was given t ...

Avelina Landín Avelina Landín Rodríguez (10 November 1919 – 21 February 1991) was a Mexican singer, considered "one of the great and distinctive voices of Mexican bolero music". She was born in Mexico City to Irineo Landín Jauregui and Magdalena Rodrí ...

* Carmela Rey * Carmela y Rafael *

César Costa César Roel Schreurs, best known as César Costa, is a Mexican actor and rock-and-roll singer. Costa was born in Colonia Condesa of the Mexican capital. He studied elementary and Junior Highschool at the German College and Law at the Universi ...

* Chalino Sanchez *

Cornelio Reyna Cornelio Reyna Cisneros (September 16, 1940 – January 22, 1997) was a Mexican singer, composer, bajo sextist and actor. He made over 60 recordings of Norteño and Mariachi music. He was the lead vocalist for the group "Los Relámpagos del Nor ...

* Dora María * El Piporro * Esmeralda *

Flor Silvestre Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020) known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and w ...

Gloria Lasso Rosa Vicenta Montserrat Coscolín Figueras (28 October 1922 – 4 December 2005) known professionally as Gloria Lasso was a Spanish-born canción melódica singer, long based in France. In the 1950s, she was one of the major competitors to Dal ...

* Irma Dorantes *

Joan Sebastian José Manuel Figueroa Sr. (April 8, 1951 – July 13, 2015), known professionally as Joan Sebastian (), was a Mexican singer and songwriter. Born in Juliantla, Guerrero, he composed more than 1,000 songs, including compositions for artists such ...

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La Panchita María de los Ángeles Muñoz Rodríguez, known by her stage name La Panchita, was a Mexican singer. She took her stage name from the song of the same name by Joaquín Pardavé. She began her career singing rancheras, but after a tour of South Ame ...

Lisa Lopez Lisa Lopez is a Tejano music singer who had a United States ''Billboard'' Regional Mexican Airplay number one single with " Si Quieres Verme Llorar" (1982) on the Hacienda Record label and produced by Rick Garcia. Lopez's core audience was Mexic ...

Lorenzo Antonio Lorenzo Antonio (born Lorenzo Antonio Sánchez Pohl October 3, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States), is an American Latin music singer-songwriter, who is known and recognized in Mexico, the United States, and Latin America. He was ra ...

* Lucerito *

Lucha Villa Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano (born November 30, 1936), more commonly known by her stage name Lucha Villa, is a Mexican singer and actress. Early life Born in Santa Rosalía de Camargo, Chihuahua, Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano was given her pseudonym "Luc ...

* Lupe Silva * Manolo Muñoz *

María Dolores Pradera María Dolores Fernández Pradera (29 August 1924 – 28 May 2018) was a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most famous voices in Spain and Latin America. She started her career as an actress and during the 1950s she started sin ...

* María Enriqueta * Mercedes Castro *

Olga Guillot Olga Guillot (October 9, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. Biography Daughter of Catalan-Jewish immigrants who moved to Cuba, her father was a tailor and her ...

* Pancho Barraza *

Paquita la del Barrio Francisca Viveros Barradas (April 2, 1947 – February 17, 2025), known professionally as Paquita la del Barrio, was a Mexican singer. She was a Grammy-nominated performer of rancheras, boleros and other traditional and contemporary Mexican music ...

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born 7 August 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is a Mexican singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre on tour ...

Rosa de Castilla María Victoria Ledesma Cuevas (30 May 1932 – 1 August 2022), known by her stage name Rosa de Castilla (), was a Mexican singer and actress. She is noted as one of the great folkloric leading ladies of the "golden age" of Mexican cinema. In t ...

Rosita Quintana Rosita Quintana (16 July 1925 – 23 August 2021) was an Argentine-Mexican actress, singer and songwriter. She was one of the top leading ladies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She starred in Luis Buñuel's '' Susana'' (1951) and musical fi ...

Sylvester James Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947December 16, 1988), known simply as Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appeara ...

Uberto Zanolli Uberto Zanolli (1917–1994), the son of Amelia Pìa Balugani Vecchi and Luigi Zanolli Marcolini, was an Italo-Mexican composer, conductor and writer. An engineer official for the Italian army during World War II, he was a prisoner in Nazi con ...

References

External links

Official Musart Website
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Notable artists

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