Disa Records is a privately owned record label based in
San Nicolas de los Garza,
Nuevo León
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,
Mexico
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. Specializing in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
language recordings, the company's works are distributed in the
United States
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by Universal Music Group.
Univision Music Group
Univision Music Group is a Latin music company in the United States. Founded in April 2001 by Univision Communications , the Univision Music Group included three record labels: Univision Records, Fonovisa Records and Disa Records. In June 2 ...
bought a 50% interest in the company in 2001. In July 2006, Disa Records sued its American distributor and co-owner Universal Music Group for using "heavy-handed legal tactics" to obstruct a promised full buy-out of Disa Records by Univision.
In May 2008,
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
bought Univision Music Group and combined it with its Latin genre to become
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group, is a record company specialized in producing and distributing Latin music in Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico. UMLE includes famous Latin music labels such as Uni ...
.
At the end of a phase of execution of the transfer agreements complicated by the acquisition of Univision by Universal Music Group, Germán Chavez Moreno recreated, in 2013, a record label called Discos Sabinas that works, initially, in partnership with the artist representation company Remex Music and the music publisher Midas3 that are also owned by the Chavez family.
References
See also
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List of record labels
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Mexican record labels
Latin American music record labels
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Companies based in Monterrey
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