Menart Records is a Slovenian full-service record label with partner companies also in Croatia and Serbia.
History
Menart Records started in 1996
in Slovenia only, founded by Boštjan Menart.
Activities
Menart Records is the exclusive Sony Music license for the territories of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania.
As a domestic label, Menart has grown in Slovenia to the leading company in popular music – dominating sales and airplay charts with acts as
Atomik Harmonik
Atomik Harmonik is a pop-folk music group from Kamnik, Slovenia. Their debut single "Brizgalna Brizga" stayed at #1 in the Slovenian pop charts for several months. Their other hits include "Hop Marinka", " Na seniku", "Od hr'ma do hr'ma", and th ...
,
,
Siddharta,
Tabu, Jan Plestenjak,
,
Alya,
,
Turbo Angels
Turbo Angels are a Slovenian turbo-folk quartet. Menart Records published their premier single, ''Naj se dviga'', in 2005, and their debut album, ''Mi smo za…'', in June 2006.
Dejan Bojanec replaced Dejan Gorenjec Raj as the band's diatonic ...
,
Niet,
Rebeka Dremelj
Rebeka Dremelj (born 25 July 1980) is a Slovene singer, model, fashion designer, actress, and TV host. She was chosen to represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, with the song " Vrag naj vzame".
Professional a ...
and
Kingston. Menart has established itself on the top of the Slovenian music industry. Besides releasing physical records, Menart has started in Slovenia the download site mZone.si (early 2008). On this site Slovenian and (on a limited scale) international customers can download domestic and foreign titles.
In Croatia Menart has worked in ten year the label to the top. Menart has established the following acts in the top of the Croatian popular music scene:
The Beat Fleet
The Beat Fleet, also known as TBF, is a band from Split, Croatia, founded in 1990. Members of the band are: Aleksandar Antić (vocals, lyrics, samples, accordion), Mladen Badovinac (vocal, samples), Luka Barbić (vocals, keyboards, samples), Ognje ...
,
Colonia,
,
Edo Maajka
Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his w ...
,
Goran Karan
Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acc ...
, Karma,
Letu Štuke,
Luka Nižetić,
Matija Cvek
Matija Cvek (born 9 March 1993) is a Croatian singer and songwriter. He rose to fame by participating in HRT's show ''A strana''. He first gained public attention in 2018 when he released his song "Visine". Cvek's first studio album, ''Izbirlj ...
,
Pips, Chips & Videoclips
Pips, Chips & Videoclips are a Croatian rock band from the capital Zagreb. They formed in the early 1990s and have released seven studio albums and a number of singles.
The band first came to prominence in 1992 when they recorded ''Dinamo ja vo ...
,
Lollobrigida Girls,
Gustafi and many others.
International activities
Menart has also managed to release (through licensing partners) various acts outside of the former Yugoslavian territories:
* Karma – a high profiled act in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Besides this the album Seven Days was released in China&Ukraine. Various singles were released on compilation CDs around the globe.
* Colonia: various singles have been released in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Eastern Asia. Besides this the album 'Najbolje od Svega' was released in Russia
* Narany: a high anticipated album is released in August 2008 and expects to be released various European countries as well
* Various songs from the Menart catalogue have been used in movies, commercials and TV shows; including the usage of Frenkie's song 'Soundtrack' in the movie 'The Incredible Hulk'
Menart is an official distributor for
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout ...
and
Edel AG
Edel SE & Co. KGaA is a German independent media company based in Hamburg. As a label and publishing group, it also operates marketing and sales for artists and smaller music labels. The repertoire of the Edel labels includes dance, rock and po ...
.
References
External links
Slovenian homepageCroatian homepageSerbian homepage
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Croatian record labels
Slovenian record labels
IFPI members
1997 establishments in Croatia
1994 establishments in Slovenia