Fonovisa Records is an American Spanish language record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

. Fonovisa mainly produces Mexican style music. It is well known for its signing with artists such as Cristian Castro

Cristian Castro

Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...

, Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

, and Thalía

Thalía

Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...

.

In late 2001, Fonovisa was acquired from Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 by the Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

 Music Group. Fonovisa was owned by the Univision Music Group until May 2008 when it was bought by Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

. It is now part of Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Universal Music Latin Entertainment is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. The music label was created with the acquisition of Univision Music Group and combining it with Universal's top Latin artists, along with much of the Latin back catalog of UMG.UMLE includes famous Latin music...

. Fonovisa headquarters are now in Woodland Hills, California.

Lawsuit

On January 25, 1996, Fonovisa was allowed to proceed with its copyright infringement

Copyright infringement

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 lawsuit against Cherry Auction (which is known for operating the Cherry Avenue Auction in Fresno,CA) for allowing venders to sell pirated records.

List of artists on Fonovisa Records

• Alacranes Musical
  Alacranes Musical
  Alacranes Musical is a Mexican-American band produced by Oscar Urbina that plays duranguense music. They are from the Aurora suburb of Chicago, Illinois.-Recordings:...
  
  
• Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal
  Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.-Biography:...
  
  
• Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández
  Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
  
  
• Avenida 6
• After Party
• Alfredo Olivas
• Banda El Recodo
  Banda el Recodo
  Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
  
  
• Bronco
  Grupo Bronco
  Grupo Bronco is a Mexican Grupero group from Apodaca, N.L.. Bronco's modern take on the Norteño style in the '80s and '90s helped earn them a number of international hits...
  
  
• Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera
  Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
  
  
• Cristina
  Cristina
  Cristina may refer to:* Cristina, a municipality in the Spanish province of Badajoz* Cristina , a municipality in Brazil* Cristina * Cristina, a genus of harvestmen , eight-legged invertebrate animals...
  
  
• Conjunto Azabache
• Duelo
  Duelo
  Duelo is a Tejano band from Roma, Texas with a norteño style. The band is also known as Grupo Duelo and Duelo Norteño. The group rose to prominence in late 1990s and continues to record as of 2009, when their album Necesito Más de Tí debuted in the top slot on the Billboard Top Latin Albums...
  
  
• El Potro de Sinaloa
  El Potro de Sinaloa
  José Eulogio Hernandez, better known by his stage name El Potro de Sinaloa, is a Mexican conjunto singer born in Tapias, Sinaloa.Both of his brothers, Ignacio and Tomas, had careers as musicians in Mexico. Early in his career he adopted his stage name , and became a popular performer throughout the...
  
  
• El Tigrillo Palma
• Grupo Exterminador
  Grupo Exterminador
  Formerly known as los Hermanos Corona, Mexican Grupo Exterminador made their debut in 1992, getting a record deal soon after. The band's debut album,Dos Plebes II, was released by EGO Records in 1994...
  
  
• Graciela Beltrán
  Graciela Beltrán
  Graciela Beltrán in the small town of Costa Rica located in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, is a Mexican singer and actress...
  
  
• German Montero
• Hechizeros Band
• Ivan
  Ivan
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• Juan Rivera
  Juan Rivera
  Juan Rivera may refer to:*Juan Rivera early Spanish explorer of North America*Juan Rivera , major league baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers*Juan Rivera, wrestler, better known by his stage name Savio Vega...
  
  
• Jazmín López
• José Huerta
• Jenni Rivera
• La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
  La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
  La Arrolladora Banda El Limón is a Mexican banda group from Limon in the state of Sinaloa which has been performing together, in one incarnation or another, since the 1960s. Despite being together since the 1960s, they didn't record their first album until three decades later, when in 1997 they...
  
  
• Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte
  Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...
  
  
• Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana
  Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Latino Regional Band founded on April 13, 1987 by Mario Quintero Lara and a group of talented friends in the City of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. From humble beginnings, starting their musical career by playing at nightclubs they rose to become the most successful...
  
  
• Los Canelos de Durango
• Larry Hernandez
• Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís
  Marco Antonio Solís is a Mexican musician, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has sold over 80 million records and written over 300 songs, arguably making him one of the most successful singer-songwriters in Latin America.-Early life and career:Marco Antonio Solís started his...
  
  
• Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81
  Patrulla 81 is a musical group originally from the Mexican state of Durango. Group member José Ángel Medina formed the group in 1981. In 2004, the group released Cómo Pude Enamorarme de Ti, a hit in both the United States and Mexico. In December 2007, the band released a new album, A Mi Ley,...
  
  
• Roberto Tapia
• Saul El Jaguar
• El Trono de Mexico
  El Trono de Mexico
  El Trono de Mexico is a Duranguense band that was formed in Santo Tomás de los Plátanos, Mexico in August 2004.-Albums:*2004: Soy Dos Veces Mexicano*2005: El Pesudo*2006: El Muchacho Alegre*2007: Fuego Nuevo*2008: Cruzando Fronteras...
  
  
• Vikilo

List of former Fonovisa Records artists

• Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro
  Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
  
  
• Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias
  Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
  
  
• Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara
  Ana Bárbara is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winner, songwriter, producer, and Grammy-nominated recording artist.-Early life and early career:...
  
  
• Thalía
  Thalía
  Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
  
  
• Lucero
• Noelia
  Noelia
  Noelia Lorenzo Monge , in San Juan, Puerto Rico), mostly known as Noelia, is a Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame in 1999. She is the first daughter of Puerto Rican singer Yolandita Monge....
  
  
• Elsa García
  Elsa Garcia
  Elsa García Rodriguez Blancas, born February 8, 1990, is a Mexican gymnast from Monterrey. She trains at the Regio Club Gimnástico where she is coached by husband and wife Antonio Barraza and Teresa Lopez. Elsa trains alongside national team member Marisela Cantú. Her coaches describe Elsa as a...
  
  
• Anahí
  Anahí
  Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...