Hungaroton
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| Genres | Classical - Folk - Hardcore - Hip hop - Opera - Operett - Pop - Reggae - Rock - Wedding pop - Wedding rock | ||||
| Organisations | Mahasz | ||||
| Awards | Golden Giraffe | ||||
| Charts | MAHASZ TOP 40 album, MAHASZ Kislemez TOP 10, Dance TOP 40 | ||||
| Festivals | Sziget, Táncháztalálkozó, Mayday, Miskolc Opera Festival, Kaláka Folk Festival | ||||
| Media | Radio Petőfi, Hungaroton, VIVA, Danubius Rádió, Sláger Rádió, Tilos Radio | ||||
| National anthem | "Himnusz" | ||||
| Hungarian minorities' music abroad | |||||
| Transylvania, Vojvodina, Slovakia, Transcarpathia | |||||
Hungaroton was the one and only record and music publisher company in Hungary for about 40 years.
Hungaroton was founded in 1951, since then, its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like Melodiya, Supraphon and Eterna from other socialist countries. Previously called Qualiton, its name was changed to Hungaroton in the mid 1960s. From then, the Qualiton brand remained for folk music publishing, and also new popular music brands (Pepita, Bravó, Krém) were founded.
In the early 1990s the massive import of foreign records caused a serious decrease in Hungaroton's sales. Although the original company has become bankrupt, new and smaller companies arose on the ruins of Hungaroton. The Hungaroton Gong and Hungaroton Classic companies went private in 1995, and were reunited in 1998 under the name Hungaroton Records Publisher Ltd.
Nowadays it publishes approximately 150 new records per year, half of it classical and half of it popular music.
