Fania Records was one of the leading salsa labels for many years, mainly focused on Puerto Rican artists based in the island and in the United States.
Fania Records was founded in 1964, by Johnny Pacheco. It became the home of some of the most exciting groups and recordings of the time. A few of the key artists from that period are composer and arranger Willie Colon, vocalists Hector Lavoe, Ismael Miranda and Ruben Blades. A group known as the Fania All Stars was formed, which included some of the best singers, instrumentalists and composers based in the New York vicinity.
In 2005, Emusica acquired the legendary Fania catalog and quickly began re-mastering and reissuing many of its original albums. The catalog includes more than 1,300 albums with 11,000 recordings, making it one of the largest in Tropical Music. The more than 100 albums in stores today are distributed by Universal Music Group Distribution in the United States.
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