| Planet Records | |
| Founder: | Roberto Ferrante |
| Location City: | Naples |
| Location Country: | Italy |
| Products: | Music, videos, entertainment, magazines |
Planet Records is an Italian independent label founded in 1998 by producer Roberto Ferrante.[1] It has had twelve records certified platinum in Europe, four gold and two silver. Its records have sold several million copies.[2]
Planet Records is part of an international Discographic & Publishing Group, with branches and / or operators in Miami, New York, Napoli, Milan, Paris, Havana-Cuba, Santo Domingo using a large worldwide distribution network of both "physical records" and "digital music". The Group is managed by the European headquarters staff. In the U.S., the staff includes human resources of great experience like Daisy De La Cruz as Head of Promotion, Marlene Maseda as TV promoter and Jeff Young (and his Venetian Staff) as sales manager. The brands Planet Records America and Planet Records Europe are an exclusive ownership, to the group also belong various international Music Publishing Companies and the recordin/remastering studio "Planet Recordings Studio" (intended only to Planet's own production). Since 2004, Planet is also operative in the sector of magazines with Latino!, bimonthly music magazine that, in 8 years, has sold in Italian newsstands more than 1,250,000 copies, and other successful magazine publications.
Roberto Ferrante, a producer and remixer who had worked at Flying Records before its closure, created Planet Records.[3]
In 2003 the company released Noelia's "Enamorada", followed by Aventura's[4] "Obsesión"[5] [6]
Planet Records created a music magazine with a CD included which has called it Latino![7] which almost 1,250,000 copies sold in 8 years[8]). At the end of 2004 Planet Records promoted a new Dominican artist, Papi Sánchez releasing the CD "Yeah Baby" and the single "Enamórame", which sold about 1,000,000 copies in Europe. In 2005/2006 Planet continues the collection of chart hits with the reconfirmation of Aventura among the 20 top sellers of the year with the album Love & Hate and God's Project, followed by the singles "Nore", "Oye Mi Canto", Bascom X's "Lonely Girl", the new CD of the reunion of the Tears for Fears Everybody Loves a Happy Ending and the return of former Spice Girl Melanie C with the album Beautiful Intention. In 2005 Planet Records had artists present at the Festivalbar. In 2006 it released the first Italian product from Piper whose single CD was Ciao Ciao.[9]
Planet Records released and promoted the new solo album This Time by the former Spice Girl Melanie C and promoted the Aventura's new album KOB and in April 2008 a new album by Hanson.
Planet Records opened an office at Miami, Florida and became Planet Records US LLC.[1]
Omega,[10] El Cata, Gente De Zona, Alex Matos, Prince Royce, Luis Enrique, Fito Blanko were promoted by Planet Records.
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. Vetrina Singoli. M&D. November 2006. Milan. 72.