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Univision Music Group Becomes Top Latin Album Label for Second Consecutive Year
Leading U.S. Latin Label At The Forefront of Latin Music In 2004
Woodland Hills, CA -- For a second consecutive year, Univision Music Group topped Billboard’s Year In Music & Touring Lists in the Latin categories, becoming the indisputable leader as the Top Latin Album Label in the United States, according to Billboard Magazine’s December 25, 2004 issue.
Univision Music Group, comprised of Fonovisa Records, Univision Records and Disa Records, once again, established itself as the single most successful Latin recording company in the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The label garnered top honors as No.1 in several areas, including Top Regional Mexican Album Label of the year.
Heading this list is super star recording artist Marco Antonio Solis, whose album “La Historia Continúa” became the year’s No.1 Top Latin Album and Hot Latin Pop Album, and also the No.1 Hot Latin Track for “Mas Que Tu Amigo.” In addition, Solis ranked No.2 in the Top Latin Albums Artists, and Hot Latin Tracks Artists charts.
Los Temerarios, comprised of brothers Adolfo and Gustavo Angel, and cousin Fernando Alba, landed the No. 1 spot on the year-end Top Latin Album Artists and Top Regional Mexican Album Artists charts, due in part to top-charting titles "Tributo al Amor" and their most recent studio album, "Veintisiete."
In like manner, Fonovisa Records once again reigned supreme in the Regional Mexican category, continuing its strong hold as the No. 1 Top Regional Mexican Albums Imprints, Hot Regional Mexican Airplay Imprints and Hot Regional Mexican Tracks Label.
Without doubt, this extraordinary feat continues to solidify Univision Music Group as the irrefutable leader in the Latin music industry. The label prides itself in launching artists whose work has set and broken records on radio and sales charts and whose talent has set them among the high ranks of Latin music. By the same token, Univision Music Group continues to be at the forefront of identifying and developing new artists such as Grammy-nominated songstress Jennifer Peña, Platinum-recording and Grammy-nominated Latin Hip Hop sensation Akwid, urban music phenomenon Jae-P, and young and talented newcomers Yolanda Perez and Betzaida in the Regional Mexican and pop scenes, respectively.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net
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