VI Music
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| VI Music | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Mario VI Juan Vidal |
| Distributor(s) | Machete Music |
| Genre | Reggaeton |
| Country of origin | Puerto Rico |
| Official website | www |
VI Music is a Puerto Rican record label specializing in the reggaeton genre founded by reggaeton producers Mario VI, Alex Gargolas and Juan Vidal. The record label went onto prominence after securing a joint venture with Universal Latino and Machete Music. Their albums include gold and platinum productions such as "The Last Don" and "King of Kings" by Don Omar, Barrio Fino by Daddy Yankee, "A La Reconquista" and "La Historia: Live" by Tito y Hector, "Los MVP" by Khriz y Angel and "Sin Limite" by Magnate y Valentino among many others. During the height of their popularity, VI Music had some of the most successful reggaeton acts signed to their label. The company has not released an album since 2009 after most of their artists left or had their contracts sold to Universal Latino, most notably Don Omar. Alex Gargolas left the company and went on to discover and manage Farruko during his first international successes. Mario VI currently hosts his own radio show "La Jungla" in Puerto Rico alongside legendary radio personality El Coyote.[1][2][3][4]
Selected artists (Current and Former)
- Angel & Khriz
- Hector y Tito
- Don Omar
- Daddy Yankee
- D.OZi
- Eliel
- Magnate & Valentino
- Mario VI
- Gocho
- Alex Gargolas
- Echo
- DJ Nelson
- Glory
- Luny Tunes
Albums released by VI Music
- El Cartel (Daddy Yankee) (1997)
- Alex Gargolas: Gargolas: El Comando Ataca (1998)
- Violencia Musical (Hector & Tito) (1998)
- Alex Gargolas: Gargolas 2: El Nuevo Comando - Segundo Ataque (1999)
- Sabor a dulce (Ashley) (1999)
- Alex Gargolas: Las 9 Plagas (2000)
- El poder de las mujeres (Ashley) (2000)
- Guatauba 2000 (2000)
- Alex Gargolas: Gargolas III (2001)
- Grayskull: Abusando (2001)
- El Cartel II (Daddy Yankee) (2001)
- Rompiendo el Hielo (Magnate & Valentino) (2002)
- A La Reconquista (Hector & Tito) (2002)
- El Cangri.com (Daddy Yankee) (2002)
- DJ Joe: Fatal Fantassy Vol. 3 (2002)
- La Historia Live (Hector & Tito) (2003)
- Luny Tunes: Mas Flow (2003)
- Los Homerun-es (Daddy Yankee) (2003)
- Censurado (Ranking Stone) (2003)
- The Last Don (Don Omar) (2003)
- Barrio Fino (Daddy Yankee) (2004)
- Alex Gargolas: Las 9 Plagas Vol. 2 (2004)
- The Last Don Live (Don Omar) (2004)
- Eliel: El Que Habla Con Las Manos (2004)
- Ahora le Toca al Cangri! Live (Daddy Yankee) (2005)
- Los Bandoleros (Don Omar) (2005)
- Season Finale (Hector & Tito) (2005)
- Luny Tunes: Desafio (2005)
- Buddha's Family 2: Desde La Prisión (2005)
- Los Kambumbos: Tierra de Nadie (2005)
- Kings of Kings (Don Omar) (2006)
- Los Bandoleros Reloaded (Don Omar) (2006)
- Los Rompe Discotekas (Héctor el Father) (2006)
- Progresivo (Magnate & Valentino) (2007)
- Echo: Echo Presenta: Invasión (2007)
- The Bad Boy: The Most Wanted Edition (Héctor el Father) (2007)
- Showtime (Angel & Khriz) (2008)
- Quimica Perfecta (Magnate & Valentino) (2009)
- Da' Take Over (Angel & Khriz) (2010)
See also
References
- ^ http://www.elmundo.com/portal/vida/entretenimiento/alex_gargolas_detras_del_exito_del_regueton.php#.Wlsn16inGUk Alex Gargolas interview
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1414216/umgs-machete-picks-up-50-of-vi-music UMG Group and Machete Music buy 50% of V.I Music
- ^ https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-and-video-distribution-enters-distribution-agreement-with-vi-music/ Universal Music Enters A Partnership with VI Music
- ^ https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretenimiento/2017/09/01/coyote-mario-regresan-la-x.html Article about La Jungla returning to Puerto Rican radio
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