Codiscos

Codiscos (which is short for Compañía Colombiana de Discos, meaning "Colombian Record Company") is a record label headquartered in Medellín, Colombia. It was founded in 1950 by Alfredo Díez Montoya with the name Zeida Ltd, which is today the name of its popular label dedicated to tropical music. Along with Discos Fuentes, it is one of the oldest and largest record labels of Colombia.

History
In 1958, it became an operational recording studio, with the aim of not only distributing, but also recording and encouraging the talents of Colombian authors, composers, arrangers and performers. Currently the company has three studios.

Codiscos was in licensing agreements with U.S. Sonotone Records and Balboa Records that have since been discontinued.

On 1 August 2005, it opened a branch, called "Codiscos Corp." in Miami, Florida.

Artists
Codiscos was the label of Juanes when he was part of the group Ekhymosis, when they signed their first record deal.

Codiscos has been the record label for the following artists, among others: • Alfredo Rolando Ortiz

• Diomedes Díaz

• Kraken

• Jairo Varela and his band Grupo Niche

• Alfredo Gutiérrez (Latin Grammy Nominee)

• Rafael Orozco Maestre and his group Binomio de Oro de América

• Alci Acosta

• Juan Piña

• Albita Rodríguez

• Peter Manjarres (2x Latin Grammy recipient)

• Maelo Ruiz

• Pasabordo

• Zetty

• Artista Rosario

• Mr. Black

• Nicky Jam (Billboard latin Award nominee)

• Monica Giraldo (Latin Grammy Nominee)

• Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz (Latin Grammy nominee)

• Ismael Miranda

• The label has garnered 31 Latin Grammy Award nominations, 3 Latin Grammy's, 2 Billboard recognitions, and 2 Billboard Latin Music nominations.

• Gustavo Quintero

• Grupo Bemtú

• Grupo Galé

• Los Diablitos