# Hungaroton

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Hungarian record and music publisher

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Record label

Hungaroton Founded 1951 (1951) Country of origin Hungary Location Budapest Official website hungarotonmusic.com

**Hungaroton** is the oldest [record label](/source/Record_label) and music publishing company in [Hungary](/source/Hungary).

Hungaroton was founded in [1951](/source/1951_in_music),[1] when its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like [Melodiya](/source/Melodiya), [Supraphon](/source/Supraphon) and [Eterna](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eterna_(label)&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eterna_(Plattenlabel))] from other socialist countries. Previously called [Qualiton Records](/source/Qualiton_Records), its name was changed to Hungaroton in the mid-1960s, though the Qualiton brand remained as a label for [operetta](/source/Operetta) and [gypsy music](/source/Gypsy_style) releases. Also new popular music, [rock](/source/Rock_music) and [jazz](/source/Jazz) labels (Pepita, Bravó, and Krém) were founded.

In the early 1990s the massive import of foreign records caused a serious decrease in Hungaroton's sales. Although the original company went into liquidation, new and smaller companies arose on the ruins of Hungaroton. The Hungaroton Gong and Hungaroton Classic companies went private in 1995, and were reunited in 1998 under the name **Hungaroton Records Publisher Ltd.**

Nowadays it publishes approximately 150 new records per year, half of it [classical](/source/Classical_music) and half of it [popular music](/source/Pop_music).

## See also

- [Lists of record labels](/source/Lists_of_record_labels)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hungaroton"](https://sfdh.us/encyclopedia/hungaroton.html). *The Society of Folk Dance Historians*. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

## External links

- (in Hungarian and English) [Official website](http://www.hungaroton.hu)

v t e Eastern Bloc state-owned record labels Primary (ALB) RTSH (PRB) Balkanton (TCH) Supraphon (GDR) Amiga (HUN) Hungaroton (PRL) Polskie Nagrania (RSR) Electrecord (URS) Melodiya (YUG) PGP-RTB / PGP-RTS Secondary (TCH) Opus (TCH) Panton (PRL) Polton (PRL) Pronit (YUG) Diskos (YUG) Diskoton (YUG) Jugodisk (YUG) Jugoton (YUG) Suzy (YUG) ZKP RTLJ

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