# Magnasound Records

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{{Short description|Indian record company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Magnasound
| logo =
| type = [Private](/source/Private_company)
| founded = 1989
| defunct = 2003
| hq_location_city = [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai)
| hq_location_country = India
| key_people = Shashi Gopal, [chief managing director](/source/Chief_executive_officer) <br />Kalpana Gopal, director<br /> Madhav Das, director
| area_served =
| industry = [Music entertainment](/source/Music_industry)
| products =
| ebitda =
| owner =
| subsidiaries =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Magnasound''' was an Indian record company that specialized in [Indian classical music](/source/Indian_classical_music), [Indian rock](/source/Indian_rock) and [Indipop](/source/Indian_pop). It was distributed by OMI Music Inc. Shashi Gopal was the [managing director](/source/Chief_executive_officer) of Magnasound.

== History ==
[[File:AR Rahman Shashi Gopal.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Two smiling men holding a record award|[A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman) receiving a [Platinum Award](/source/Music_recording_certification) at the MagnaSound Awards|261x261px]]

Shashi Gopal founded Magnasound in 1989 with his wife Kalpana and brother-in-law Madhav Das.<ref name='hindu'>{{cite news|last=Kamath|first=Sudhish|title=Voice of the artiste|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/money-and-careers/article440410.ece|accessdate=December 13, 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> The three launched the company with their life savings, which totaled Rs 6 lakhs.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}} In the early 1990s, the company gained a reputation for signing young artists like [Daler Mehndi](/source/Daler_Mehndi), [Baba Sehgal](/source/Baba_Sehgal), and [Alisha Chinai](/source/Alisha_Chinai), as well as acclaimed rock bands [Rock Machine](/source/Indus_Creed) and [13AD](/source/13AD_(band))<ref>{{cite news|last=Sreekumar |first=Priya |title=Fusion is my passion, says Sunny Viswanath |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/fusion-my-passion-says-sunny-viswanath-164 |accessdate=December 12, 2011 |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210193424/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/fusion-my-passion-says-sunny-viswanath-164 |archivedate=December 10, 2011 }}</ref>

Established artists such as [A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman) and [Asha Bhosle](/source/Asha_Bhosle) also released albums for the label.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}}

=== Bayshore ===
After Magnasound wound up in 2003, Madhav launched another label, Bayshore Music, before he moved to print and edited a film magazine called ''South Side'', for [GV Films](/source/GV_Films).<ref name='hindu' />

==Discography==
'''This is an incomplete list'''
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Album Title
!Artist(s)
!Notes/Ref(s)
|-
| 1990
| ''Dilruba''
|[Baba Sehgal](/source/Baba_Sehgal)
|
|-
|1991
|''Alien Desire''
| [Jasmine Bharucha](/source/Jasmine_Bharucha)
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
| ''[Thanda Thanda Pani](/source/Thanda_Thanda_Pani)''
|Baba Sehgal
|First Indian rap album <ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/baba-sehgal-to-turn-author-with-debut-book-thanda-thanda-paani-named-after-his-first-commercial-album/articleshow/86744637.cms|date=2021-10-04|title= Baba Sehgal to turn author with debut book 'Thanda Thanda Paani', named after his first commercial album|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Chronic''
| Dr. Dre
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |1993
|''Johnny Jokers''
|Shweta Shetty
|
|-
|''Raaga Raaga''
|[K.S. Chithra](/source/K.S._Chithra), Voodoo
|First Indian pop album to release in Compact Disc Digital Audio and also first album to enter Compact Disc digital audio in Tamil Nadu and South India region.
|-
|''Doggy Style''
|Snoop Doggy Dogg
|
|-
|rowspan="4" |1994
|''Style Bhai''
|Style Bhai
|
|-
|Dr. Dhingra
|Baba Sehgal
|
|-
|''[Bombay Girl](/source/Bombay_Girl)''
|[Alisha Chinai](/source/Alisha_Chinai)
|
|-
|''Mix Masala''
|Various
|
|-
|rowspan ="6" |1995
|''The New Album''
|Shweta Shetty, [Shaan](/source/Shaan_(singer))
|
|-
|''[Made in India](/source/Made_in_India_(album))''
|Alisha Chinai
|First Indian album to manufactured Compact Disc Digital Audio in India
|-
|''Dole Dole''
|[Suchitra Krishnamoorthy](/source/Suchitra_Krishnamoorthy)
|First album to enter Compact disc digital audio in Andhra Pradesh state.
|-
|''[Bolo Ta Ra Ra](/source/Bolo_Ta_Ra_Ra)''
|[Daler Mehndi](/source/Daler_Mehndi)
|First Punjabi pop album
|-
|''Oorja''
|Various
|Remix album
|-
|''[Roop Inka Mastana](/source/Roop_Inka_Mastana)''
|Shaan, Stylebhai, [Sagarika](/source/Sagarika_(singer)), [Suchitra Krishnamoorthy](/source/Suchitra_Krishnamoorthy), Kaushal
|Remix album <br /> First album to enter Compact disc digital audio in West Bengal state.
|-
|rowspan="8" |1996
|''[Zubeenor Gaan](/source/Zubeenor_Gaan)''
|[Zubeen Garg](/source/Zubeen_Garg), [Mahalakshmi Iyer](/source/Mahalakshmi_Iyer), [Hema Sardesai](/source/Hema_Sardesai)
|CD issues only
|-
|''[Naujawan](/source/Naujawan_(album))''
|Shaan, Sagarika
|First Indian siblings album
|-
|''Oohalu''
|Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
|First Telugu Pop album
|-
|''Dardi Rab Rab''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''Dum Tara''
|Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
|
|-
|''Channel Hits''
|Various
|Compilation album
|-
|''[Colonial Cousins](/source/Colonial_Cousins_(album))''
|[Colonial Cousins](/source/Colonial_Cousins)
|
|-
|''Janna Hai Bollywood''
|[Models](/source/Models_(band))
|First Indian girl band album
|-
|rowspan="5" |1997
|''Ho Jayengi Bale Bale''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''[Love-Ology](/source/Love-Ology)''
|Shaan
|First album to enter Compact Disc Digital Audio in Assam and North-East region.
|-
|''Chand Sa Mukhda''
|[Ali Haider](/source/Ali_Haider_(singer))
|
|-
|''A-Ha''
|Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
|
|-
|''Colgate - A Reason to Smile''
|Various
|
|-
|rowspan="6" |1998
|''Deewane To Deewane Hai''
|Shweta Shetty
|
|-
|''Tu''
|[Sonu Nigam](/source/Sonu_Nigam)
|
|-
|''Maa''
|Sagarika
|
|-
|''[Tunak Tunak Tun](/source/Tunak_Tunak_Tun)''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''Lolipop''
|Bina Mistry
|
|-
|''The Best of Biddu''
|Biddu
|Compilation album
|-
|rowspan="6" |1999
|''Hunaru - 99''
|Zubeen Garg, [Mahalakshmi Iyer](/source/Mahalakshmi_Iyer), Bhitali Das
|Bihu album
|-
|''Hulle Hullare''
|[Rajeshwari Sachdev](/source/Rajeshwari_Sachdev)
|
|-
|''Mausam''
|rowspan="2" |Sonu Nigam
|
|-
|''Sanskar''
|
|-
|''Savariya''
|3 Brothers & A Violin
|
|-
|''Hello''
|[Shael Oswal](/source/Shael_Oswal)
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |2000
|''[Dur](/source/Dur_(Strings_album))''
|[Strings](/source/Strings_(band))
|
|-
|''Kaisa Hai Ye Jaado''
|[Bela Shende](/source/Bela_Shende)
|
|-
|''Mukhda Piya Ka''
|Rajeshwari Sachdev
|
|-
|2001
|''Meri Jaan''
|Vasundhara Das
|
|}

==Notable artists==
{{Div col}}
*[A.R. Rahman](/source/A.R._Rahman)
*[Alisha Chinai](/source/Alisha_Chinai)
*[Baba Sehgal](/source/Baba_Sehgal)
*[Bela Shende](/source/Bela_Shende)
*[Bhitali Das](/source/Bhitali_Das)
*[Bilal Maqsood](/source/Bilal_Maqsood)
*[Bina Mistry](/source/Bina_Mistry)
*[Bombay Jayashri](/source/Bombay_Jayashri)
*[Faisal Kapadia](/source/Faisal_Kapadia)
*[Hariharan](/source/Hariharan_(singer))
*[Hema Sardesai](/source/Hema_Sardesai)
*[Jasmine Bharucha](/source/Jasmine_Bharucha)
*[Kumar Sanu](/source/Kumar_Sanu)
*[Leslee Lewis](/source/Leslee_Lewis)
*[Mehnaz Hoosein](/source/Mehnaz_Hoosein)
*[P. Unnikrishnan](/source/P._Unnikrishnan)
*[Raageshwari](/source/Raageshwari)
*[Sagarika Mukherjee](/source/Sagarika_Mukherjee)
*[Shael Oswal](/source/Shael_Oswal)
*[Shantanu Mukherjee](/source/Shantanu_Mukherjee)
*[Shweta Mohan](/source/Shweta_Mohan)
*[Shweta Shetty](/source/Shweta_Shetty)
*[Sonu Nigam](/source/Sonu_Nigam)
*[Suchitra Krishnamoorti](/source/Suchitra_Krishnamoorti)
*[Suchitra Pillai](/source/Suchitra_Pillai)
*[Udit Narayan](/source/Udit_Narayan)
*[Zubeen Garg](/source/Zubeen_Garg)
{{div col end}}

== References ==
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