# Fania Records

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fania-records
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fania-records.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/fania-records/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://es.fania.com
- **Slug:** fania-records
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Fania Records is a Latin music label founded in New York in 1964, known for pioneering and spreading salsa and for its catalog of Latin big band, Afro-Cuban jazz, boogaloo, and Latin soul.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Fania Records is a historic Latin music label founded by Johnny Pacheco and Jerry Masucci. Its catalog includes recordings by Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Cheo Feliciano, Rubén Blades, and Fania All Stars. The brand offers music discovery, editorial features, playlists, reissues, merchandise, and events.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To honor and extend Fania Records’ musical and cultural legacy, including the sound of salsa and related Latin music genres, through reissues, digital releases, playlists, artist features, and live events.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Founded in 1964 by Dominican bandleader Johnny Pacheco and attorney Jerry Masucci.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://es.fania.com
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Voice & tone:** Celebratory, culturally proud, music-focused, archival, and promotional.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** 1964
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Parent ownership:** Fania Records’ assets were sold to Concord in 2018. The website identifies Craft Latino as the organizer of the 60th-anniversary celebration.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides access to and preserves a historic catalog of Latin music while helping audiences discover artists, albums, playlists, cultural history, and contemporary reissues.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Latin music catalog management
  - Vinyl, digital, and high-resolution music reissues
  - Artist and album editorial features
  - Curated playlists and streaming integrations
  - Music merchandise and physical product sales
  - Anniversary campaigns and live music events
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Vinyl records and reissues
  - Digital albums and high-resolution digital releases
  - CDs and box sets
  - Curated streaming playlists
  - Artist and album features
  - Fania-branded apparel and merchandise
  - Music-related events and celebrations
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Pricing:** The store lists products at varied prices; examples shown range from $14 for CDs to $52 for limited-edition vinyl and merchandise bundles.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Music and recorded entertainment, especially Latin music and salsa.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer base:** Latin music listeners, salsa fans, music collectors, and audiences interested in Fania’s artists, history, and cultural legacy.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Ideal customer profile:** Listeners and collectors seeking classic and contemporary Latin music releases, archival reissues, curated playlists, and Fania-related merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Discovering Fania artists and albums
  - Streaming curated Latin music playlists
  - Purchasing vinyl, CDs, digital releases, and box sets
  - Collecting limited-edition reissues and branded merchandise
  - Learning about Fania’s history, artists, and musical eras
  - Attending or following Fania anniversary and tribute events
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Access to classic Fania recordings and artist catalogs
  - Discovery of salsa, Latin soul, boogaloo, Afro-Cuban jazz, and related music
  - Physical and digital formats for listening and collecting
  - Greater connection to Fania’s Latin music history and cultural legacy
Source: Brand's website (https://es.fania.com) · 2026-11-07

Page last updated 2026-11-07.

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