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{{Short description|Indian record company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Magnasound
| logo =
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = 1989
| defunct = 2003
| location_city = [[Mumbai]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| key_people = Shashi Gopal, [[Chief executive officer|chief managing director]] <br />Kalpana Gopal, director<br /> Madhav Das, director
| area_served =
| industry = [[Music industry|Music entertainment]]
| products =
| ebitda =
| owner =
| subsid =
| homepage =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Magnasound''' was an Indian record company that specialized in [[Indian classical music]], [[Indian rock]] and [[Indian pop|Indipop]]. It was distributed by OMI Music Inc. Shashi Gopal was the [[Chief executive officer|managing director]] of Magnasound.

== History ==
[[File:AR Rahman Shashi Gopal.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Two smiling men holding a record award|[[A. R. Rahman]] receiving a [[Music recording certification|Platinum Award]] 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. In the early 1990s, the company gained a reputation for signing young artists like [[Daler Mehndi]], [[Baba Sehgal]], and [[Alisha Chinai]], as well as acclaimed rock bands [[Indus Creed|Rock Machine]] and [[13AD (band)|13AD]]<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>

Already established artists like [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Asha Bhosle]] also released albums for the label. Magnasound began to concentrate more on classical artists. [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalist [[Bombay Jayashri]] became its flagship classical artist when she signed with Magnasound in 1994. Magnasound was also one of the first Indian labels to concentrate on music videos, taking advantage of the new MTV India channel.

In 2003, the company was declared bankrupt and was defunct.

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

==Discography==
'''This is an incomplete list'''
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Album
!Artists
!Notes/Ref(s)
|-
| 1990
| ''Dilruba''
| rowspan="2" |[[Baba Sehgal]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
| ''[[Thanda Thanda Pani]]''
|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="2" |1993
|''Johnny Jokers''
|Shweta Shetty
|
|-
|''Doggy Style''
|Snoop Doggy Dogg
|
|-
|rowspan="4" |1994
|''Style Bhai''
|Style Bhai
|
|-
|Dr. Dhingra
|Baba Sehgal
|
|-
|''[[Bombay Girl]]''
|[[Alisha Chinai]]
|
|-
|''Mix Masala''
|Various
|
|-
|rowspan ="6" |1995
|''The New Album''
|Shweta Shetty, [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
|
|-
|''[[Made in India (album)|Made in India]]''
|Alisha Chinai
|
|-
|''Dole Dole''
|[[Suchitra Krishnamoorthy]]
|
|-
|''[[Bolo Ta Ra Ra]]''
|[[Daler Mehndi]]
|
|-
|''Oorja''
|Various
|Remix album
|-
|''[[Roop Inka Mastana]]''
|Shaan, Stylebhai, [[Sagarika (singer)|Sagarika]], [[Suchitra Krishnamoorthy]], Kaushal
|Remix album
|-
|rowspan="7" |1996
|''[[Zubeenor Gaan]]''
|[[Zubeen Garg]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], [[Hema Sardesai]]
|CD issues only
|-
|''[[Naujawan (album)|Naujawan]]''
|Shaan, Sagarika
|First Indian siblings album
|-
|''Dardi Rab Rab''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''Dum Tara''
|Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
|
|-
|''Channel Hits''
|Various
|Compilation album
|-
|''[[Colonial Cousins (album)|Colonial Cousins]]''
|[[Colonial Cousins]]
|
|-
|''Janna Hai Bollywood''
|[[Models (band)|Models]]
|
|-
|rowspan="5" |1997
|''Ho Jayengi Bale Bale''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''[[Love-Ology]]''
|Shaan
|
|-
|''Chand Sa Mukhda''
|[[Ali Haider (singer)|Ali Haider]]
|
|-
|''A-Ha''
|Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
|
|-
|''Colgate - A Reason to Smile''
|Various
|
|-
|rowspan="6" |1998
|''Deewane To Deewane Hai''
|Shweta Shetty
|
|-
|''Tu''
|[[Sonu Nigam]]
|
|-
|''Maa''
|Sagarika
|
|-
|''[[Tunak Tunak Tun]]''
|Daler Mehndi
|
|-
|''Lolipop''
|Bina Mistry
|
|-
|''The Best of Biddu''
|Biddu
|Compilation album
|-
|rowspan="6" |1999
|''Hunaru - 99''
|Zubeen Garg, [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], Bhitali Das
|Bihu album
|-
|''Hulle Hullare''
|[[Rajeshwari Sachdev]]
|
|-
|''Mausam''
|rowspan="2" |Sonu Nigam
|
|-
|''Sanskar''
|
|-
|''Savariya''
|3 Brothers & A Violin
|
|-
|''Hello''
|[[Shael Oswal]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |2000
|''[[Dur (Strings album)|Dur]]''
|[[Strings (band)|Strings]]
|
|-
|''Kaisa Hai Ye Jaado''
|[[Bela Shende]]
|
|-
|''Mukhda Piya Ka''
|Rajeshwari Sachdev
|
|}

==Notable artists==
{{Div col}}
*[[A.R. Rahman]]
*[[Alisha Chinai]]
*[[Baba Sehgal]]
*[[Bela Shende]]
*[[Bhitali Das]]
*[[Bilal Maqsood]]
*[[Bina Mistry]]
*[[Bombay Jayashri]]
*[[Faisal Kapadia]]
*[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
*[[Hema Sardesai]]
*[[Jasmine Bharucha]]
*[[Kumar Sanu]]
*[[Leslee Lewis]]
*[[Mehnaz Hoosein]]
*[[P. Unnikrishnan]]
*[[Raageshwari]]
*[[Sagarika Mukherjee]]
*[[Shantanu Mukherjee]]
*[[Shweta Mohan]]
*[[Shweta Shetty]]
*[[Sonu Nigam]]
*[[Suchitra Krishnamoorti]]
*[[Suchitra Pillai]]
*[[Udit Narayan]]
*[[Zubeen Garg]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1989]]
[[Category:Record labels disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:Defunct companies of India]]

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