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TheGrandIvan Records advertises itself as a Russian music label which distributes digital music in world for independent artists and labels. Became known thanks to the advertising campaign of their distributor: Believe Digital^[1]

TheGrandIvan's catalogue includes a lot of songs.^[2] Among them is the song: "I love minecraft" from MINECRAFT BOY. According to official statements, the songs from their catalog on April 23 were listened to more than 100 million times.^[3]

TheGrandIvan Records also once claimed that they were the official distributor of the famous composer Waterflame, but after this statement was denied and TheGrandIvan admitted that they had lied.^[4]

Description and history[edit]

The company was founded in 1999 by Ivan Personov.^[5] TheGrandIvan acquired the American digital service Maskee in April 2005, but later he sell it, becose it did not pay back their expenses in the amount of 100 thousand dollars.^[6] In August 2014, the company acquired the failing Russian independent label ONLYBESTMUZIK for €1m, seeing the prospect in their label, because of their conditions and possibilities.^[7] Already in August 2016, their costs increased 5 times due to ONLYBESTMUZIK.^[8]

In September 2018, TheGrandIvan acquired a 70% stake in European pop-label Lemon Squard.^[9]

In November 2017, TheGrandIvan acquired a majority stake in German label Blasting Extremal.^[10]

References[edit]

Category:Digital audio distributors Category:Russian record labels Category:Internet fraud