Hansa Records
Hansa Records (also known as Hansa, Hansa Musik Produktion or Hansa International) was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany.
Profile
The label's most successful act commercially was the West German-based band Boney M. with million-selling hits like "Rivers of Babylon", "Brown Girl in the Ring" and "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord". David Bowie mastered Low and recorded Heroes at their studio in West Berlin. After a decline in sales both domestically and internationally in the mid 80s, Hansa was eventually purchased by Bertelsmann Music Group, who merged them with several other labels like Ariola Records to form BMG Berlin Musik GmbH/BMG-Ariola, later to become part of international conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment.
Artists signed, recorded and/or released on Hansa
Kent: Röd
The Action
Alphaville
Aneka
Angletrax
Blue System
Boney M.
Bonnie Tyler: Bitterblue (1991), Angel Heart (1992), Silhouette In Red (1993)
C. C. Catch
Child 1978
Chilly 1983
David Bowie: Low (1977), Heroes (1977)
