Caltex Records () is an American record label based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1979 by Iranian American Mehrdad Pakravan, the label represents most of the mainstream Iranian songs released since the 1950s.
Caltex Records represents hundreds of artists across a wide range of genres, including pop, hip-hop, electronic, dance, rock, folk, jazz, classical, instrumental, R&B, and funk. In addition to representing classic artists, Caltex Records has a large catalogue of new music from emerging artists. The label caters to a large population of Iranian listeners living abroad.
Caltex Records is one of four divisions under the Caltex Music umbrella: CTX Publishing (publishing arm), Caltex Worldwide Music (publishing arm), and Tanin Television (television network).
Notable artists Artists and groups who have recorded with Caltex Records include:
Akbar Golpayegani Andranik Madadian Andy & Kouros Aref Arefkia Ayşegül Coşkun Bijan Mortazavi Black Cats Dariush Eghbali Delkash Ebi Elaheh Erfan Faramarz Aslani Fereydoun Farrokhzad Gholam-Hossein Banan Giti Googoosh Hassan Sattar Hassan Shamaizadeh Hayedeh Homeyra Kourosh Yaghmaei Leila Forouhar Mahasti Mehrdad Asemani Mansour Martik Marzieh Moein Mohammad Nouri Mohammadreza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Lotfi Morteza Barjesteh Octave (musician) Pooran Pyruz Ramesh Sami Beigi Sandy Sepideh Shahram Shabpareh Shahrokh Shahrum K Shakila Shohreh Solati Siavash Ghomayshi Siavash Shams Susan Roshan Toofan Viguen
Associated labels and imprints
CTX Publishing Tanin Television
See also List of record labels Avang Music Taraneh Records
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