Tacca Musique

Tacca Musique is a Canadian cultural enterprise based in Montreal, Quebec, comprising a music publishing house (Éditions Tacca), a record label (Tacca Musique), and an online store (BoutiqueTacca.com). Its head office is located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal. Founded in 1991 by Donald Tarlton and Nick Carbone, the label became one of Quebec's leading francophone record companies during the 1990s and 2000s. Its catalogue includes France D'Amour, Kevin Parent, Jorane, Dumas, Antoine Gratton, Charles Dubé, Anik Jean, Polémil Bazar, Steve Marin, Fredric Gary Comeau, and the duo Alfa Rococo. The first album released under the label was by singer Nicolas Maranda in 1991. Kevin Parent's first two albums sold over 670,000 copies, and France D'Amour obtained a lead role in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. In 2006, the label marked its fifteenth anniversary with a compilation titled Tacca Musique : compilation 15 ans, and became the first Quebec record company to launch its own digital music store, allowing the purchase of albums and songs in MP3 format. In autumn 2010, amid declining CD sales and a wave of consolidation in the Quebec record industry, Unidisc Music acquired the label. Between 2019 and 2020, vinyl reissues of catalogue albums were published. The last known release is the compilation Presque tout, Vol. 1 by Stefie Shock, released in November 2020. The label has won several Félix Awards at the ADISQ Galas. Co-founder Donald Tarlton received the Juno Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award in 2007 and the SOCAN Special Achievement Award in 2015, and has been a member of the Order of Canada since 2000.

Tacca Musique was founded in 1991 by Donald Tarlton and Nick Carbone. Tarlton, a renowned concert promoter who had headed Donald K. Donald Productions since 1966 and co-founded Aquarius Records, retired from concert promotion in 1998 to devote himself to his record labels grouped within Groupe DKD. Nick Carbone, a former mastering engineer at London Records and later head of promotion at A&M Records and WEA Music, became president of the label. The first album released under the label was by singer Nicolas Maranda in 1991. During the 1990s and 2000s, Tacca Musique established itself as one of the leading francophone labels in Quebec. Kevin Parent's first two albums sold over 670,000 copies, and France D'Amour obtained a lead role in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. In 2006, the label marked its fifteenth anniversary with the release of a compilation titled Tacca Musique : compilation 15 ans. The same year, Tacca became the first Quebec record company to launch its own digital music store, allowing the purchase of albums and songs in MP3 format. In autumn 2010, amid declining CD sales and a wave of consolidation in the Quebec record industry, Unidisc Music acquired the label. Between 2019 and 2020, vinyl reissues of catalogue albums were published. The last known release is the compilation Presque tout, Vol. 1 by Stefie Shock, released in November 2020. The label has won several Félix Awards at the ADISQ Galas. Co-founder Donald Tarlton received the Juno Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award in 2007 and the SOCAN Special Achievement Award in 2015. He has been a member of the Order of Canada since 2000.

• 2020

  Last known release: Presque tout, Vol. 1 by Stefie Shock.

• 2019

  Vinyl reissues of catalogue albums begin.

• 2015

  Donald Tarlton receives the SOCAN Special Achievement Award.

• 2010

  Unidisc Music acquires Tacca Musique.

• 2007

  Co-founder Donald Tarlton receives the Juno Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.

• 2006

  15th anniversary compilation released; first Quebec label to launch its own digital music store.

• 1998

  Donald Tarlton retires from concert promotion to focus on his record labels within Groupe DKD.

• 1991

  Tacca Musique founded by Donald Tarlton and Nick Carbone; first album by Nicolas Maranda released.

Leading francophone record label in Quebec, known for developing major French-language artists.

• 1991

  Nicolas Maranda album

• Kevin Parent albums

• France D'Amour albums

• Jorane albums

• Dumas albums

• Antoine Gratton albums

• Charles Dubé albums

• Anik Jean albums

• Polémil Bazar albums

• Steve Marin albums

• Fredric Gary Comeau albums

• Alfa Rococo albums

• 2006

  Tacca Musique : compilation 15 ans

• 2020

  Presque tout, Vol. 1 by Stefie Shock

1. 1Tacca Musique - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Tacca Musique - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org