Positiva: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 03:09 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the UK cassette single **We’re Going to Ibiza! – Vengaboys** (barcode 0724388760744, Positiva TCTIV 119 / 7243 8 87607 4 4), taken from the wanted list (old title "vengaboys cassette"). **Ident. This is the current version.

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# Positiva <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Positiva
disambiguation: British dance music record label
website: http://www.positivarecords.com
founded: 1993
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                        | market | from | until | ended | status  | source              | note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/universal-music-group |        | 2012 |       |       | sourced | ^wikipedia-positiva | Wikipedia infobox: parent company Universal Music Group, previously Thorn EMI (1993–1996) and EMI (1996–2012). Discogs places the label under Virgin EMI Records since Universal's acquisition of EMI in 2012 and names EMI (IP) Ltd. as the trademark owner as of 2017 (^discogs-positiva) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name             | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Positiva Records | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                | url                                                  | title                            | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                                        | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-positiva   | https://api.discogs.com/labels/1156                  | Discogs label: Positiva          | 2026-09-14 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 1156      | Profile, parent label, URLs                    | CC0          |             |          |
| wikipedia          | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_Going_to_Ibiza | We're Going to Ibiza – Wikipedia | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | Lead, infobox, track listings, release history | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| wikipedia-positiva | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positiva_Records       | Positiva Records – Wikipedia     | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | Lead, infobox                                  | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Positiva is a British dance music label set up in 1993 by Nick Halkes, who had previously run XL Recordings.[^wikipedia-positiva] Its early releases included Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It", and in the late 1990s it issued trance hits such as Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone".[^wikipedia-positiva] The label belonged to EMI from 1996 to 2012 and is now part of Universal Music Group.[^wikipedia-positiva] Discogs says it operates under Virgin EMI Records.[^discogs-positiva] In the UK it issued Vengaboys' "We’re Going to Ibiza!" on CD and cassette in 1999.[^wikipedia]
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