Megastar: version 1

Saved 2026-09-27 03:27 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Saudi Arabian cassette of George Michael – Patience (6284002067061), completing a barcode named by family/patience-george-michael-album. Identity, labels (Sony Music / Megastar, cat. 628400 . This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Megastar <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Megastar
summary: Jeddah-based distributor of music and film in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, founded in 1992 and part of the Al Faisaliah Group.
country: SA
founded: 1992
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                        | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Megastar Home Entertainment | name | en     | 2006 |       |
| ميجاستار                    | name | ar     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                       | title                                                                                     | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                                   | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-megastar | https://api.discogs.com/labels/165118     | Discogs label 165118: Megastar                                                            | 2026-09-27 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 165118    | profile                                                   |         |             |          |
| discogs-sa-mc    | https://api.discogs.com/releases/14815188 | Discogs release 14815188: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Saudi Arabia, 2004) | 2026-09-27 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 14815188  | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, credits, tracklist |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Megastar is a Saudi Arabian distributor of audio and video products, founded in 1992 in Jeddah as a subsidiary of the Al Faisaliah Group and owned by Prince Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal; it has traded as The Modern Electronic Institute – Megastar (1992–2002), Megastar Millions Stars LLC (2003–2005) and Megastar Home Entertainment (from 2006).[^discogs-megastar] It holds exclusive distribution rights in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and the wider Middle East for international music and film companies including Sony Music International, BMG, Columbia TriStar and Fox, and in 2002 bought a 51% stake in Moonlight Music of Lebanon.[^discogs-megastar] It is credited as a label on the 2004 Saudi cassette of George Michael's Patience.[^discogs-sa-mc]
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