From Argentina to Pakistan: Zanna Records Songs Are Breaking the Boundaries of Politics and Religion as Gianluca Zanna's Catalog Reaches 434 Stations Across 95 Countries
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In a single week, songs by the independent Sedona label aired on Radio KLA in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and SAMAA FM in Karachi, Pakistan — from a 1998 debut to a track from 2010, none of it submitted — proof that a great song crosses the borders of language, culture, and faith on its own.
SEDONA, AZ — Zanna Records announced today that Gianluca Zanna's music now reaches 434 radio stations across 95 countries and six continents — and that some of the newest airplay is for his oldest songs. Among the most striking milestones: “I Am Destiny” aired on SAMAA FM (MERA FM 107.4) in Karachi, one of Pakistan's largest and most listened-to radio networks, broadcasting across six cities including Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. As with every other station, the song was never submitted.
The airplay footprint is independently confirmed through WARM (World Airplay Radio Monitor) and Songstats airplay monitoring.
Old Songs, New Ears
The rediscovery runs deep into the catalog. “Thinking of You,” the first song Gianluca Zanna wrote when he arrived in America in 1998, whose work first inspired the founding of Zanna Records — has now logged 22 radio plays across eight stations. “Come and Take It,” written in 2010, was just discovered and aired by Radio KLA 91.7 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, sixteen years after it was written.
For an independent label, this is the clearest proof yet of what Zanna Records calls the “Return of the Song”: a great song has no expiration date. When human programmers — not algorithms — choose what to play, a track written decades ago can find an audience on the other side of the world, long after the industry would have written it off.
An Honor in Pakistan
For founder Gianluca Zanna, the Pakistan airplay carries special meaning. “To have my music played on the radio in an Islamic country like Pakistan is an honor I do not take lightly,” said Zanna. “I find myself wondering how many other American record labels are being played in Karachi right now. Music crosses the borders that politics and religion so often close. A song doesn't ask where you pray or what language you speak — it only asks whether it moves you. That a station in Pakistan chose my music on its own, without me ever sending it, tells me the song did its job.”
Zanna's catalog has now reached listeners across the Arab and Muslim world in recent weeks — including Iraq, and Ninar FM in Aleppo, Syria (the label's 95th country) — alongside stations from Europe to the Americas, underscoring a footprint that ignores cultural and religious lines.
Global Airplay by the Numbers
Worldwide radio footprint: 434 stations across 95 countries on six continents (WARM + Songstats verified, July 2026).
Newest additions: SAMAA FM / MERA FM (Karachi, Pakistan), Radio KLA 91.7 (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Schwany Radio (Germany), and Kutting Edge Radio Broadcasting / KERB (Houston, USA).
Catalog rediscovery: “Thinking of You” (1999) — 22 plays across 8 stations; “Come and Take It” (2010) — now on Argentine radio.
YouTube Momentum
34.5 million total views on the Gianluca Zanna Music YouTube channel, approaching 35 million
16,000 subscribers — milestone reached July 1, 2026
1.37 million monthly audience on YouTube Music
About Zanna Records
Zanna Records is an independent music label founded in 2022 by Gianluca Zanna, operating from Sedona, Arizona, with no major-label backing. Its catalog spans more than 150 original compositions across EDM, rock, classical, and beyond, some written across a career that began before the label existed. The label's music has earned organic airplay on 434 stations across 95 countries and six continents, chosen by programmers worldwide without paid placement or submission.
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Sedona, Arizona
Web: www.zannarecords.com
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