ZANNA RECORDS HITS BRAZIL's CAPITAL with Claudette Lyons AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS NEXT
- Apr 30
- 7 min read
São Paulo's Most Iconic Dance Station Opens South America's Music Capital to Zanna Records
Rádio Energia 97 FM (São Paulo, Founded 1983) Adds "You Are My Destiny" to Rotation
While MoodMedia (500,000 Commercial Locations in 150 Countries), M-Cube (106 Countries), Spectrio (70,000+ US/Canada Locations) and Moojic (3,000 Asian Retail Outlets) Confirm the Music Is Now Playing in Shops, Hotels, and Malls Across the Planet.
SEDONA, ARIZONA — April 30, 2026 — Gianluca Zanna's music has now reached the most important city in South America. And behind it, quietly, it has been playing in shopping malls, hotel lobbies, retail stores, and commercial spaces across the planet — confirmed, verified, and unstoppable.
On April 29, 2026, Rádio Energia 97 FM — broadcasting on 97.7 FM from Avenida Paulista in the heart of São Paulo, founded in 1983 and one of Brazil's most celebrated electronic music stations — added "You Are My Destiny – remix" (feat. Claudette Lyons) to its playlist. São Paulo is not just Brazil's largest city. With 22 million people in its metropolitan area, it is the music capital of South America, the economic engine of the continent, and one of the most culturally influential cities on earth. Landing there is not a footnote. It is a headline.
And that same week, through the iPlugger distribution platform, a different kind of reach was confirmed — one that does not show up on WARM airplay reports, but may be the most pervasive of all: Zanna's music is now playing in commercial spaces worldwide through some of the largest B2B and in-store music networks on the planet.
"Brazil has always felt like a second home to this music. The loyalty of Rádio Diversidade Poa in Porto Alegre — 105 plays and counting — told me Brazil understood this song. Now São Paulo, the heartbeat of South America, is saying the same thing. And somewhere in a shopping mall in Singapore, a hotel lobby in Dubai, a retail store in Delhi — this music is also playing. I did not put it there. It found its own way."
— Gianluca Zanna, Founder, Zanna Records
🇧🇷 BRAZIL — FROM PORTO ALEGRE TO SÃO PAULO
Brazil has been one of Zanna Records' most loyal markets since the beginning. Rádio Diversidade Poa in Porto Alegre — the small station that became the label's all-time loyalty champion with 105+ plays of "You Are My Destiny" since July 15, 2025 — proved that Brazilians connected with this music at a cellular level. RTSul Radio, also in Rio Grande do Sul, confirmed medium rotation through iPlugger. Mix FM Porto Alegre, Radio Baixada Santista in Santos, Estilo de Jogo in Hortolândia — Brazil kept adding stations, city by city, without anyone asking.
Now Rádio Energia 97 FM has brought the story to São Paulo. Founded on Avenida Paulista in 1983, Energia 97 has been a defining voice in Brazilian electronic and dance music for over four decades. It was among the first Brazilian stations to dedicate serious airtime to electronic music and dance culture, and it has remained one of the most respected dance music broadcasters in the country ever since. Its programming spans electronic music, pop, dance, and flashback hits — with shows curated by some of Brazil's most celebrated DJs. Its address on Avenida Paulista — São Paulo's most iconic avenue, the equivalent of Fifth Avenue in New York — says everything about its cultural weight.
Zanna Records' Brazilian footprint now spans Porto Alegre, Santos, Hortolândia, Trujillo, and São Paulo — across multiple stations, multiple cities, and multiple formats. Brazil is not a market Zanna Records is entering. It is a market that has been building itself around Zanna Records for nearly a year.
🌍 THE B2B REVELATION — PLAYING EVERYWHERE YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT TO LOOK
Radio stations are how the world hears new music. But there is another world of music — one that plays in the background of daily life, in the places people shop and eat and sleep and work — and it is governed not by DJs and program directors but by B2B music networks that curate playlists for commercial spaces. In April 2026, through the iPlugger music distribution platform, Zanna Records received confirmation that "You Are My Destiny" has entered that world. The numbers are extraordinary.
MoodMedia · 500,000 commercial locations · 150 countries
The world's leading in-store media specialist. 500,000 retail stores, restaurants, hotels and commercial spaces worldwide. 'You Are My Destiny' is now available across their entire global network.
Xenox · 50,000+ media outlets · 20 countries
One of Europe's leading B2B music networks, reaching 50,000+ media outlets across 20 countries. Confirmed for Zanna Records' catalog.
M-Cube (Italy) · 400 brands · 45,000 installations · 106 countries
The Italian B2B giant. 400 global brands, 45,000 physical installations, 106 countries. From Milan boardrooms to shopping centers in Asia, this is music in the fabric of daily commercial life.
Retail Radio / Spectrio · 70,000+ locations · USA & Canada
The dominant in-store music network across North America. 70,000+ US and Canadian commercial locations confirmed. Zanna Records is now playing in American and Canadian stores.
Moojic · 3,000 retail outlets · India, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines & Indonesia
The Asia and Middle East retail music leader. 3,000 outlets across six of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world. Confirmed for Zanna Records' catalog.
hotelradio.fm / instore.fm / Spot.fm (Switzerland) · 1,000,000 daily listeners
The Swiss hotel and in-store music network reaching one million listeners every single day. Hotel lobbies, restaurant floors, retail spaces — all confirmed.
Timbre Media (India) · 200+ stations · corporate, retail, app, in-store
India's comprehensive commercial music network. 200+ stations covering corporate offices, retail chains, app platforms, and in-store environments.
Add those networks together. MoodMedia alone covers 500,000 commercial locations in 150 countries. M-Cube operates in 106 countries. Spectrio reaches 70,000 North American locations. Moojic spans six Asian and Middle Eastern nations.
hotelradio.fm serves a million daily listeners. The combined commercial reach of these iPlugger confirmations extends Zanna Records' music into a world that WARM reports will never fully capture — the background music of modern commercial life, playing in places the artist has never visited, heard by people who may not even know the artist's name but who stop for a moment and feel something when the song comes on.
"Somewhere right now, someone is in a shopping mall in Singapore or a hotel lobby in Dubai or a coffee shop in India, and 'You Are My Destiny' is playing. They may not know my name. But they are feeling the music. That is the greatest reach an independent artist can dream of — not fame, but presence. Not recognition, but connection."
— Gianluca Zanna
THE FULL APRIL 2026 PICTURE
The Brazil breakthrough and the B2B confirmations arrive at the close of the most extraordinary month in Zanna Records' history. In April 2026 alone: Russia during the Ukraine war. Beirut under active bombardment. Germany's NDR 1 Niedersachsen at 6.9 million listeners, Sunshine-Live Remix at 1,286,000, ANTENNE BAYERN Dance XXL at 600,000, Clubsandwich Berlin at 312,600 — four German stations, nearly 9 million German ears.
Poland's RMF Depeche Mode at 305,000, playing every day.
Dance UK Radio London at 219,400. Japan's Tohoku region. Columbia College Chicago. LGBTQ+ stations on two continents. Radio Bali — a 55-year-old island institution.
The YouTube channel has crossed 25 million total views (vidIQ certified).
YouTube Music monthly listeners stand at 1,080,000 and climbing.
"Wake Up America" has 20 million TikTok views (Songstats confirmed).
The WARM-verified worldwide radio footprint: 301+ stations across 78+ countries on 6 continents.
The iPlugger B2B confirmed networks add an additional layer of global commercial reach that extends into hundreds of thousands of physical locations worldwide.
On May 15, 2026, Zanna Records releases "Live With No Regrets — Analog Rebellion" — a hard rock single featuring Kevin Martin of Candlebox on vocals, Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy, Whitesnake) on bass, Robert Sarzo on guitar, Robin Diaz on drums, and Danny Saber (Rolling Stones, U2, David Bowie) as executive producer.
On June 21, Joseph Wooten — 3-time Grammy-nominated keyboardist — releases his soul remake of "You Are My Destiny" on Zanna Records.
São Paulo is listening. The shopping malls of Singapore are playing it. The hotel lobbies of Dubai are broadcasting it. The stores of North America carry it. All of it from a solar-powered ranch in the East Arizona wilderness, connected to the world by satellite internet, built track by track by one man who never stopped believing the music would find its way.
It found its way.
ABOUT GIANLUCA ZANNA / ZANNA RECORDS
Gianluca Zanna is an Italian-American songwriter, music producer and founder of Zanna Records, the first independent label from the wilderness of Arizona that has reached 301+ stations across 78+ countries on 6 continents.
Born in Rome, grew up since the age of 10 in the public boarding school Convitto Nazionale in Rome, then at the age of 16 he joned the Nunziatella Military Academy in Naples, he immigrated to the United States in 1998 and built a catalog of 150+ original compositions spanning EDM, classical, hard rock, and world music. He performs as "Luca" in the EDM duo Luca and Claudette alongside singer and life partner Claudette Lyons.
YouTube: 25M total views (vidIQ certified). YouTube Music: 1.05M monthly listeners. Radio: 301+ WARM-verified stations, 78+ countries, 6 continents. TikTok: 20M+ views (Songstats). B2B networks: MoodMedia (500K locations), M-Cube (106 countries), Spectrio (70K+ US/Canada), Moojic (6 Asian/ME countries), hotelradio.fm (1M daily).
Upcoming: "Live With No Regrets — Analog Rebellion" (May 15, 2026) and Joseph Wooten Soul Remake (June 21, 2026). www.zannarecords.com
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Sedona, Arizona
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