EXHIBIT 32.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

            In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Navarre
Corporation (the "Company") for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2004 (the "Annual
Report"), I, Eric H. Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      1.    The Annual Report fully complies with the requirements of section
            13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m
            or 78o(d)); and

      2.    The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in
            all material respects, the financial condition and results of
            operations of the Company.

June 29, 2004                            By /s/ Eric H. Paulson
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                                                Eric H. Paulson
                                                Chairman of the Board, President
                                                and Chief Executive Officer