Arista Records
Arista Records (/ˈærɪstə/) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of BMG Entertainment, the North American division of German conglomerate Bertelsmann. Founded in November 1974 by Clive Davis and deactivated in 2011, Arista was re-established in 2018. Along with RCA Records, Columbia Records, and Epic Records, it is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels.
For other uses, see Arista (disambiguation).Arista Records
1974 (original label; as Arista Records, Inc.)
2018 (as Arista Records LLC)
Active
- Self-distributed (U.S.)
- Sony Music Entertainment (International)
- Legacy Recordings (reissues)
Various
United States
New York City, New York, U.S.