Arista Records
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Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. Arista was called Bell Records until 1975. It was acquired by Ariola Records at the end of the 1970s and is now part of the BMG group.
Over the years Arista acquired Northwestside Records, Deconstruction Records, First Avenue Records and Dedicated Records in the UK. Arista started a joint-venture with Antonio "LA" Reid called LaFace Records and another joint-venture with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs called Bad Boy Records. It distributed Heavenly Records and finally acquired LaFace Records in 1999.
This label has one of the most diverse lineups in the record industry, with performers ranging from adult contemporary to heavy metal. Current stars recording for the label include Avril Lavigne, TLC, Outkast, Dido (singer) and Pink.
As of August 2005 Arista was merged with J Records.
Notable Arista performers
this is a partial listing
- The Alan Parsons Project
- The Kinks
- Prince
- Barry Manilow
- Whitney Houston
- Grateful Dead
- Sarah McLachlan
- Thompson Twins
- Air Supply
- Dionne Warwick
- Exposé
- Annie Lennox
- Puffy Combs
- Kenny G
- Aretha Franklin
- Toni Braxton
- Patti Smith.
- Carrie Underwood
- Crystalcherry
- Pink
- Avril Lavigne
- Tha' Rayne
