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Arista

About Arista Records

ARISTA RECORDS REMAINS SYNONYMOUS WITH SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS IN HISTORY. FOUNDED BY CLIVE DAVIS IN 1974, THE LABEL NOTABLY RELEASED SEMINAL ALBUMS BY LEGENDARY ACTS FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON AND ARETHA FRANKLIN TO PATTI SMITH. FOLLOWING EIGHT YEARS OF DORMANCY, ARISTA WAS REBORN AS PART OF SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT & C.E.O. DAVID MASSEY IN 2018. WITH A FOCUS ON CAREER ARTISTRY AND UNCOMPROMISING CREATIVITY, ARISTA HAS EXTENDED ITS LEGACY INTO ANOTHER ERA BY WAY OF A NEW VANGUARD OF MUSICIANS AND SONGWRITERS ACROSS GENRES INCLUDING THE GRAMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED MULTIPLATINUM JP SAXE AND MÅNESKIN AS WELL AS TAI VERDES, LOLA BROOKE, BEACH WEATHER, PAUL RUSSELL, CAROLESDAUGHTER, AUDREY NUNA, AND MIKE POSNER, TO NAME A FEW.