Arista Records

Arista Records
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment
Founded	1974; 50 years ago (1974) (original label; as Arista Records, Inc.) 2018; 6 years ago (2018) (as Arista Records LLC)
Founder	Clive Davis
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed (U.S.) Sony Music Entertainment (International) Legacy Recordings (reissues)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Official website	aristarecordings.com

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.