Ariola

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Ariola
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment (since 2008)
Founded	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed (1958–1987) BMG (1987–2004) Sony BMG (2004–2008) Sony Music Entertainment (2008–present) Legacy Recordings (Ariola America catalog)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Munich, Germany
Official website	ariola.de

Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment.

Profile

Ariola Eurodisc GmbH was founded in 1958 as a music outlet of

It acquired both Arista Records and German rival label Hansa Records in 1979. It sold 50% of Arista to RCA Records in 1983; after a brief joint venture between RCA and Ariola, RCA (including its record division) was acquired by General Electric who promptly sold RCA's stake in the venture back to Ariola. Ariola America also had a sister label called Ocean Records, which included on its roster actress/entertainer Ann-Margret. It was active 1979 through 1980. In the 1980s, there was a software development division called Ariolasoft.

Today, Ariola is a unit of Sony Music Group and is still active in Germany under the Sony Group Corporation umbrella.

References

See also

• List of record labels
• Ariola Japan, formerly called BMG Japan until its acquisition from Sony Music Entertainment Japan
• Ariolasoft, German software company.

External links

• Official website (in German)