Also known as Bertelsmann Schallplattenring, BMG Ariola, Ariola Records, Ariola Express
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.
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cvinyl.com →Ariola was founded in 1958 as the recorded music subsidiary for major German publishing house Bertelsmann . The label started as a very conservative outlet for traditional German folk music and schlager, directed only at the domestic market. In the mid-1960s, Ariola released a bunch of Beat singles and albums (The Rattles, Star-Club), which marked the start of the label's international expansion, although German language acts were still its main focus. From the late 1960s on, Ariola became the exlusive German distributor for most of the world's dominant record labels, including 20th Century Fox, A&M Records, Arista, Chrysalis, Gordy, Island, Kapp, Melodija, Musicor, Pye Records, RCA-Victor, United Artists and Virgin Records. Ariola started international subsidiaries in Spain and the Netherlands (1970), France (1973), United Kingdom (1977) and other markets. Ariola America was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles, with its own roster of artists and a focus on Latin music. Further expansion of the Bertelsmann/Ariola empire led to the acquisition of Arista Records in 1979, German competitor Hansa Records that same year, and RCA Records in 1983. When Sony and Bertelsmann combined their music units in 2003, Ariola became part of the Sony BMG joint venture. Since Sony bought out Bertelsmann in 2008, Ariola is part of Sony Music Entertainment . first German Ariola label, Star Club (1960s) 2. German Label Variation (I) second German Ariola label, LC number (late 1970s) 3. German Label Variation
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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 Bertelsmann. It set up several foreign subsidiaries. Leveraging acquisitions by its parent company, Ariola positioned itself to become a strong contender in the German record industry in the mid-1960s. Ariola America was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles, and achieved Billboard magazine number one singles with Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers" (1976) and Amii Stewart's cover version of the 1966 Eddie Floyd hit "Knock on Wood" (1979). Other artists on the Ariola America roster during the late 1970s included Gene Cotton, The Three Degrees, Chanson, and the Canadian band Prism among others. After its pop success dried up, Ariola America found success in the Spanish language market including José José and Rocío Dúrcal from the late 1970s onward and Mexican artist Marisela starting in the 1990s. Other subsidiaries include Ariola-Athena to release spoken word records; Ariola Benelux was founded in 1970 to cover the Benelux market; Ariola Eurodisc S.A. was a Spanish division of Ariola, founded in 1970; Ariola UK, the UK based subsidiary of Ariola, was founded in 1977; Baccarola; Türküola, a subsidiary for the Turkish market; Eurodisc to release classical records in Europe and Arabella to release disco records in France - most successfully with Amanda Lear, Giorgio Moroder (house producer of Ariola); and Jupiter Records for German Schlager music and disco artists such as Dschinghis Khan.
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