Ariola Records

Ariola Records (also known as Ariola and Ariola-Eurodisc) is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment (SME). It still exists, after BMG's demise, as a division of SME. Ariola setup several subsidiaries: Ariola America was founded in 1975 in Los Angeles, Ariola-Athena to release spoken word records, Ariola Ben... More

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