List of former Arista Records artists

This is a list of artists who formerly recorded for Arista Records.
Listed in parentheses are names of affiliated labels for which the artist recorded for Arista in conjunction with.

Contents:

Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

0-9

• 5th Dimension

A

• A Flock of Seagulls (Jive/Arista US)
• Ace of Base (Americas/Japan}
• Adema
• Air Supply (outside Oceania and Canada)
• The Alan Parsons Project
• Sasha Allen (Divine Mill/Arista)
• Keith Anderson (Arista Nashville)
• Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
• Asleep at the Wheel (Arista Nashville)
• Sherrié Austin (Arista Nashville)
• Automatic Black

B

• Babyface
• Babylon A.D.
• Bandit
• Bay City Rollers
• Jeff Black (Arista Austin)
• Black Rob (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Blackhawk (Arista Nashville)
• The Blues Band
• Angela Bofill
• The Bogmen
• BoneCrusher (So So Def/Arista)
• BR549 (Arista Nashville)
• Brand Nubian
• The Braxtons
• Anthony Braxton
• Toni Braxton (LaFace/Arista)
• Breakwater
• The Brecker Brothers
• Shannon Brown (Arista Nashville)
• Burlesque

C

• Camp Lo (Profile/Arista)
• Blu Cantrell
• Eric Carmen
• Jason Michael Carroll (Arista Nashville)
• Deana Carter (Arista Nashville)
• Cee-Lo
• The Church (outside Oceania)
• Ciara (Futuristic/Arista)
• Clipse (Star Trak/Arista)
• Jim Collins (Arista Nashville)
• Sean "Diddy" Combs (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Kristy Lee Cook (Arista Nashville)
• Deborah Cox
• Cordell Francis (Jive/Arista)
• Crash Test Dummies
• Rob Crosby (Arista Nashville)
• Cruzados

D

• Da Brat (So So Def/Arista)
• Da King & I (Rowdy/Arista)
• Clint Daniels (Arista Nashville)
• Linda Davis (Arista Nashville)
• Taylor Dayne
• Deep Dish (deConstruction/Arista)
• Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)
• Dido
• La Diferenzia (Arista Latin)
• DJ Quik (Profile/Arista)
• Dream (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Dreams So Real
• Ian Dury

E

• Dave Edmunds
• Electrasy
• The Elevators
• Enuff Z Nuff
• Faith Evans (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Every Mother's Nightmare
• Exile (Arista Nashville)
• Exposé

F

• Faithless
• Five
• Radney Foster (Arista Austin)
• Fourplay
• Aretha Franklin
• From Zero

G

• Gary Glitter
• Global Communication (Dedicated/Arista)
• Gob
• Goodie Mob (LaFace/Arista)
• Ruben Gomez (Arista Latin)
• GQ
• Tammy Graham (Career/Arista Nashville)
• Grateful Dead
• GTR

H

• Haddaway
• Haircut One Hundred
• Hall & Oates
• Anthony Hamilton (LaFace/Arista)
• Havana Mena (Heat Music)
• Fidel Hernández (Arista Latin)
• Taylor Hicks
• Whitney Houston
• Rebecca Lynn Howard (Arista Nashville)
• The Hollow Men
• Jennifer Hudson
• Phyllis Hyman

I

• Icicle Works
• Iggy Pop
• Illegal (Rowdy/Arista)
• Isyss

J

• Brett James (Career/Arista Nashville)
• Jermaine Jackson
• Rob Jackson (Divine Mill/Arista)
• Flaco Jiménez (Arista Texas)
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Arista Nashville)
• Jon and Vangelis

K

• K-9 Posse
• Kashif
• Keedy
• Robert Earl Keen (Arista Texas)
• Kelis (Star Trak/Arista)
• Kenny G
• The Kinks
• The KLF
• Koffee Brown (Divine Mill/Arista)
• Krokus

L

• Latin Quarter
• Kenny Lattimore
• Avril Lavigne
• Annie Lennox
• Blake Lewis
• Linda Lewis
• Alison Limerick
• The Limit
• Jeff Lorber
• Lupe Fiasco
• Lyte Funky Ones
• Lisa Lopes †

M

• M People (non-US)
• Craig Mack (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Mama's Boys (Jive/Arista)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Ma$e (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Hugh Masekela (Jive Afrika/Arista)
• Melissa Manchester
• Barry Manilow (Arista/RCA)
• Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista)
• Meat Loaf (outside US/Canada)
• Robert Miles (deConstruction/Arista)
• Milli Vanilli (US/Canada)
• Ministry
• Monica
• The Monkees
• Moodswings
• Abra Moore (Arista Austin)
• Chanté Moore
• Dude Mowrey (Arista Nashville)
• Lennon Murphy

N

• Naughty by Nature
• N II U
• Nerf Herder
• Peter Nero
• Next (Divine Mill/Arista)
• Night at Church
• Willie Nile
• No Mercy
• Nodesha
• The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Nova
• Tina Novak

O

• Tony Orlando & Dawn
• OutKast (LaFace/Arista)
• Outlaws

P

• Pacifier
• Graham Parker
• Ray Parker Jr.
• Alan Parsons
• The Partridge Family
• Lee Roy Parnell (Career/Arista Nashville)
• Jamal (Rowdy/Arista)
• Pink
• Prince (NPG/Arista,one album deal)

Q

• Q-Tip
• Qkumba Zoo

R

• Natasha Ramos
• Real McCoy
• Lou Reed
• Mille Reyes
• Nydia Rojas (Arista Latin)
• Run-D.M.C. (Profile/Arista)

S

• Santana
• Gil Scott-Heron
• Secret Affair
• Shihad
• Showaddywaddy
• Shyne (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Silver
• Carly Simon
• Simple Minds
• Sister 7 (Arista Austin)
• Sky (Canadian band)
• Heather Small
• Patti Smith
• Snap!
• Spiritualized (Dedicated/Arista)
• Lisa Stansfield
• Al Stewart
• Jermaine Stewart
• STICK
• Angie Stone
• Straitjacket Fits

T

• T.I. (LaFace/Arista)
• Tha' Rayne (Divine Mill/Arista)
• Carl Thomas (Bad Boy/LaFace/Arista)
• Marlo Thomas
• Thompson Twins
• Three Times Dope
• Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville)
• TLC
• Too Ni¢e
• Total (Bad Boy/Arista)
• Toya
• The Tractors (Arista Nashville)
• Tanya Tucker
• Dwight Twilley Band
• Tycoon
• Ryan Tyler (Arista Nashville)

U

• Usher

V

• Phil Vassar (Arista Nashville)
• Mario Vazquez

W

• Loudon Wainwright III
• Butch Walker
• Steve Wariner (Arista Nashville)
• Jennifer Warnes
• Warp 9
• Whodini (Jive/Arista)
• Calvin Wiggett (Arista Nashville)
• Michelle Wright (Arista Nashville)

X

Y

• Yes
• YoungBloodZ (Ghet-O-Vision/LaFace/Arista)

Z

• Zones

Soundtracks

• Beatlemania
• Ghostbusters
• Godspell
• The Muppet Show

See also

• List of current Arista Records artists