This is a list of artists who record or have recorded for Arista Records. Listed in parentheses are names of affiliated labels. Artists known by their full name are listed categorically by last name.
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A A Flock of Seagulls (Jive/Arista US) Ace of Base (Americas/Japan) Agung Gede Audrey Nuna Avril Lavigne Aretha Franklin 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 Armaan Malik
B Babyface Babylon A.D. Bandit Bay City Rollers Beach Weather (8123/last nite/Arista) Bishop Briggs Jeff Black (Arista Austin) Black Box (Deconstruction/Arista) Black Rob (Arista/Bad Boy) Blackhawk (Arista Nashville) The Blues Band Bobcat Angela Bofill The Bogmen BoneCrusher (So So Def/Arista) David Bowie (Savage/Arista) BR549 (Arista Nashville) Brand Nubian The Braxtons Anthony Braxton Toni Braxton (LaFace/Arista) Breakwater The Brecker Brothers Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville) Shannon Brown (Arista Nashville) Jake Bugg (US)
C Camel (band) Camp Lo (Profile/Arista) Blu Cantrell Caravan Eric Carmen Jason Michael Carroll (Arista Nashville) Deana Carter (Arista Nashville) David Cassidy Cee-Lo Chip Chris Brown The Church (outside Oceania) Ciara (Futuristic/Arista) Clipse (Star Trak/Arista) Devon Cole Jim Collins (Arista Nashville) Sean "Diddy" Combs (Bad Boy/Arista) Kristy Lee Cook (Arista Nashville) Coolio Deborah Cox Crash Test Dummies Creepy Nuts (Onenation/Sony Music Associated) Rob Crosby (Arista Nashville) Cruzados Courtney Hadwin (US) Carlita Trott (Bermuda) Custard
D Paula DeAnda Da Brat (So So Def/Arista) Da King & I (Rowdy/Arista) David Glen Eisley Clint Daniels (Arista Nashville) Linda Davis (Arista Nashville) Paul Davis Taylor Dayne Deddy Corbuzier Deep Dish (deConstruction/Arista) Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville) Dido Dion DJ Quik (Profile/Arista) Dream (Bad Boy/Arista) Dreams So Real Duck Sauce (Ultra/Arista) Ian Dury Dyme
E Dave Edmunds Electrasy Enuff Z'Nuff Eurythmics (US) Faith Evans (Bad Boy/Arista) Every Mother's Nightmare Exile (Arista Nashville) Exposé
F Faithless Fashion Fela Anikulapo Kuti Fifty Fifty (Attrakt/Arista) Five Foreigner Radney Foster (Arista Austin) Foster-Pilkington (Arista/ Rockin'House) Fourplay Aretha Franklin From Zero Fuzzbubble
G Gary Glitter Glenn Fredly Global Communication (Dedicated/Arista) Gob Goodie Mob (LaFace/Arista) GQ Tammy Graham (Career/Arista Nashville) Grateful Dead Greyson Chance GTR (outside Japan)
H Happy the Man Haddaway Courtney Hadwin Haircut One Hundred Hall & Oates Anthony Hamilton (LaFace/Arista) Havana Mena (Heat Music) Jeff Healey Heaven 17 (US) Nick Heyward Taylor Hicks The Hollow Men Whitney Houston Rebecca Lynn Howard (Arista Nashville) Jennifer Hudson Phyllis Hyman Luke Hemmings
I Icicle Works Iggy Pop Illegal (Rowdy/Arista) Neil Innes Isyss
J Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville) Jermaine Jackson J-Kwon Jamal (Rowdy/Arista) Brett James (Career/Arista Nashville) Jermaine Dupri Flaco Jiménez (Arista Texas) John Legend Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Arista Nashville) Jon and Vangelis Stanley Jordan Joy Again JP Saxe
K Kashif Keedy Robert Earl Keen (Arista Texas) Kelis (Star Trak/Arista) Kendell Freeman Kenny G Kenny Lattimore KennyHoopla (Mogul Vision/Arista) Alicia Keys DJ Khaled Khalid Kings of Leon The Kinks The KLF (US/Canada) Koffee Brown (Divine Mill/Arista) Krokus Kenzie Ziegler
L Latin Quarter Kenny Lattimore Avril Lavigne Annie Lennox (US) Blake Lewis Linda Lewis Alison Limerick The Limit Lisa Lopes Lola Brooke (Team Eighty/Arista) Jeff Lorber Lupe Fiasco Lyte Funky Ones
M M People (non-US) Craig Mack (Bad Boy/Arista) Malice Mama's Boys (Jive/Arista) Måneskin Melissa Manchester Manfred Mann's Earth Band Barry Manilow (Arista/RCA) Ma$e (Bad Boy/Arista) Hugh Masekela (Jive Afrika/Arista) Harvey Mason Sarah McLachlan (Nettwerk/Arista) Meat Loaf (outside US/Canada) Michael Stanley Band Mike & the Mechanics Robert Miles (deConstruction/Arista) Milli Vanilli (US/Canada) Ministry Kylie Minogue (Deconstruction/Arista) Monica (Rowdy/Arista) The Monkees Moodswings Abra Moore (Arista Austin) Chanté Moore Dude Mowrey (Arista Nashville) Lennon Murphy
N Nas Naughty by Nature N II U Nerf Herder Peter Nero Next (Divine Mill/Arista) Nine Willie Nile No Mercy Nodesha The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy/Arista) Nova
O Billy Ocean (Jive/Arista) Tony Orlando & Dawn OutKast (LaFace/Arista) Outlaws
P Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) Pharrell Williams Pitbull Eric Prydz
Q Q-Tip Qkumba Zoo
R R. Kelly Real McCoy Lou Reed Rick Danko The Rods Nydia Rojas (Arista Latin) Run-D.M.C. (Profile/Arista)
S The Samples Santana Gil Scott-Heron Secret Affair Serious Lee Fine Shihad (as Pacifier) Showaddywaddy Shyne (Bad Boy/Arista) Sigala Silver Carly Simon Simple Minds (Europe/Australia) Sister 7 (Arista Austin) Sky Slik Heather Small Patti Smith Smith & Thell Snap! Spiritualized (Dedicated/Arista) Lisa Stansfield (US) Al Stewart (US/Canada) Jermaine Stewart Angie Stone Steely Dan Straitjacket Fits Stray Cats (outside North America) Spider Webb Sunday 1994
T T.I. Mikha Tambayong (Sony/Arista/RCA Malaysia) Tiny Meat Gang Take That (US/Canada) Tha' Rayne (Divine Mill/Arista) Carl Thomas (Bad Boy/LaFace/Arista) Marlo Thomas Thompson Twins Three Times Dope Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville) TLC (LaFace/Arista) Louis Tomlinson Too Nice Judy Torres (Profile/Arista) Total (Bad Boy/Arista) Toya The Tractors (Arista Nashville) Tanya Tucker (Arista Nashville) Dwight Twilley Band Tycoon Tyga Ryan Tyler (Arista Nashville) Travis Porter The Sobas
U Carrie Underwood (Arista Nashville) UPSAHL Usher (LaFace/Arista) Uropa Lula
V Vanilla Ice Phil Vassar (Arista Nashville) Mario Vazquez Tai Verdes (Fourth Wall/Last Nite/Arista)-No longer listed on the Arista Records website as of July 9th 2026
W Loudon Wainwright III Butch Walker Steve Wariner (Arista Nashville) Jennifer Warnes Dionne Warwick Westlife (outside United States with the release of their 2000 debut album featuring the #1 UK hit single “Swear It Again”, as the group’s first and only single to be charted in the US) Whodini (Jive/Arista) Calvin Wiggett (Arista Nashville) Michelle Wright (Arista Nashville) Pharrell Williams
Y Yes YoungBloodZ (Ghet-O-Vision/LaFace/Arista) Yung Bae
Z Mackenzie Ziegler Zones
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