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.

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* 5th Dimension

A

* Ace of Base (Americas/Japan - 1994-1995; Warner Bros./Mushroom/Festival - 1990-1994)
* Air Supply (outside Oceania)
* Adema
* Alan Parsons (1993)
* Alan Parsons Project (1977-1987)
* Sasha Allen (Divine Mill/Arista)
* Keith Anderson (Arista Nashville)
* Asleep at the Wheel (Arista Nashville)
* Sherrié Austin (Arista Nashville)
* [A Flock of Seagulls (1981-1986) New Wave band

B

* Babyface
* Bandit
* Bay City Rollers
* Beatlemania (musical)
* BlackHawk (Arista Nashville)
* The Blues Band
* Angela Bofill
* The Bogmen
* BoneCrusher (So So Def/Arista)
*BR5-49 (Arista Nashville)
* The Braxtons
* Toni Braxton (LaFace/Arista, Arista)
* The Brecker Brothers
* Shannon Brown (Arista Nashville)

C

* Blu Cantrell (Red Zone/Arista)
* Eric Carmen
* Deana Carter (Arista Nashville)
* Cee-Lo
* Church, The (outside Oceania)
* Ciara (Futuristic/Arista)
* Clipse (Star Trak/Arista)
* Jim Collins (Arista Nashville)
* Sean Combs (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Deborah Cox
* Crash Test Dummies
* Rob Crosby (Arista Nashville)

D

* Da Brat (So So Def/Arista)
* Clint Daniels (Arista Nashville)
* Linda Davis (Arista Nashville)
* Taylor Dayne
* Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)
* La Diferenzia (Arista Latin)
* Ian Dury
* DJ Quik (Profile/Arista)

E

* Dave Edmunds
* Electrasy
* Faith Evans (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Exile
* Exposé

F

* Five (1997-2001: Arista/RCA, 1997-1999: Mushroom/Festival/Warner Bros.)
* Radney Foster (Arista Nashville)
* Aretha Franklin
* From Zero

G

* Gob (Arista)
* Goodie Mob (LaFace/Arista)
* Ruben Gomez (Arista Latin)
* Tammy Graham (Career)

H

* Hall and Oates
* Haddaway
* Fidel Hernández (Arista Latin)
* Taylor Hicks
* Rebecca Lynn Howard (Arista Nashville)
* Phyllis Hyman

I

* Isyss

J

* Brett James (Career, Arista Nashville)
* Rob Jackson (Divine Mill/Arista)
* Jermaine Jackson (Arista, LaFace/Arista)
* Flaco Jimenez (Arista Texas)
* Carolyn Dawn Johnson (Arista Nashville)

K

* Kashif
* Robert Earl Keen (Arista Texas)
* Kelis (Star Trak/Arista)
* The Kinks
* KLF, The
* Koffee Brown (Divine Mills/Arista)
* Krokus

L

* Kenny Lattimore
* Avril Lavigne
* Linda Lewis
* Jeff Lorber
* Lyte Funky Ones
* Blake Lewis

M

* Craig Mack (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Mase (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Meat Loaf
* Melissa Manchester
* M People
* Milli Vanilli (US/Canada)
* Ministry
* Monica (Rowdy/Arista, Arista)
* Moodswings
* Chanté Moore
* Dude Mowrey (Arista Nashville)
* Lennon Murphy

N

* NIIU
* Next (Divine Mills/Arista)
* Willie Nile
* Nodesha
* No Mercy
* Notorious B.I.G., The (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Nova
* Tina Novak
* Night At Church

O

* Tony Orlando & Dawn
* OutKast (LaFace/Arista)
* The Outlaws

P

* Graham Parker
* Ray Parker Jr.
* Lee Roy Parnell (Career, Arista Nashville)
* Alan Parsons Project
* Pink (LaFace/Arista, Arista)
* Prince

Q

* Q-Tip
* Qkumba Zoo

R

* Natasha Ramos
* Real McCoy
* Lou Reed
* Nydia Rojas (Arista Latin)

* Shihad
* Showaddywaddy
* Carly Simon
* Simple Minds
* Patti Smith
* Snap!
* Lisa Stansfield
* Angie Stone
* STICK

T

* T.I. (LaFace/Arista)
* TLC (LaFace/Arista, Arista)
* Carl Thomas (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Tha' Rayne (Divine Mill/Arista)
* Thompson Twins
* Three Times Dope
* Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville)
* Total (Bad Boy/Arista)
* Toya
* The Tractors (Arista Nashville)
* Tanya Tucker
* Ryan Tyler (Arista Nashville)

U

* Usher (LaFace/Arista, Arista)

V

* Phil Vassar (Arista Nashville)
* Mario Vazquez

W

* Loudon Wainwright III
* Butch Walker
* Steve Wariner (Arista Nashville)
* Calvin Wiggett (Arista Nashville)
* Michelle Wright (Arista Nashville)

X

Y

*Yummy Bingham (Divine Mill/Arista), as a member of Tha' Rayne

Z

ee also

* List of current Arista Records artists