Aretha Franklin

Memphis, US
R&B, Jazz
21.4bn all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

Albert Ayler

Cleveland, US
Jazz, Others
22.6m all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Dionne Warwick

East Orange, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz, Rock
6.4bn all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

Gil Scott-Heron

US
R&B, Hip Hop, Spoken, Electro
202.3m all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Cecil Taylor

Corona, US
Jazz, Others
11.6m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Patti Smith

Chicago, US
Rock, Folk, Punk
1.5bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

The Headhunters

US
R&B, Jazz
7.2m all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Eric Andersen

Pittsburgh, US
Rock, Folk
7.8m all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Anthony Braxton

Chicago, US
Jazz, Classical, American, Others
12.8m all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

Barbra Streisand

New York, US
Pop, Rock
2.7bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Lou Reed

New York, US
Rock, Folk
14.8bn all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

Caravan

Canterbury, GB
Jazz, Rock, Others
36.2m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Air

Melbourne, AU
Pop, Rock
2.6bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

The Kinks

London, GB
Rock, Folk, Punk
5.5bn all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

The Alan Parsons Project

GB
Rock
1.1bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Grateful Dead

San Francisco, US
Country, Rock, American, Instrumental, Folk
4.9bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Donovan

GB
Pop, R&B, Country, Rock, Kids, Folk
1.2bn all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Al Stewart

Greenock, GB
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
306.5m all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Bobby Womack

Cleveland, US
R&B
9.2bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Iggy Pop

Muskegon, US
Rock, Alternative, Punk
6.8bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Graham Parker

East London, ZA
Pop, Rock
25.6m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Willie Nile

Buffalo, US
Pop, Rock, Alternative, American
8.0m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

The Allman Brothers Band

Macon, US
Country, Rock, Instrumental, Blues, Folk
4.2bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Haircut One Hundred

GB
Pop, R&B, Rock
43.6m all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Thompson Twins

Sheffield, GB
Pop, Rock
242.7m all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Ministry

Chicago, US
Rock, Electro, Instrumental, Metal
238.5m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Whodini

New York, US
R&B, Hip Hop, Electro
57.5m all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

Andrew Hill

Chicago, US
R&B, Jazz, American
20.5m all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

Meat Loaf

Dallas, US
Rock
1.7bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Carly Simon

New York, US
Pop, Country, Rock, Folk
5.7bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Patrice Rushen

Los Angeles, US
Pop, R&B, Jazz
1.7bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Whitney Houston

Newark, US
Pop, R&B
12.2bn all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

The Church

Sydney, AU
Pop, Rock
398.2m all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Daryl Hall and John Oates

US
Pop, Rock, Folk
4.7bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Dion

New York, US
Pop, Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, American
5.0bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Pam Tillis

Plant City, US
Country
106.7m all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Crash Test Dummies

Winnipeg, CA
Rock
637.9m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Yes

Birmingham, GB
Jazz, Rock, Hip Hop, Electro
1.9bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Brooks & Dunn

Nashville, US
Country
5.4bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Randy Weston

Brooklyn, US
Jazz
10.6m all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

David Bowie

Brixton, GB
Rock
104.6bn all-time streams (5 Apr '26)

Foreigner

New York, US
Pop, Rock
5.7bn all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

Atlantic Starr

White Plains, US
Pop, R&B
226.7m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

TLC

Atlanta, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
3.8bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Spiritualized

Rugby, GB
Alternative, Blues
237.3m all-time streams (7 Apr '26)

Brand Nubian

New Rochelle, US
Hip Hop
98.1m all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

DJ Quik

Compton, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop
11.0bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Run-D.M.C.

US
Hip Hop
1.6bn all-time streams (10 Apr '26)

Santana

San Francisco, US
Rock, Hip Hop, Latin
5.1bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Naughty by Nature

East Orange, US
Pop, Hip Hop
1.4bn all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

Angie Stone

Columbia, US
Pop, R&B
2.7bn all-time streams (9 Apr '26)

Prince

Minneapolis, US
R&B, Rock, American
14.8bn all-time streams (30 Mar '26)

OutKast

Atlanta, US
Hip Hop
7.2bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Usher

Dallas, US
Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Soundtrack
29.7bn all-time streams (30 Mar '26)

Q-Tip

US
R&B, Hip Hop
230.7m all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

Blu Cantrell

Providence, US
Pop, R&B
1.6bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Jerry Garcia Band

San Francisco, US
Country, Rock
86.9m all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Avril Lavigne

Belleville, CA
Pop, Others
22.5bn all-time streams (2 Apr '26)

Brian Wilson

Hawthorne, US
Pop, Rock
22.3bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Pharoah Sanders

Little Rock, US
R&B, Jazz, Others
153.6m all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Eurythmics

London, GB
Pop, Rock, European
4.2bn all-time streams (3 Apr '26)

Carrie Underwood

Muskogee, US
Pop, Country
12.7bn all-time streams (1 Apr '26)

Annie

Aberdeen, US
Pop, Rock, Folk
7.1bn all-time streams (6 Apr '26)

Mike + The Mechanics

Dover, GB
Rock
1.2bn all-time streams (8 Apr '26)

Ohio Players

Dayton, US
Pop, R&B
315.9m all-time streams (4 Apr '26)

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Label: Arista

Arista

US label, formerly Bell Records. Arista was launched in November 1974 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., who purchased and renamed Bell, appointing Clive Davis as label President.
Label Code: LC 3484 / LC 03484
According to Billboard Magazine, the label was named for the New York high school honor society.
In 1979 the label's parent company, Arista Records, Inc. was acquired by Bertelsmann AG (parent of German label Ariola) and from 1983 co-owned by RCA. The co-ownership continued until 1987, when Bertelsmann acquired full ownership once again. Through a series of mergers, the Arista label is now owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

In September 2011, Sony announced that Arista, its subsidiary LaFace, Jive and J Records were all absorbed by RCA Records, bringing all of its artists to the RCA family. On July 17, 2018, Arista revived under the Sony Music banner, making it one of the four flagship labels under SME.
Publishing: Arista Music

Label designs:
Up to 1976, labels had a light blue background and an A logo in white or black, with no TM next to it.
In 1976, the TM was added as well as “Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws."
In ’1977, the design kept the same form but with a black background and blue A with TM.
In 1978, the design changed with a gradient background coloring from bluish to goldish, a 3-D A logo floating among smaller flat A labels.
In 1979, the Arista along the left of the 3D logo was changed to Arista's custom font..
In January 1984, The purple and black label appeared, which lasted through the 1990s.

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