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¡Viva Nueva!

Tommy Boy Records distributed the album after relations soured between the Rustic Overtones and major label Arista Records.

Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc

, 578 F.3d 148 (2d Cir. N.Y. 2009), is a legal case brought by Arista Records, LLC, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, and Zomba Recording LLC (collectively, "BMG") alleging that the webcasting service provided by LAUNCH Media, Inc. ("Launch") willfully infringed BMG’s sound recording copyrights.

Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast

Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast is the first OutKast greatest hits album, released on Arista Records in 2001.

Classics in the Key of G

It was released by Arista Records on June 28, 1999, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 13 on the Internet Albums chart, number 17 on the Billboard 200 and number 27 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Come Dancing with The Kinks

Come Dancing covers the nine-year period during which the Kinks were signed to Arista, and includes some live versions of hits from the band's Pye and RCA years.

Curtom Records

Due to the decline in popularity of soul music, the label went through varying changes of distributions from several labels - first by Buddah Records, then by Warner Bros., RSO Records, and finally Arista Records, before closing for good in 1980 (although the very first Curtom 45's were independently distributed).

Dreams So Real

They recorded three albums, including two releases on Arista Records.

Dreams So Real signed to Arista Records and released Rough Night in Jericho in 1988.

Duotones

It was released by Arista Records in 1986, and peaked at number one on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number five on the Jazz Albums chart, number six on the Billboard 200 and number eight on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Feels So Right Tour

Before singing "All the Man That I Need", Whitney said, "this song is going to be on my new album, which should be released very soon, we don't know when but we'll see." Arista Records released her new album, I'm Your Baby Tonight 10 months later.

Harry Sutcliffe

The late 1990s saw Harry move into the business side of the music industry, initially as an A&R manager for Arista Records working closely with Blondie, Natalie Imbruglia, Kent, Beth Orton, Avril Lavigne, Jennifer Brown and Death in Vegas.

Here at the Mayflower

Manilow had left Arista Records after a span of over 20 years there (with the exception of two years at the RCA label between 1985-1986).

Kenny G – Greatest Hits

It was released by Arista Records in 1997, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 19 on Billboard 200.

Kenny G Live

It was released by Arista Records in 1989, and peaked at number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and number 16 on the Billboard 200.

La'Myia Good

Unfortunately they were later dropped from Arista Records (due to poor album sales) before they could release their second album.

Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions

Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions is the debut album by American blues-rock artist Shannon Curfman, released in 1999, for Arista Records.

Mommy's Little Monster

Six years later, Mommy's Little Monster was re-issued once again when Ness started Time Bomb Recordings with some of the profits he made from Social Distortion's Epic releases, and reissued Mommy's Little Monster on vinyl, cassette and CD through a distribution deal with Arista Records.

Page of Life

It was released in 1991 by Arista Records, and is, as of 2014, their last studio collaboration as a duo.

Private Parts and Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion

The album was released at a time when Phillips was between his Arista Records and RCA recording contracts, but still had a distribution deal with U.S. label Passport Records.

Robin Sylvester

Clive Davis signed his folk-rock band The Movies to Arista Records, which played around New York and Los Angeles in the late 1970s.

Somewhere in My Lifetime

It was released by Arista Records in 1979 becoming Hyman's debut Arista release (see 1979 in music).

Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies

Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies (1994, Arista/BMG) is a 45-minute video directed by Kris Lefcoe, about the band Crash Test Dummies, done in the style of a medically oriented rockumentary.

The Alpha Band

The Alpha Band reputedly signed a huge-money deal with Arista Records, Clive Davis's label.

The Blues Band

After unqualified endorsement from BBC Radio 1 presenter Simon Bates and others, media interest resulted in a recording contract with Arista Records, who re-released the album under the same title.

The Danse Society

Their second studio album, Heaven Is Waiting, was released in December 1983 on record label Arista.

The Holiday Collection

It was released by Arista Records in 2006, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 40 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 85 on the Billboard 200.

The Juvenile

It was originally written in 1995, as the proposed theme song to the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, but Arista Records pulled the band out of the project.

The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

It was released by Warner Bros. Records without his co-operation and at the same time as his Arista album release the same year, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.

The White Room

In the North American Arista release, samples of crowd noise from U2's Rattle and Hum album, used to segue between the "Stadium House" tracks, are removed, leading to abrupt and awkward transitions between these tracks; additionally, "No More Tears" is shortened and "Last Train to Trancentral" appears in its significantly different stadium house single version.

The World's Not Big Enough

When Du Cann presented some demo tracks to Arista Records, it was suggested that he record them in a studio with Status Quo guitarist Francis Rossi acting as producer.

Ultimate Kenny G

It was released by Arista Records in 2003, and reached number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz and Contemporary Jazz Albums charts, and number 42 on the Billboard 200.

We Invented the Remix

This was the last album Bad Boy would release under the Arista Records label.

Wishes: A Holiday Album

It was released by Arista Records in 2002, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 2 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 29 on the Billboard 200, number 34 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 64 on the Internet Albums chart.

You Said

You Said is the thirteenth studio album by US singer-songwriter Jermaine Jackson, released in 1991 as his only album released with LaFace Records, and his last with Arista.

Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue

Composer Diane Warren had submitted "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" for consideration for Exposé to record along with the Warren composition "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me": Arista president Clive Davis had indicated that only one of those two songs could be recorded by the group and while Jurado - who considered "both beautiful songs" - had favored the latter, the group's producer Lewis Martineé opted for "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue".


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