Career Records
| Arista Nashville | |
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| Parent company | Sony Music |
| Founded | 1989 |
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| Distributor(s) | Sony Music Nashville (US) |
| Genre | Country |
| Country of origin | US |
| Official website | www.aristanashville.com |
Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned division of Sony Music, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Formed in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley, and Carrie Underwood. The label used to operate three sister labels: Career Records, Arista Austin, and Arista Latin. It was a subsidiary of Arista Records, but after the dissolution, it was not affected and remains a Sony Music label.
Arista Nashville was formed in 1989 by Tim DuBois and Clive Davis. Alan Jackson was the first artist signed to the label. Artists signed to the label within its first five years included Asleep at the Wheel, Exile, Rob Crosby, Steve Wariner, Michelle Wright, Pam Tillis, Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, Radney Foster, Blackhawk, and The Tractors. Brooks & Dunn remained with the label for the entirety of their career.
The label founded Arista Texas in 1993, a sub-label specializing in Texas music artists. In 1997, it was split into Arista Austin, which featured Jeff Black, Robert Earl Keen, and Abra Moore, and a Spanish-language label called Arista Latin. Foster also moved to Arista Austin from Arista Nashville in 1997.
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