Ariola

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Ariola
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment (since 2008)
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Distributor(s)	Self-distributed (1958–1987) BMG (1987–2004) Sony BMG (2004–2008) Sony Music Entertainment (2008–present) Legacy Recordings (Ariola America catalog)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Berlin, Germany
Official website	ariola.de

Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment.