Editing Ariola (section)

{{short description|German record label}}
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{{infobox record label
| name        = Ariola
| image       = Ariola-Logo.svg
| parent      = [[Sony Music|Sony Music Entertainment]] (since 2008)
| founded     = {{start date and age|1958}}
| founder     = 
| distributor = {{ubl|Self-distributed (1958–1987)|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] (1987–2004)|[[Sony BMG]] (2004–2008)|Sony Music Entertainment (2008–present)|[[Legacy Recordings]] (Ariola America catalog)}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = Germany
| location    = [[Berlin]], Germany
| url         = {{URL|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|Sony Music Entertainment]].