BMG Ariola Argentina: version 1

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# BMG Ariola Argentina <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: BMG Ariola Argentina
disambiguation: BMG's Argentine record company until the 2004 Sony BMG merger; not Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Argentina)
summary: Defunct Argentine record company of BMG Entertainment International that issued Ariola and other BMG releases in Argentina until the 2004 Sony BMG merger.
legal_name: BMG Ariola Argentina S.A.
country: AR
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                          | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                                |
| ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/bertelsmann-music-group |        |      | 2004  | true  | derived | ^discogs-bmgar | Discogs describes it as a branch of BMG Entertainment International |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                      | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| BMG Ariola Argentina S.A. | legal |        |      |       |
| BMG Argentina             | name  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                       | title                                                                                  | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                               | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-ar    | https://api.discogs.com/releases/12919116 | Discogs release 12919116: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten (CD, Album, Argentina, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 12919116  | identifiers, labels, companies, notes | CC0     |             |          |
| discogs-bmgar | https://api.discogs.com/labels/135264     | Discogs label 135264: BMG Ariola Argentina S.A.                                        | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 135264    | profile, parent label                 | CC0     |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
BMG Ariola Argentina S.A. was the Argentine branch of BMG Entertainment International, in charge of issuing Ariola releases and those of other labels in Argentina; its earliest credits appear in 1989, it worked alongside the pressing firm Electrosonora Manufacturas Saavedra, and it ceased operations with the 2004 Sony BMG merger, when publishing moved to Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Argentina).[^discogs-bmgar] It distributed the Argentine pressing of Natasha Bedingfield's album Unwritten.[^discogs-ar]
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