Music executive
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A music executive or record executive is person within a record label who works in senior management, making executive decisions over the label's artists. Their role varies greatly but in essence, they can oversee one, or many, aspects of a record label, including A&R, contracts, management, publishing, production, manufacture, marketing/promotion, distribution, copyright, touring, as well as other things.
[edit] Notable music executives
In alphabetical order by Surname:
- Eric "Eazy-E" Wright (Ruthless Records)
- Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander (Sho'nuff Records)
- Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins (Mpire Records)
- Irving Azoff (MCA Records)
- Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard & Jordan "Juicy J" Houston (Hypnotize Mindz)
- Neil Bogart (Casablanca Records)
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, Chaka Zulu & Jeff Dixon (Disturbing tha Peace)
- Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (Warner)
- David "Young Buck" Brown (Cashville Records)
- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena (Terror Squad Entertainment)
- Dwayne "Lil' Wayne" Carter (Young Money Entertainment)
- Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter (Roc Nation, Takeover Roc Nation, StarRoc, Roc-A-Fella Records)
- Leonard Chess & Phil Chess (Chess Records)
- Madonna "Madonna" Ciccone (Maverick Records)
- Michael "Sha Money XL" Clervoix (Money Management Group, Dream Big Ventures, G-Unit Records)
- Sean "Diddy" Combs (Bad Boy Entertainment)
- Simon Cowell (Syco)
- Kwasi "Tinchy Stryder" Danquah (Takeover Roc Nation, Takeover Entertainment Ltd, Takeover/Cloud 9)
- Clive Davis (Sony Music)
- Radric "Gucci Mane" Davis (1017 Brick Squad Records, So Icey Entertainment)
- Kara DioGuardi (Warner Bros. Records, Arthouse Entertainment)
- Jermaine Dupri (So So Def Recordings)
- Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records)
- Simon Fuller (19 Entertainment)
- Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Philadelphia International Records)
- David Geffen (Geffen Records)
- Berry Gordy (Motown Records)
- Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo & Chris Gotti (The Inc. Records)
- Peter Grant (Swan Song Records)
- Irving Green (Mercury Records)
- Peter Guber (Polygram)
- Michael Gudinski (Mushroom)
- Sean Guerrier De Bey (Universal, World Live Music & Distribution)
- Guy Hands (EMI)
- Clifford "T.I." Harris & Jason Geter (Grand Hustle Records)
- Chad Hugo (Star Trak Entertainment)
- Jimmy Iovine (Interscope-Geffen-A&M)
- Vlad "Tataee" Irimia (Casa Productions-Legend Audio)
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (G-Unit Records, G-Unit West, G-Unit Philly, G-Note Records)
- O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson (Lench Mob Records)
- Randy Jackson (Columbia)
- Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins (Corporate Thugz)
- Nasir "Nas" Jones (The Jones Experience, Ill Will Records)
- Khaled "DJ Khaled" Khaled (We the Best Music Group)
- Suge Knight (Death Row Records)
- Mathew Knowles (Music World Entertainment)
- Shia LaBeouf (Element)
- Morris Levy (Roulette Records)
- Goddard Lieberson (CBS Records)
- Marshall "Eminem" Mathers & Paul Rosenberg (Shady Records)
- Percy "Master P" Miller (No Limit Forever Records, Guttar Music Entertainment, The New No Limit, No Limit Records)
- Doug Morris (Universal)
- Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley (Mosley Music Group, Beat Club Records)
- Tommy Mottola (Sony Music, Casablanca, Columbia)
- Faheem "T-Pain" Najm (Nappy Boy Entertainment)
- Mo Ostin (Warner Bros. Records)
- Antwan "Big Boi" Patton (Purple Ribbon Records)
- Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips, Sean "Sheek Louch" Jacobs & David "Styles P" Styles (D-Block Records)
- Antonio "L.A." Reid (LaFace Records, Arista Records, Hitco Music Publishing)
- William "Rick Ross" Roberts (Maybach Music Group)
- Joseph Robinson & Sylvia Robinson (Sugar Hill Records)
- Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison (Hoo-Bangin' Records)
- Rolf Schmidt-Holtz (Sony Music)
- Hakeem "Chamillionaire" Seriki (Chamillitary Entertainment)
- Afeni Shakur (Amaru Entertainment)
- Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin (Def Jam Recordings)
- Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith (BME Recordings)
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith (Conglomerate Records, Flipmode Entertainment)
- Rob Stevenson (Virgin Records)
- Jayceon "Game" Taylor & George "Big Face 100" Taylor (The Black Wall Street Records)
- Aliaune "Akon" Thiam (Konvict Muzik, Kon Live Distribution)
- Justin Timberlake (Tennman Records)
- Mark "Vin Diesel" Vincent (Racetrack Records)
- DeAndre "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em" Way (Stacks on Deck Entertainment)
- Barry Weiss (RCA/Jive Label Group)
- Kanye West (G.O.O.D. Music)
- Bryan "Birdman" Williams & Ronald "Slim" Williams (Cash Money Records, Young Money Entertainment)
- Pharrell Williams (Star Trak Entertainment, i am Other)
- Elijah Wood (Simian Records)
- Andre "Dr. Dre" Young (Aftermath Entertainment, Death Row Records)
[edit] See also
- Dannen, Frederic. Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (New York: 1991, Vintage Press).
- Harris, Larry; Gooch, Curt Gooch; and Suhs, Jeff. And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records (2009, Backbeat). ISBN 0879309822.
- Knoedelseder, William. Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia (New York: 1993, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.).
