09 February 2017
Newsdesk
Today, Billboard revealed the brand’s annual Power 100 list of music’s most powerful executives.
Spotify's Chairman/CEO Daniel Ek topped the list, signaling streaming is king in the music industry. Ek dethroned Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, who has topped the list for the past two years.
If the music industry is indeed in turnaround, that’s in no small part due to the digital disrupter at No. 1, the live titan at No. 3, Alexa’s mastermind at No. 12 and the visionary label bosses, tech gurus, artist managers and media moguls (including 41 first-timers!) who comprise Billboard’s annual ranking of executive excellence.
1. Daniel Ek, Chairman/CEO, Spotify
2. Lucian Grainge, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group
3. Michael Rapino, President/CEO, Live Nation Entertainment
4. Eddy Cue, Senior vp Internet and software services, Apple; Jimmy Iovine, Executive, Apple; Robert Kondrk, Vp media apps and content, Apple
5. Rob Stringer, Chairman/CEO, Columbia Records
6. Irving Azoff, Chairman/chief executive officer, Azoff MSG Entertainment
7. Martin Bandier, Chairman/CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
8. Stephen Cooper, CEO, Warner Music Group
9. Rob Light, Partner/managing director/head of music, Creative Artists Agency; Darryl Eaton, Mitch Rose & Rick Roskin, Co-heads of contemporary music for North America, CAA
10. Doug Morris, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment
11. Coran Capshaw, Founder, Red Light Management
12. Jeff Bezos, Founder/CEO, Amazon; Steve Boom, Vice president, Amazon Music
13. Michele Anthony, Executive vp, Universal Music Group; Boyd Muir, Executive vp/CFO, UMG
14. Monte Lipman, Chairman/CEO, Republic Records; Avery Lipman, President/COO, Republic Records
15. Craig Kallman, Chairman/CEO, Atlantic Records; Julie Greenwald, Chairman/COO, Atlantic Records
16. Marc Geiger, Partner/worldwide head of music, William Morris Endeavor; Sara Newkir Simon & Kirk Sommer, Partners/co-heads of music, WME; Rob Beckham, Partner, WME/co-head, WME Nashville
17. Jody Gerson, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
18. Guy Oseary, Co-founder, Maverick Management
19. Bob Pittman, Chairman/CEO, iHeartMedia; John Sykes, Presidnt of entertainment enterprises, iHeartMedia; Tom Poleman, President of the national programming group, iHeartMedia
20. Steve Barnett, Chairman/CEO, Capitol Music Group
21. Jay Marciano, COO, Anschutz Entertainment Group; chairman/CEO, AEG Live
22. Peter Edge, Chairman/CEO, RCA Records; Tom Corson, President/COO, RCA Records
23. Scooter Braun, Founder, SB Projects
24. Arthur Fogel, Chairman of global music/president of global touring, Liv Nation Entertainment; Mark Campana & Bob Roux, Co-presidents of North America concerts, LNE; Brian O'Connell, Preident of country music touring, LNE; David Zedeck, Executive vp/president of global talent and artist development, LNE
25. Allen ShapIro, CEO, Dick Clark Productions; Michael Mahan, President, DCP
26. Cameron Strang, Chairman/CEO, Warner Bros. Records
27. John Janick, Chairman/CEO, Interscope Geffen A&M
28. Jon Platt, Chairman/CEO, Warner/Chappell Music
29. Jennifer Breithaupt, Managing director of media, advertising and global entertainment, Citi
30. Robert Kyncl, Chief business officer, YouTube; Lyor Cohen, Global head of music partnerships, YouTube
31. Marty Diamond, Paul Morris, Dan Weiner, Tom Windish, Music Leadership Group, Paradigm Talent Agency
32. Joel Katz, Chairman of the global entertainment and media practice, Greenberg Traurig
33. Scott Greenstein, President/chief content officer, SiriusXM
34. Tim Westergren, Co-founder/CEO, Pandora Media
35. Mike Dungan, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group Nashville
36. Hartwig Masuch, CEO, BMG
37. Kevin Kelleher, Executive vp/CFO, Sony Music Entertainment
38. Jonathan Dickins, Founder, September Management
39. Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman/CEO, Epic Records; Sylvia Rhone, President, Epic Records
40. Paul Tollett, President/CEO, Goldenvoice
41. Oliver El-Khatib, Founder, OVO; co-manager, Drake
42. Russell Wallach, President of media and sponsorship, Live Nation Entertainment
43. Alle Grubman, Senior partner, Grubman Shire & Meiselas; Kenny Meiselas, Named partner, Grubman Shire & Meiselas
44. Randy Goodman, Chairman/CEO, Sony Music Nashville
45. Neil Portnow, President/CEO, The Recording Academy
46. Steve Bartels, CEO, Def Jam Recordings
47. John Branca, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham
48. Jerem Zimmer, CEO, United Talent Agency; Ken Fermaglich, Jbeau Lewis & Natalia Nastaskin, Music Leadership Team, UTA
49. Scott Borchetta, President/CEO, Big Machine Label Group
50. Stefan Blom, Chief content officer/chief strategy officer, Spotify; Troy Carter, Global head of creator services, Spotify
51. Jay Brown, President, Roc Nation
52. Wassim Sal" Slaiby, CEO, SAL&CO/XO
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53. Andre J. Fernandez, President/CEO, CBS Radio
54. Jonathan Hull, Head of music partnerships, Facebook
55. Adam Harter, Vp marketing and cultural connections, PepsiCo
56. Pasquale Rotella, Founder/CEO, Insomniac Events
57. Dennis Arfa, Chairman, Artist Group International
58. David Massey, President/CEO, Island Records
59. Deborah Curtis, Vp global experiential marketing and partnerships, American Express
60. Dennis Kooker, President of global dgital business and U.S. sales, Sony Music Entertainment; Julie Swidler, Executive vp business affairs/general counsel, SME
61. Jeffrey Harleston, General consel/executive vp business and legal affairs, Universal Music Group; Michael Nash, Executive vp digital strategy, UMG
62. John Esposito, Chairman/CEO, Warner Music Nashville
63. Rich Riley, CEO, Shazam
64. Martin Mills, Founder/chairman, Beggars Group
65. Larry Rudolph & Adam Leber, Partners, Maverick
66. Jon Landau, President, Jon Landau Management
67. Larry Jackson,Head of original content, iTunes/Apple Music; Bozoma Saint John, Head of global consumer marketing, iTunes/Apple Music
68. Michael O'Neill, President/CEO, BMI; Elizabeth Matthes, CEO, ASCAP; Michael Huppe, President/CEO, SoundExchange; John Josephson, Chairman/CEO, SESAC
69. Cliff Burnstein & Peter Mensch, Co-founders, Q Prime
70. Charlie Walk, President, Republic Group
71. Willard Ahdritz, Founder/CEO, Kobalt
72. Steve Levine, Partner/co-head of worldwide concerts, ICM artners; Rob Prinz, Partner/co-head of worldwide concerts, ICM Partners; Mark Siegel, Partner/head of music, ICM Partners
73. Erik Huggers, CEO, Vevo
74. Louis Messina, CEO, Messina Touring Group
75. Afo Verde, Chairman/CEO, Latin America, Spain and Portugal; Sony Music Entertainment
76. Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Enterainment; Lorne Michaels, Creator/executive producer, Saturday Night Live/The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
77. Evan Spiegel, Co-founder/CEO, Snap; Nick Bell, Vp content, Snap
78. Bradford Cobb, Steven Jensen, Martin Kirkup, Partners, Direct Management Group
79. Stu Bergen, CEO of international and global commercial services Warner Music Group; Eric Levin, CFO/executive vp, WMG; Paul Robinson, Executive vp/general counsel/secretary, WMG
80. Jesus Lopez, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Latin America & Iberian Peninsula
81. Scott Pascucci, CEO, Concord Bicycle Music; Steve Smith, Chairman, Concord Bicycle Music
82. Debra Lee, Chairman/CEO, BET Networks; Stephen Hill, President of programming, BET Networks
83. Joel Klaiman, Executive vp/GM, Columbia Records
84. Danny Strick & Rick Krim, Co-presidents of the U.S., Sony/ATV Music Publishing
85. Mike Caren, CEO, Artist Partner Group/Artist Publishing Group; creative officer, Warner Music Group A&R
86. L. Londell McMillan & Charles Koppelman, Special entertainment advisers to the estate of Prince Rogers Nelson
87. Sarah Trahern, CEO, Country Music Association
88. Daniel Glass, Founder/president, Glassnote Entertainment Group/Insieme Music
89. Ken Ehrlich, President, Ken Ehrlich Productions
90. Steve Berman, Vice chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M
91. Phil McIntyre, CEO, Philymack
92. Matt Pincus, Founder/CEO, SONGS Music Publishing; Ron Perry, President, SONGS Music Publishing
93. Adam Alpert, CEO, Disruptor Records/Selector Songs
94. Mary Berner, President/CEO, Cumulus Media
95. David Israelite, President/CEO, National Music Publishers' Association; Cary Sherman, Chairman/CEO, RIAA
96. Jorge "Pepo" Ferradas, President of music, Univision Communications
97. Bernie Cahill, Co-founder/head of music division, ROAR
98. Michelle Jubelirer, COO, Capitol Music Group
99. Jeffrey Azoff, Full Stop Management
100. Kevin Kusatsu & Andrew McInnes, Founders, TMWRK
