Along with spearheading the genre's first LP to sell a million copies, Bradley worked with legends like Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Ronnie Milsap, and more
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE has named CHELSEA BLYTHE as its EVP/A&R. She succeeds BRIAN WRIGHT, who departed that role in APRIL (NET NEWS 4/4).BLYTHE began her career as an A&R intern at INTERSCOPE RECORDS before becoming the department coordinator, where she worked with artists including KENDRICK LAMAR, SCHOOLBOY Q, RAE SREMMURD, and MIKE WILL MADE-IT. Moving to COLUMBIA RECORDS in 2016, BLYTHE climbed to VP/A&R, signed SYMBA, played a role in signing BABY KEEM to the label, .
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP NASHVILLE (UMGN) has appointed CINDY MABE Chair and CEO for the company, making her the first woman to lead a NASHVILLE major label group. MABE, who rises from President, assumes the role APRIL 1st, and succeeds MIKE DUNGAN, who YESTERDAY (1/9) announced his intention to retire from his position at UMGN after more than a decade there (NET NEWS 1/9).MABE joined UMGN in 2012 as SVP/Marketing, responsible for leading marketing across CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE, EMI RECORDS .
CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE has named CHRIS SCHULER VP/Promotion effective MONDAY, JANUARY 9th. He takes the helm following the recent news of industry vet BOBBY YOUNG’s retirement (NET NEWS 12/9/22).SCHULER was most recently VP/Promotion at ARISTA NASHVILLE for seven months until his departure in NOVEMBER (NET NEWS 11/14/22). He began his entertainment industry career with a job in Radio and TV/Film at BMI NASHVILLE. Shortly after, he joined MERCURY NASHVILLE as a promotion coordinator .
Industry veterans HALEY McLEMORE, VAN HAZE and JT PRATT have joined forces to launch the artist management and strategic partnerships company OTTER CREEK ENTERTAINMENT. They will continue to handle the careers of BMLG RECORDS BRETT YOUNG, MERCURY s MADDIE & TAE and newcomer ROMAN ALEXANDER.All three previously worked at RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT, where McLEMORE has been a talent manager since 2014, and PRATT has worked as a day-to-day manager since 2018 following stints at L3 ENTERTAINMENT .