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6 Music Industry Powerbrokers to Watch
Image Credit: Ady Chng Six buzzed-about industry powerbrokers on track for next year’s top ranks.
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Omar Al-Joulani, 39 & Ryan McElrath, 42
Senior vps of North American touring, Live Nation Entertainment
These young turks guided some of the biggest-grossing tours of 2016. McElrath ran point for Coldplay (Billboard’s No. 3 tour of 2016) and Drake/Future (No. 10). Al-Joulani took an active role in Kanye West’s Saint Pablo Tour as well as Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Family Reunion.
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Marcel Marcondes, 41
Vp marketing, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Anheuser-Busch’s newly appointed U.S. chief marketing officer will complement the beermaker’s investment in music (Bud Light’s Dive Bar Tour with Lady Gaga; the Jay Z-curated Made in America festival) with sponsorships at the Super Bowl, South by Southwest and Lollapalooza.
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Gregg Nadel, 40
President, Elektra Records
Before Craig Kallman and Julie Greenwald (Nos. 15) picked the Atlantic veteran from their ranks in January to lead Elektra, Nadel signed Grammy-nominated country artist Sturgill Simpson and rising alt-rock act Kaleo, and worked marketing campaigns for Ed Sheeran and Coldplay.
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Aaron Rosenberg, 39
Partner, Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
The youngest partner in the history of the firm, Rosenberg took on a 13-year-old Justin Bieber as a client when he was fresh out of Harvard Law School. He still represents the pop star, as well as John Legend, Meghan Trainor and Future, in the music department headed by Eric Greenspan.
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Chris Woltman, 50
Owner, Element 1 Music Marketing & Management
The manager of Twenty One Pilots helped guide them to a breakthrough year: Blurryface sold 1.4 million units and earned five Grammy nods, and the band notched three top five Hot 100 hits and a tour that grossed $23.6 million and drew 567,000 fans in North America.