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 .