Spirit Music Group has introduced the appointment of A&R veteran Lou Al-Chamaa to the function of Govt Vice President of A&R.
In his new function, Al-Chamaa can be liable for signing and growing artists, songwriters, and producers for Spirit Music Group. Based mostly out of the corporate’s Los Angeles workplace, he’ll report on to Frank Rogers, Spirit Music Group’s Chief Inventive Officer.
Commenting on the appointment, Rogers mentioned: “We’re excited to welcome Lou Al-Chamaa to Spirit Music Group. Lou’s drive, ardour and expertise in constructing profitable author rosters make him the right match for Spirit. We’re wanting ahead to increasing our footprint in Los Angeles and past with Lou’s steering.”
Previous to becoming a member of Spirit Music Group, Al-Chamaa served as Senior Vice President, Head of A&R, Publishing at AVEX USA, the place he performed a job in restructuring the corporate’s A&R and artistic division.
His tenure at AVEX noticed vital signings, together with afro beats star Victony, hit songwriters/producers like Jasper Harris (Tate McRae’s Grasping), and GENT! (producer of Doja Cat’s No.1 hit Agora Hills). He additionally established key partnerships with Ryan Tedder’s Runner Music publishing.
“The chance to collaborate with such a forward-thinking crew and contribute to the evolution of music creation is extremely inspiring.”
Lou Al-Chamaa, Spirit Music Group
Earlier than his function at AVEX USA, Al-Chamaa spent six years at Sony Music Publishing as Vice President of A&R. Throughout his time there, he signed and labored with purchasers comparable to Mike Posner, Fortunate Daye, Daniel Caesar, Khalid, Louis Bell, Tori Kelly, and Lindgren (BTS). He was additionally the A&R for Noah Cyrus throughout her July / Finish Of Every thing EP, which garnered over 1.2 billion streams for RECORDS/Columbia music labels.
“I’m actually honored to hitch Spirit Music Group at such an thrilling time within the trade. The chance to collaborate with such a forward-thinking crew and contribute to the evolution of music creation is extremely inspiring,” mentioned Al-Chamaa.
“I’m deeply dedicated to fostering an surroundings the place artists, songwriters, and producers can thrive creatively. I look ahead to harnessing the collective creativity and keenness inside Spirit Music Group to nurture and elevate the following technology of music expertise.”
Based in 1995, Spirit Music Group owns and/or manages an enormous portfolio of over 100,000 songs spanning 9 many years and numerous musical genres. The corporate says it has over 800 charted hits and greater than 200 number-one songs.
Its repertoire contains hits recorded by artists comparable to The Who, Ed Sheeran, John Legend, Chicago, The Go-Go’s, Religion Hill, Tim McGraw, Camilla Cabello, Jay-Z, Ricky Martin, Brad Paisley, Toto, Madonna, Jason Aldean, Graham Nash, T. Rex, Charles Mingus, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Billy Squier, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Eminem, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Salt-N-Pepa, Tom Petty, and extra.
In January, Spirit Music inked an administrative companies settlement with Downtown Music Publishing, permitting the corporate to pair its “experience at A&R, advertising and marketing, branding, digital and synchronization with Downtown’s intensive administration, expertise, and registration capabilities to supply the most effective infrastructure obtainable for our songwriters and companions.”
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