Power of Women 2023: The NY-Based Female Music Executives Making an Impact
variety.comThania Garcia The New York music scene is a bustling playground for the industry’s most eager power players. Ready to face the evolving landscape head-on, the executives featured in Variety’s larger New York Women’s Impact Report (see the full report here) are navigating everything from accelerating advances in technology to global takeovers.
Here we highlight the achievements of powerful women who have broken barriers in their respective fields to innovate and elevate the ever-expanding business of music in 2023.
From launching one-of-a-kind talent partnerships and experiential activations to championing long-deserving artists, the women in this list have risen to unimaginable heights to create a long-lasting impact.
Among them are executives from Sony Music Entertainment, Alamo Records, the Orchard, Live Nation and Wasserman Music. Read more about them below. Exec VP, Def Jam Recordings; president, 4th & Broadway Burnette helped shape DJ Khaled’s career at Epic Records and last month reunited with the hitmaker at Def Jam, the label where he launched his career as an A&R executive. “We have so much history and such big plans for the future,” she says. “It just felt right to bring him home to Def Jam.” This type of long-term trust has led to the prolific success of many of Burnette’s artists, from Muni Long’s 2022 Grammy noms to rapper Armani White’s viral hits.
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