Austin Daboh OBE, EVP of Warner’s Atlantic Data UK, exits
Extensively-respected British music government Austin Daboh OBE has left his function at Warner Music‘s Atlantic Data UK.
Daboh was Govt Vice President of Atlantic Data UK. Since Could 2023, Daboh had additionally been President of Black Music on the label.
Daboh confirmed his departure from the corporate in a LinkedIn publish this week.
“Turning the web page after 5 and a half unimaginable years at Atlantic Data / Warner Music,” he wrote. “The time feels proper to maneuver into new ventures, carrying the relationships, classes and success my groups delivered.”
“The time feels proper to maneuver into new ventures, carrying the relationships, classes and success my groups delivered.”
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He added: “Grateful for the workers and artists who made this chapter highly effective and for each studio, stage and boardroom we shared. Onwards and upwards.”
Daboh was employed by Atlantic within the EVP place in June 2020. It was his first function at a significant label, following a profession largely in radio and music streaming.
Chatting with Music Enterprise Worldwide in July 2020, Daboh stated: “I’ve at all times sat in an agnostic place earlier than, a accomplice to labels, providing my recommendation and help [to artists] from that impartial perspective.
“That’s one thing I need to keep it up at Atlantic: I need to construct us to a spot the place everyone needs to see us win, as a result of we’re serving to out the whole lot of youth tradition, reasonably than simply our personal roster.”
Daboh began his music business profession in 2006 as Music Programmer at BBC Music 1Xtra, earlier than turning into CEO of the PR, promotion and expertise company The Hub Leisure in 2011.
He returned to BBC Music 1Xtra in 2014 as Music Supervisor, main the musical course of the station.
In 2016, Austin Daboh joined Spotify as Senior Editor, Exhibits and Editorial, earlier than being promoted in 2018 to Head of Music Tradition & Editorial, Spotify UK. Daboh spent three years at Spotify, the place he devised and launched the Who We Be playlist along with different standout UK Spotify editorial manufacturers.
Transferring to Apple Music in 2019, Daboh assumed the publish of Head of Editorial for UK & Eire, a job wherein he was chargeable for the platform’s whole UK-based editorial and playlist ecosystem.
The revered artist growth specialist led the launch of Apple Music’s Agenda playlist, which ‘represents the genuine voices of the UK and past, spanning hip-hop, grime, R&B, Afrobeats and every little thing in between’. He additionally headed the launch of an Agenda reside present in February, that includes a efficiency from BRIT and Mercury-winning British rapper, Dave.
After seven months at Apple Music, in 2020 Daboh was appointed Govt Vice President of Atlantic Data UK.
Daboh additionally joined the WMUK management crew and was instrumental within the strategic course of the corporate each culturally and creatively.
Elsewhere at Warner Music within the UK, Isabel Garvey not too long ago confirmed that she might be leaving her function as Chief Working Officer of London-based Warner Music UK.
Garvey’s choice to face down from her function on the finish of the 12 months adopted the information that Warner’s flagship Atlantic and Warner Data UK labels might be working extra carefully with their US counterparts, with UK label heads now reporting to US management.
Warner Music UK’s different groups, together with the shared companies that help each labels, might be overseen straight by Simon Robson, President, EMEA, Recorded Music, WMG.
The adjustments to WMUK’s operations adopted the information that Tony Harlow is leaving his function as CEO of Warner Music UK on the finish of October.Music Enterprise Worldwide
