Confirmed: Bruno Crolot joins Imagine as President, Label & Artist Options (LAS)
Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of Worldwide Music, Bruno Crolot has confirmed he’s leaving the streaming firm for a task at Imagine.
In a LinkedIn publish on Tuesday (June 3), Crolot mentioned he will probably be taking on the function of President, Label & Artist Options (LAS) on the France-headquartered music firm.
MBW first reported on Crolot’s imminent departure from Spotify final month, although at the moment it was unclear what function he could be taking on at Imagine.
In his new function, Crolot will lead the LAS enterprise and P&L at Imagine, working carefully with regional and native normal managers, in addition to with TuneCore, Imagine’s DIY distribution firm.
“Imagine is likely one of the most modern, forward-thinking and persistently profitable gamers within the music business for years – an organization I’ve lengthy watched and admired.”
Bruno Crolot
“Imagine is likely one of the most modern, forward-thinking and persistently profitable gamers within the music business for years – an organization I’ve lengthy watched and admired,” Crolot wrote on LinkedIn.
“I’m deeply grateful to [Believe Founder and CEO] Denis [Ladegaillerie] and [Global Head of Music] Romain [Vivien] for his or her belief and for welcoming me at such an thrilling and pivotal second in Imagine’s journey.”
On Tuesday, Crolot described his time at Spotify as “probably the most fulfilling skilled expertise” of his profession thus far.
“Over the course of virtually 9 years, I had the privilege to guide unbelievable groups, collaborate with – and study from – a number of the most gifted, passionate and purpose-driven individuals within the enterprise – each as MD France & Benelux and later as Head of Worldwide Music.”
Crolot initially joined Spotify in 2016 as Basic Supervisor for France and Benelux, a task during which he was tasked with defining and deploying Spotify’s improvement technique in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. He was promoted to Senior Director, Head of Worldwide Music on the platform 4 years later, in 2021.
Previous to his time at Spotify, Crolot served for 5 years as Head of B2B music commerce present Midem in Cannes, France. His twenty years of music business and digital leisure expertise additionally embody time at Common Music, Noos, Orange, and Sony Music.
Crolot’s arrival at Imagine comes within the wake of plenty of notable strikes inside the firm’s senior workers, together with the promotion of Romain Vivien to the function of Imagine’s first-ever International Head of Music final fall.
Additionally final yr, Imagine appointed Henri Jamet – who beforehand served because the Director of labels AllPoints, Morning Glory, naïve and Animal 63 – to the function of Managing Director of Imagine France.
Imagine’s TuneCore has additionally seen some contemporary faces of late, together with Kevin Ferguson, who joined as Senior Vice President, Know-how, in February, and Mike Ceglio, who was appointed to the function of Vice President, Operations Technique, in January.Music Enterprise Worldwide
