Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE AUGUST 26, 2021 Page 1 of 40 INSIDE 40 Under 40: Billboard Reveals • Inside the Business 2021 List of Trailblazing Young of BTS — And the Challenges Ahead Music Executives • Jeff Vaughn Is BY BILLBOARD STAFF Writing the Next Chapter of Capitol Music Group History When his breakout hit, “Love Cycle,” took off in 2020, is to be the preeminent popular music label,” he says, rapper Toosii started getting calls from major labels “and reimagine what the next 80 years of Capitol • Halsey and interested in signing him. One of the last meetings he looks like.” Kaytranada Join went to was with Capitol Records. “When I walked in Moment House’s Tarek Al-Hamdouni $12M Series A: the room and saw Jeff [Vaughn], I was like, ‘This is the Senior vp digital marketing, RCA Records Exclusive label,’ ” recalls Toosii. The two had met years earlier Tasked with helping break artists like Doja Cat, Tate under very different circumstances — Vaughn was vp McRae, Fousheé and Flo Milli, the 37-year-old de- • Marketing Whiz of A&R for another label, while Toosii, unbeknownst scribes his work as twofold: “Find people who aren’t Ileana Diez Wants to Help Artists Grow to Vaughn, was homeless — and the rapper remem- clicking ‘play,’ ” he says, and inspire current fans so Their Empires bered the kindness Vaughn had shown him during a they’re “pressing ‘play’ more often.” For Doja’s Planet vulnerable time. “He’s one of the most humble dudes Her rollout, that meant enticing listeners, new and • Earn Money for you’ll ever meet, showing up to work in Vans and a old, with Spotify activations and a sumptuous VEVO Your Music Taste: 3LAU Raises $16M flannel shirt,” says Toosii. “As an artist, he treats me performance series — anything to build out “the for Music Rights like I’m precious. Shout-out to the new Capitol.” bridge between artist and fan.” Marketplace Royal As the company approaches its 80th anniversary Before I Turn 40, I Want To: “See the Arctic.” next year, Vaughn, 36, is indeed molding a “new” Jarred Arfa MARKET WATCH Capitol. Recruited by Universal Music Group chair- COO, Artist Group International PAGE 37 man/CEO Lucian Grainge as Capitol Records presi- Promoted from GM/executive vp in April, Arfa, SONGWRITERS dent in 2020, Vaughn was promoted to chairman/CEO 37, guided the company through major deals during & PRODUCERS of Capitol Music Group earlier this year and faces the the pandemic, including adding boy band Why Don’t CHARTS daunting tasks of reinvigorating the roster and more We to its icon-filled roster; teaming up with London- PAGES 38 - 40 significantly investing in R&B and hip-hop. “Our goal (continued) TOTAL IMMERSION ESSENTIAL ANALYSIS of the latest business topics and trends formulated to give industry players the competitive advantage in a rapidly changing market. EXCLUSIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS that deliver in-depth, holistic reporting; case studies; and custom data designed to serve the industry. A DEEP DIVE LIBRARY stocked with intelligence on fan data, SUBSCRIBE TO BILLBOARD PRO FOR song catalog sales, TV synchs, Africa’s burgeoning music ACCESS TO NEW REPORTS business and the gaming industry’s embrace of artists. AND THE ARCHIVE Page 3 of 40 IN BRIEF based K2 Agency through its joint venture the rapper as well as labelmates like Young them internally and building for the future.” with private equity firm (and AGI parent Thug and Gunna have won multiple market- Responsible for award-winning campaigns company) Yucaipa Companies; and signing ing awards and helped Slime Language 2 — a for acts such as Pearl Jam and Greta Van with sponsorship/branding agency Brand- compilation project from Thug’s Young Fleet, Coslov also noticed the gaming com- Mark. Still, he sees the cautious return of Stoner Life Records roster — top the Bill- munity’s response to Glass Animals’ “Heat live music as the most exciting development. board 200. “I am a creative sociologist,” Waves” and worked to make it a single as the My Favorite Piece of Artist Mer- says Bass. “I make it my business to under- track blew up on TikTok. It’s one of many ch: “The night my son was born, Billy Joel stand where my artists’ brand and music fit ways user-generated content has “recali- had a residency show at [Madison Square within [the cultural] landscape.” brated the industry across all departments,” Garden] — I have a signed setlist from him If I Didn’t Work in Music, I he says. welcoming my son to the world.” Would: “Work in the hospitality business. If I Didn’t Work in Music, I Would: “Be Warda Baig I’m the hostess with the mostess.” finding different ways to disappoint my Talent buyer, Live Nation Stacy Blythe parents after dropping out of law school. In In the past few months, Baig, 31, has Senior vp promotion, Big Loud all seriousness, probably writing my second jumped right into getting bands back on the In 2020, the label home to country stars novel.” road, booking over 60 concerts at The Pa- like Morgan Wallen, Jake Owen and Chris Ileana Diez vilion at Toyota Music Factory in Dallas and Lane marked its fifth anniversary, and Marketing executive lining up the first shows for a new Hous- Blythe, 37, celebrated accordingly: Her Gordan Dillard ton ballroom slated to open in November. now-10-person promotions team took five Artist manager, SALXCO Outside of music, says Baig, “I spent the past singles to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Air- Doja Cat spent 18 months working on her year reflecting on my multiple identities and play chart in the 2020 calendar year — “the June release, Planet Her, and Dillard, 34, how I can use my platform at Live Nation most of any imprint in Nashville,” she says, was with the artist every step of the way, to start change within the organization,” and nearly half of the label’s 11 total chart- helping the rapper/pop star welcome her including helping the company take part in toppers to date. Her next goal: taking Big space-themed third studio album into the #StopAsianHateDay. Loud’s chart share from No. 3 to No. 1. world with events such as a futuristic Gram- What I’ve Missed Most About Office If I Didn’t Work in Music, I mys performance in March and a mesmeriz- Life: “Doing the daily walk and talk to get Would: “Run a meatball food truck. I grew ing drone light show in Los Angeles in June our steps in — and catch up on our favorite up in an Italian family and often find it dif- (created in partnership with Amazon Mu- TV shows.” ficult to locate authentic Italian food in the sic). Says Dillard: “The last year has forced Rayna Bass South.” everyone to think outside the box.” Senior vp marketing, 300 Entertainment Alex Coslov What I’ve Missed Most About Office Megan Thee Stallion’s three Grammy VP marketing strategy, Republic Records Life: “The loud music and the water dis- Award wins in March marked a “full circle” “If Republic is Congress,” says Coslov, 31, penser — random, I know.” moment for Bass, 35, whose campaigns for “then I am the artists’ senator, representing Catrin Drabble AUTHORITATIVE INTELLIGENCE. DELIVERED DIGITALLY. 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