Extensively-respected British music govt Austin Daboh OBE has left his function at Warner Music‘s Atlantic Data UK.
Daboh was Govt Vice President of Atlantic Data UK. Since Might 2023, Daboh had additionally been President of Black Music on the label.
Daboh confirmed his departure from the corporate in a LinkedIn submit 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 employees 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 all the time sat in an agnostic place earlier than, a associate to labels, providing my recommendation and help [to artists] from that impartial perspective.
“That’s one thing I wish to keep it up at Atlantic: I wish to construct us to a spot the place all people desires to see us win, as a result of we’re serving to out the whole lot of youth tradition, relatively than simply our personal roster.”
Daboh began his music trade 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 path of the station.
In 2016, Austin Daboh joined Spotify as Senior Editor, Reveals 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 submit of Head of Editorial for UK & Eire, a task by which he was accountable for the platform’s complete 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 all the pieces in between’. He additionally headed the launch of an Agenda stay 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 workforce and was instrumental within the strategic path of the corporate each culturally and creatively.
Elsewhere at Warner Music within the UK, Isabel Garvey lately confirmed that she will likely 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 yr adopted the information that Warner’s flagship Atlantic and Warner Data UK labels will likely be working extra intently 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, will likely be overseen immediately by Simon Robson, President, EMEA, Recorded Music, WMG.
The modifications 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
