{"id":244700,"date":"2025-11-12T15:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=244700"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:37:45","slug":"gregg-nadel-promoted-to-president-of-ar-at-warner-records-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/gregg-nadel-promoted-to-president-of-ar-at-warner-records-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Nadel promoted to President of A&#038;R at Warner Records Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Widely respected music executive Gregg Nadel has been elevated to a senior leadership position at Warner Records Group, in the newly created role of President of A&amp;R.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Los Angeles, he reports to Warner Records Group CEO &amp; Co-Chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck.<\/p>\n<p>Nadel, who has been with Warner Music Group for his entire 28-year career, was most recently Co-Chair &amp; Co-President of Warner Music Nashville, now Warner Records Nashville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Nadel\u2019s appointment follows the recent alignment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wmg-promises-more-firepower-for-british-artists-as-atlantic-and-warner-records-uk-labels-align-with-us-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between Warner Records UK and Warner Records US<\/a> under the Warner Records Group umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, in his new post, Nadel &#8220;will help drive overall A&amp;R strategy and global collaboration across the company\u2019s three major divisions, drawing on his wide-ranging experience on the A&amp;R, marketing, and leadership fronts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Records Group includes <strong>Warner Records US, Warner Records UK<\/strong>, and<strong> Warner Records Nashville.<\/strong> The label group is described as &#8220;a collaborative collective of labels,&#8221; which &#8220;generates enhanced promotional muscle, unified marketing and media strategies, and combined data-analytics support&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, according to Warner, &#8220;each division maintains its independence and creative autonomy, reinforcing their long-standing unique cultures and brand identities&#8221;.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      \n<p>Nadel will work closely with <strong>Joe Kentish<\/strong>, President of Warner Records UK; <strong>Karen<\/strong> <strong>Kwak<\/strong>, Head of A&amp;R at Warner Records US; and <strong>Cris Lacy,<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/cris-lacy-named-chair-president-of-newly-rebranded-warner-records-nashville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> who was recently named Chair &amp; President of the newly rebranded Warner Records Nashville.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to his tenure at Warner Music Nashville, Nadel served as President of Elektra Entertainment for seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Nadel was previously General Manager of Elektra, prior to which he was SVP, A&amp;R and Marketing, for Atlantic Records. He joined Atlantic straight out of college in 1997, serving in various A&amp;R and Marketing posts.<\/p>\n<p>He has spearheaded high-profile campaigns for global superstars such as Ed Sheeran, who he worked with from the early days of Sheeran\u2019s career. Nadel has been named to Billboard\u2019s Power 100 list multiple times.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He\u2019s a rare, all-around music man, with experience in everything from signing chart-topping artists to making records to developing superstars to leading creative teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson, said: \u201cAs we continue to build out Warner Records Group as a tight-knit, seamless global ecosystem, having Gregg join us at the group level will be a huge asset.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s a rare, all-around music man, with experience in everything from signing chart-topping artists to making records to developing superstars to leading creative teams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His invaluable relationships, calm judgment, and gift for bringing out the best in world-class talent will make a real difference as we focus our combined efforts on forging long-term careers with our US, UK, and Nashville teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJoining the mothership at Warner Records Group is an extraordinary opportunity to champion amazing artists on the global stage and to connect the dots to bring them to audiences everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gregg Nadel<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gregg Nadel added: \u201cJoining the mothership at Warner Records Group is an extraordinary opportunity to champion amazing artists on the global stage and to connect the dots to bring them to audiences everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An incredible devotion to the music is hard-wired into this company\u2019s DNA, and I\u2019m looking forward to working with Aaron, Tom, Joe, Karen, Cris, and their brilliant teams on both sides of the Atlantic to discover, nurture, and elevate the next generation of stars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadel was most recently Co-Chair &#038; Co-President of Warner Music Nashville, now Warner Records Nashville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":244701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[973,71914],"class_list":["post-244700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gregg-nadel","tag-warner-records"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244700"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244713,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244700\/revisions\/244713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}