Gregg Nadel is President of Elektra at Warner Music Group.<\/p>\n
Elektra operates under the\u00a0300 Elektra Entertainment banner at WMG.<\/a><\/p>\n Nadel is based in New York.<\/p>\n Before his appointment<\/a> as President of Elektra in January 2017, then a division of Atlantic Records, Nadel served as General Manager of the label<\/a> for the prior two years.<\/p>\n He became the first President of Elektra since Jeff Castelaz, who left Warner in October 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n Prior to that, he was Atlantic\u2019s Senior Vice President, A&R and Marketing.<\/p>\n <\/u>Nadel joined Atlantic Records straight after college in 1997.<\/p>\n He went on to sign artists like Zac Brown Band, Sturgill Simpson, and Icelandic band Kaleo, among others.<\/p>\n At the same time, he led\u00a0marketing\u00a0campaigns for artists such as Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, and Vance Joy.<\/p>\n In 2015, Nadel forged a partnership between Elektra and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb\u2019s Low Country Sound label, whose releases so\u00a0far include the celebrated Southern Family compilation.<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n In June 2018 WMG announced that Elektra Music Group (EMG) would launch on October 1<\/a>, headquartered in New York with a dedicated staff of 60 people.<\/p>\n
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\nGregg Nadel: Early career and success at atlantic<\/h6>\n
\nGregg Nadel: later career and launch of frontline Elektra label<\/h6>\n