SHAWNA SPEARS: 😎 SHE’S TAKING OFF! 🚀

 

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SHAWNA SPEARS…SKYROCKETING!

 

Venice Music has appointed Shawna Spears, who has over 10 years of music industry and artist relations experience, as Vice President of Brand Marketing.

Spears joins the music distribution platform from TikTok, where she spent over a year leading the short-form video platform’s artist and manager partnerships (HipHop and R&B).

At TikTok, Spears identified and activated collaboration opportunities, provided resources for the unmanaged emerging artist community and executed global marketing campaigns.

She oversaw a roster of Hip Hop and R&B artists at TikTok and served as a relationship manage for artists and managers, according to her LinkedIn page.

Prior to TikTok, Spears held marketing and artist-facing roles at Epic Records and Interscope.

Spears also has her own creative agency, Leo Arrow Agency.

At Venice, she will report to Fadia Kader, the company’s newly appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager.

Kader, who was appointed about two weeks ago, previously served as the Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Clubhouse.

“SHAWNA IS A ROCK STAR WITH AN UNMATCHED TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFULLY BUILDING THE BRANDS OF SOME OF MUSIC’S MOST NOTABLE NAMES. WE MET AT THE BEGINNING OF HER CAREER AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HER UNIQUE ABILITY TO MERGE HER CREATIVITY WITH A STRONG BUSINESS SENSE.”

FADIA KADER, VENICE MUSIC

Commenting on Spears’ appointment, Kader said: “Shawna is a rock star with an unmatched track record of successfully building the brands of some of music’s most notable names. We met at the beginning of her career and I have always been impressed with her unique ability to merge her creativity with a strong business sense.”

 

 “I’m thrilled to have such a well-rounded strategist and marketer who can take things from ideation to execution at Venice as we continue to expand our position as the leading home for independent artists.”

In her new role, Spears will build and lead Venice Music’s brand marketing team, develop and implement the marketing roadmap for execution across distribution channels and ensure a consistent and holistic brand experience for independent artists, partners and more.

“I AM THRILLED TO JOIN VENICE MUSIC IN A ROLE THAT MERGES MY EXPERIENCE AND PASSION FOR ARTIST ADVOCACY IN THE INDEPENDENT SPACE.”

SHAWNA SPEARS, VENICE MUSIC

“I am thrilled to join Venice Music in a role that merges my experience and passion for artist advocacy in the independent space,” said Spears. 

“A critical piece to an artist building and growing their career is their brand authenticity and the ability to connect with their audience in fresh ways. As a storyteller, this opportunity feels like a true full-circle moment.

The appointments of Kader and Spears follow a string of recent hires at Venice Music.

In December, the company appointed Dani Oliva — who received a platinum record (triple platinum in Canada) for his legal work on Ariana Grande’s 2x Grammy nominated album Positions — as Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs.

Venice Music was founded in early 2021 by Q&A co-founders Troy Carter and Suzy Ryoo. Its community members include Aminé, Verité, Moses Sumney, Riot Games, KOTA the Friend, and thuy.

 

Article by, MANDY DA.UGDUG, March, 2023/Music Business WORLDWIDE

😎 SHE’S TAKING OFF! 🚀

OSAGIEO SARENZ Promoted To Director Of African Operations

Osagie Osarenz has been promoted to Director of African Operations at artist and label services company ONErpm.

Osarenz joined ONErpm in 2020, when the company opened an office in Lagos, Nigeria, under the direction of Martin Price, Head of Global Expansion for ONErpm.

Now, as Director of African Operations, Osarenz will lead the opening of five new ONErpm offices, in Accra, Ghana; Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Nairobi, Kenya; Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Since ONErpm opened its Lagos office, the company says it has seen success with local artists such as 1da Banton, Bella Shmurda, Zlatan, and Reminisce.

Executives joining the newly-expanded ONErpm team in Africa include Almah Salum as Country Lead for Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam, and George Avakian as Country Lead for South Africa, in Johannesburg.

Based in Nairobi, Bilha Ngaruiya has been named Country Lead for Kenya, alongside Mutuma Vincent as Marketing Lead.

Meanwhile, Florence Delali Kpeglo also takes on the role of Country Lead for Ghana in Accra, while in Abidjan, Afi Cakpo is the Lead for Francophone Africa.

ONErpm says that collectively, the Africa-based team has been busy “signing incredible new talent”, including Ghanaian duo DopeNation and Shado Chris in Cote D’Ivoire.

Artists Ish Kevin and Kenny Sol have also signed to the company in Rwanda, while in Tanzania, Gospel singer Rose Muhando, Goodluck Gozbert, G Nako and the duo Mabantu have all joined ONErpm.

Osagie Osarenz: “Our value add in each market is eminent.

Article: Music Business Worldwide: JUNE 14, 2022 By Jack Needham

”Money Moves” Who’$ Making The Moves? Rihanna: The Forbes’ Billionaire’s Club Member!

Rihanna Files Trademark For Fenty Hair

                             Rihanna is estimated to have a fortune of $1.7 billion

Rihanna told us all along she was calling the shots. Out there, collecting money from all manner of … people.

Now it turns out the singer, actress and cosmetics and lingerie mogul is a billionaire.

Not only that, she’s become “the wealthiest female musician in the world and second to Oprah as the richest female entertainer,” according to Forbes.

The publication, which has been crunching the numbers behind the Barbadian star’s empire, estimates her net worth at a whopping $1.7 billion.

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Surprisingly, the vast majority of it has nothing to do with her record-breaking hits. In fact, most of it — approximately $1.4 billion — has been accumulated one lipstick, mascara tube and blush brush at a time. She’s raked in oodles of cash from her Fenty Beauty makeup line launched in 2017 in a 50-50 partnership with luxury brand LVMH.

The brand bucked traditional cosmetic industry standards when it was first unveiled and drew praise for the daring step of including 40 shades of foundation that would provide coverage from deep skin tones to albino skin, and anyone in between. The strategy sparked a movement to be more inclusive within the industry.

Forbes says the rest of Rihanna’s fortune stems from her stake in Savage x Fenty, her lingerie company. That is estimated at $270 million. There’s also Fenty Skin, which debuted last year, and, of course, the revenue that comes from her steady stream of global hits as well as her acting career.

Bad Girl Riri fans have been delighting in the news of her mega-wealth, including some of her musical peers.

Nikki Minaj congratulated her with what could be a rap lyric: “a BILLI-ON here, a BILLI-ON there- Little Bajan bih w/ green [eyes] – dat bag is a different size,” Minaj wrote in an Instagram post.

It’s been more than five years since Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, released an album. And it seems no one, not even her record label, knows when R9, her rumored and long-awaited reggae album will drop.

For now, fans will have to make due with a new line of products. Last week, Rihanna told her Twitter followers to prepare for Fenty Parfum.

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Article written by Vanessa Romo for NPR; August, 2021: https://n.pr/3Cobkxw