Universal Music Publishing Group 
Motown Records 
Motown Records has named Courtney Lowery as executive vice president of media strategy and lifestyle. In this new role, Lowery will oversee media strategy and execution for the label and its roster of artists, and also play an integral role in a wide range of the label’s cultural and lifestyle initiatives. Lowery is based in Los Angeles and will report to Motown’s chairwoman & CEO, Ethiopia Habtemariam.In 2020, Lowery launched his own firm where he engineered campaigns for clients such...
Motown Records
Ethiopia
Habtemariam
Chairman / CEO
The latest plateau in Habtemariam’s impressive career happened in March, when she was named chairman and CEO of Motown after serving as the label’s president since 2014. This move follows her stints as president of urban music & co-head of creative at Universal Music Publishing Group and EVP of Capitol Music Group, but while Motown has been a subsidiary of other Universal labels for the last several years, this reorganization finds her presiding over a standalone label. The new structure allows Habtemariam to better leverage the partnerships Motown built with Quality Control Music (Migos, Lil Baby, City Girls and Lil Yachty), Blacksmith Records (Ted When, Vince Staples) and Since the 80s (Asiahn, Njomza) while serving the needs of longtime label stars like Erykah Badu and Kem.
