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NASHVILLE — At the “Music’s Leading Ladies Speak Out” presentation at the Music Biz conference on Tuesday, Atlantic Records co-chairman/COO Julie Greenwald told a story that more than lived up to the event's name. She was speaking of the first time she heard the forthcoming new album — and Atlantic debut — from Kelly Clarkson.“I put the record on and it was like she kicked through the door,” Greenwald said in a Q&A session with Clarkson moderated by NPR's Ann Powers. “I...
Atlantic Records
Julie
Greenwald
Chairman / COO
The year 2018 could have been iffy for Atlantic Records: Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Coldplay were off cycle, and the newest release from Twenty One Pilots wasn’t due out until October. So, what happened? Client Cardi B, that’s what, as she became a superstar mere months after the release of her smash 2017 single “Bodak Yellow.” And the songwriting rapper is just the latest in a string of blockbusters from the regime of Greenwald and Craig Kallman, who have helmed the company since 2005. Atlantic also relaunched Elektra as a stand-alone label, the first such move the industry has seen in more than 15 years. A notoriously tough dealmaker, Greenwald isn’t just a top female executive in the music business — she’s one of the top execs, period.
