Universal Music Group 
Republic Records 
Big Machine Label Group 
Several of Republic Records' biggest and brightest, including the Weeknd, Billy Porter and John Legend, celebrated honorees Monte and Avery Lipman at the City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala on Thursday night in West Hollywood. Artists hit the Pacific Design Center, which was painted in hues of blue and purple for the night, to pay tribute to the Republic Records founders for their overall contribution in funding cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS research through their work with City of Hope....
Republic Records
Monte
Lipman
Founder / Chairman / CEO
If you’re looking for Lipman, try the top of the Billboard 200. No other label has held the No. 1 spot on the albums chart as many weeks — 19 — as Republic did through the month of October 2022, with two Taylor Swift sets and ones from Drake, Morgan Wallen and the late Pop Smoke stitching that streak. No wonder his label leads market share for current album sales. Swift’s pair of aces made her the first female artist ever to score three No. 1 albums in less than a year’s time, but she wasn’t the only Republic act breaking records this year: The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” set the mark for the most weeks charting on the Billboard Hot 100, while Drake became the first artist to see three songs simultaneously debut in that chart’s top three slots.
