Universal Music Group 
Big Machine Label Group 
Island Records will relaunch its 4th & Broadway label with LaTrice Burnette as president, Island president/CEO Darcus Beese announced on Tuesday (Nov. 17). Burnette will additionally continue her role as executive vice president of Island and will remain based in New York. According to the announcement, the label and its newly appointed staff will have a strategic alliance with Island and Republic Records.“LaTrice has reinforced my belief that a record company’s success is measured as much by its staff as...
Republic Records
Monte
Lipman
Chairman / CEO
Republic is easily among the top three labels, with artists including Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd in its stable. Swift’s eighth album, the pandemic-inspired “Folklore,” had the biggest week of any on Rolling Stone’s Top 200, with single “Cardigan” also bowing at the top. When stay-at-home orders delayed some labels’ big releases, Lipman and brother Avery, Republic’s president, filled the entertainment void by keeping the March release dates for The Weeknd’s “After Hours” and Pearl Jam’s “Gigaton,” the former topping both the album and singles charts. Lil Wayne, NAV and the late Pop Smoke also spiced up Republic with number one albums alongside Grande and Justin Bieber’s summer single “Stuck With U.”
