Steve
Barnett

Halsey’s “Manic” was one of the first big albums of 2020. From there, Capitol Music Group strengthened its ties with Quality Control Music (Migos, Lil Baby), got into the K-pop space with SM Entertainment (NCT-127, SuperM) and reshaped Astralwerks Records to command one of the largest market shares in dance/electronic. Barnett turned his industry acumen to spearheading music documentaries as well: 2019’s “Hitsville: The Making of Motown” and a forthcoming Bee Gees take. He named Jeff Vaughn president of the flagship Capitol label and saw indie distributor Caroline grow toward a 3% market share. A champion of inclusive hiring practices, Barnett will retire from Capitol at the end of 2020.