Jo Charrington

Jo Charrington
Birth name Jo Charrington
Origin London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s) Music Industry Executive
Years active 1992 – present
Labels London, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic
Associated acts Another Level, Lemar, Charlotte Church, JLS, Paloma Faith, Aloe Blacc, The Priests, Olly Murs, Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer

Jo Charrington is a music industry executive. She is currently the Executive Vice President of A&R at Capitol Records in the UK.[1][2] Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG working for the President Jeremy Marsh.[3]

Career

Charrington left her job at BMG in 1996 to put together and manage the RnB boyband “Another Level”, alongside John Reid (Elton John/Queen). She later signed them to Nick Raphael and Christian Tattersfield[4] at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG.[5] The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’,[6] as well as a platinum debut album in the UK.[7]

After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller.[8] After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague[9] and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records,[10][11] a division of Sony Music.[3] The duo have worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK.[12]

Artists discovered or signed by Jo Charrington

Charrington, alongside Raphael, has signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists, including;

Awards and nominations

Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs.[13]

Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010[14] and 2015.[15]

Charrington has been invited to take part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry.[16]

In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Sam Smith: innovative promotion — IFPI — Representing the recording industry worldwide". www.ifpi.org. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Capitol Records U.K. Launches, Nick Raphael Named President". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  3. 1 2 "CITYSHOWCASE.CO.UK". www.cityshowcase.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  4. ↑ "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". www.hitquarters.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  5. ↑ "BMG Records unifies media before review". www.marketingmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  6. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 4622. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ↑ "Certified Awards". www.bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  8. ↑ "Billboard". Magazine. 27 November 1999. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via Billboard.
  9. ↑ "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - CAPITOL U.K. PRESIDENT NICK RAPHAEL". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  10. ↑ "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". www.hitquarters.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  11. ↑ Nick Raphael, Record Exec - Renman Live #106, retrieved 2015-11-20
  12. ↑ "Nick Raphael heads up Capitol Records UK - Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  13. ↑ Roberts, Dave (9 February 2015). "Raphael 'overwhelmed' by Sam Smith's Grammy success". MusicWeek UK. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Music Week Magazine". Music Week. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Music Week Magazine". Music Week. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "CITYSHOWCASE.CO.UK". www.cityshowcase.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  17. ↑ "2015's Women in Music revealed". Music Week. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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