Jo Charrington | |
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Birth name | Joanna Charrington |
Origin | London, United Kingdom |
Occupation(s) | Music Industry Executive Co-President EMI, President Capitol UK |
Years active | 1992 – present |
Labels | London, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic EMI |
Joanna Charrington [1] is a music industry executive, widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful female A&R executives in British Music history. She is currently Co-President of EMI Records and President of Capitol Records in the UK. Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG [2]
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 [3] at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG. [4] The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’, [5] as well as a platinum debut album in the UK. [6]
After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller. [7] After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague [8] and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records, [9] [10] a division of Sony Music. [2] The duo worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK. [11]
Charrington, alongside Raphael, signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists from 2001 to 2021 including;
Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs. [12]
Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010 [13] and 2015. [14] Charrington won the Music Business Worldwide Pop/RnB A & R Award in 2022.
Charrington took part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry. [15]
In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards. [16]
Charrington was appointed a Governor of the Brit School on 1 January 2016
Jo Charrington | |
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Birth name | Joanna Charrington |
Origin | London, United Kingdom |
Occupation(s) | Music Industry Executive Co-President EMI, President Capitol UK |
Years active | 1992 – present |
Labels | London, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic EMI |
Joanna Charrington [1] is a music industry executive, widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful female A&R executives in British Music history. She is currently Co-President of EMI Records and President of Capitol Records in the UK. Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG [2]
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 [3] at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG. [4] The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’, [5] as well as a platinum debut album in the UK. [6]
After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller. [7] After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague [8] and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records, [9] [10] a division of Sony Music. [2] The duo worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK. [11]
Charrington, alongside Raphael, signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists from 2001 to 2021 including;
Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs. [12]
Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010 [13] and 2015. [14] Charrington won the Music Business Worldwide Pop/RnB A & R Award in 2022.
Charrington took part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry. [15]
In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards. [16]
Charrington was appointed a Governor of the Brit School on 1 January 2016