Tom March has been appointed President of Geffen Data within the US, efficient this July.
March joins Geffen following a six-year tenure as Co-President of Common’s London-based Polydor Data.
After March’s transfer to Los Angeles-based Geffen this summer season, Polydor UK will proceed underneath the management of Ben Mortimer who’s being promoted to sole President of the label.
March, who just lately chaired the BRIT Awards 2022, has labored at Common Music Group for 16 years. Previous to becoming a member of Polydor as Co-President in 2016, March was Basic Supervisor at Common’s Virgin EMI (now EMI Data).
Throughout his tenure at Polydor, March labored with artists together with Sam Fender, Eminem, Billie Eilish, Glass Animals, James Blake, Juice WRLD, Haim, Ellie Goulding, Rolling Stones, The Who, ABBA, Woman Gaga, Michael Kiwanuka, Florence & the Machine, Lana del Rey, Selena Gomez, and others.
Geffen Data was relaunched by Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman & CEO John Janick two years in the past as a label inside Interscope.
Geffen signing Olivia Rodrigo was certainly one of final 12 months’s breakthrough international superstars, just lately being named 2021’s tenth largest recording artist globally – when it comes to worldwide income technology – by the IFPI.
“Tom has a confirmed monitor report of breaking new artists and shares our dedication to artist growth.
John Janick
John Janick mentioned of March’s appointment: “In 2020 we re-launched Geffen Data, getting into a interval of nice success by breaking a brand new international famous person and forming vital strategic partnerships alongside the way in which, all whereas reimagining how a contemporary label needs to be – nimble with the proper match of main label sources and entrepreneurial spirit.
“Tom has a confirmed monitor report of breaking new artists and shares our dedication to artist growth.
“For the final six years he has taken care of Interscope’s expansive roster whereas main Polydor to develop into the premiere label within the UK. He’s the proper government to guide a Geffen staff that has already carried out such a tremendous job these final two years.”
“I want to thank David Joseph [Chairman & CEO of Common Music UK] and Sir Lucian Grainge [Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group] for his or her assist and assist in making this occur.”
Tom March
Tom March commented: “It’s been an unimaginable honor and privilege to have had the chance to run Polydor with Ben Mortimer and our staff and construct it into the most effective report label within the UK.
“Over these previous six years, I’ve had the nice fortune to work intently with John, [IGA Vice Chairman] Steve Berman and the IGA staff on some unimaginable artists, so when the chance got here to affix them and proceed to propel Geffen into probably the most thrilling fashionable report label on the planet, I couldn’t have been extra excited.
“I want to thank David Joseph [Chairman & CEO of Universal Music UK] and Sir Lucian Grainge [Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group] for his or her assist and assist in making this occur.”
Along with Olivia Rodrigo, Yeat, Yungblud and others, the Geffen label, through Common Music Group, is the house of a three way partnership with Okay-Pop powerhouse HYBE.
Final week, Geffen had two albums within the Prime 10 of the Billboard 200 Albums Chart – Olivia Rodrigo’s multi-platinum debut album SOUR at No.5 and newcomer Yeat whose 2 Alivë debuted at No.6.
In its storied previous, Geffen Data launched the careers of iconic artists like Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Weapons N’ Roses, Beck, and lots of others.Music Enterprise Worldwide
