Warner Chappell Music has expanded Wealthy Christina’s function to Senior Vice President (SVP), A&R and Enterprise Companions.
The writer says that this new focus offers added construction, group, function and technique for the division’s “rising repertoire of enterprise companions and their songwriters”.
Christina’s oversight will embody the lately introduced enterprise with Tim & Danny Music (Sam Smith), along with a string of offers that he orchestrated, together with Mykah Music, Tune Battle, Remedy and Dangerous Behavior.
By these partnerships, Christina has signed offers with Nate Rhoads (Mykah Music); Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs (Tune Battle); and Ralph Castelli (Remedy).
On the songwriter entrance, Christina has signed offers with worldwide pop stars corresponding to Grimes, in addition to rising hitmakers corresponding to Stephen Kirk, who co-wrote the chart topping single Butter, by BTS, which spent 10 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.
He additionally introduced on Masked Wolf, whose single Astronaut within the Ocean has recorded greater than 1 billion streams and was the No. 1 most Shazamed music and No. 1 hottest TikTok music of 2021.
Christina started his profession in 1991 at Atlantic Data, the place his first official job was Combine Present Coordinator, working with Huge Beat label founder (and present Atlantic Data’ Chairman & CEO) Craig Kallman, and managing Atlantic’s dance music division.
He moved into A&R after bringing Robin S’s No. 1 file, Present Me Love, to the corporate. He additionally labored with the likes of Every part However The Woman, Brandy, Altering Faces, Craig David, Mark Morrison, and on the House Jam and Dr. Doolittle soundtracks.
After 12 years at Atlantic, in 2004 Christina joined Sony/ATV, serving first as Senior Director and later as Vice President of A&R.
In 2009, he moved to EMI Music Publishing as Senior Vice President of Artistic, returning to Sony/ATV three years later when the latter acquired EMI.
Whereas at Sony/ATV, he signed and developed artists, writers and producers corresponding to RedOne, Alessia Cara, Stargate, The Neighbourhood, Boi 1da, Billy Walsh, Charlie XCX and Gaslight Anthem. In 2019, Christina joined Warner Chappell as SVP of A&R and has since introduced in numerous offers with singer/songwriters corresponding to Vinylz, Jenna Andrews, X Ambassadors and Cashmere Cat.
“This place will concentrate on serving to our companions develop, and with Wealthy’s deep understanding of songwriters in any respect ranges of their careers, he’s the proper individual for the job.”
Ryan Press, Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Music President, North America, Ryan Press, stated: “Wealthy is an skilled dealmaker with artistic instincts who has had an illustrious profession, and this new function units him as much as higher join our writers with our enterprise companions’ rosters by way of songwriting camps, strategic classes and extra.
“This place will concentrate on serving to our companions develop, and with Wealthy’s deep understanding of songwriters in any respect ranges of their careers, he’s the proper individual for the job.”
“This expanded function lets me do each, and I’m extra impressed than ever to search out new methods for our songwriters and our companions to succeed.”
Wealthy Christina
Christina added: “I’ve all the time cherished working with songwriters and their groups, from straight growing an artist and serving to them craft their sound, to offering sources and steering by way of a three way partnership.
“This expanded function lets me do each, and I’m extra impressed than ever to search out new methods for our songwriters and our companions to succeed.”Music Enterprise Worldwide