Jo Charrington

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 working for the President Jeremy Marsh.[2]

Jo Charrington
Birth nameJoanna Charrington
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Music Industry Executive
Years active1992 – present
LabelsLondon, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic

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[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]

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.[12]

Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010[13] and 2015.[14]

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.[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

References
  1. "Joanna Fitzmaurice CHARRINGTON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  2. "CITYSHOWCASE.CO.UK". www.cityshowcase.co.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". www.hitquarters.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. "BMG Records unifies media before review". www.marketingmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 4622. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. "Certified Awards". www.bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. "Billboard". Magazine. 27 November 1999. Retrieved 10 November 2015 – via Billboard.
  8. "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - CAPITOL U.K. PRESIDENT NICK RAPHAEL". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  9. "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". www.hitquarters.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  10. Nick Raphael, Record Exec - Renman Live #106, retrieved 20 November 2015
  11. "Nick Raphael heads up Capitol Records UK - Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  12. Roberts, Dave (9 February 2015). "Raphael 'overwhelmed' by Sam Smith's Grammy success". MusicWeek UK. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  13. "Music Week Magazine". Music Week. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  14. "Music Week Magazine". Music Week. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  15. "CITYSHOWCASE.CO.UK". www.cityshowcase.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  16. "2015's Women in Music revealed". Music Week. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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