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Sylvia Rhone
Chairwoman & CEO of Epic Records
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2019
President
Ezekiel Lewis (2020-Present)
Preceded by
LA Reid
President Of Motown Records
In office October 2004 – 2011
Preceded by
Kedar Massenburg
Succeeded by
Ethiopia Habtemariam
Chairwoman and CEO of the Elektra Entertainment Group
In office July 1994 – October 2004
Preceded by
Robert J. Morgado
Succeeded by
Steve Bartels
CEO & President of EastWest Records
In office 1990–1994
Sylvia Rhone (born March 11, 1952) is an American music industry executive. Since 2019, she is the chair and CEO of Epic Records, a label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.[1][2][3]
Rhone served previously in senior positions at Vested In Culture, Universal Motown, Elektra Entertainment Group, and Atlantic Records.[4]
In October 2004, Rhone was appointed president of Motown Records and executive vice president of Universal Records. Prior to her Universal Motown role, Rhone served as chairwoman and CEO of the Elektra Entertainment Group.[5] Rhone's appointment in 1994 as chairwoman and CEO of EEG established her as the only African American and the first woman in the history of the recording industry to attain such a title.[6][7][8][9]
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2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018. Daniels, Karu F. (April 23, 2019). "SylviaRhone named chairman and CEO of Epic Records". New York Daily News. Archived...
in the United States. At the age of 16, Habtemariam wrote a letter to SylviaRhone, in awe of the fact that a black woman was the chair of a major record...
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Millman, Ethan (February 3, 2023). "Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, and SylviaRhone Honored at Grammys Black Music Collective Dinner". Rolling Stone. Retrieved...
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attention of veteran record executive SylviaRhone. In 2012, describing Dahlia as "more than just a pop artist," SylviaRhone signed Dahlia to her newly launched...
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protégé Lenny Waronker left early the next year. Krasnow was replaced by SylviaRhone, who at the time was a senior vice president at Atlantic Records, and...
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appointed president of Elektra Records under Elektra's newly appointed CEO SylviaRhone, so Stein would also be overseeing distribution of Sire releases by Elektra...
full-length effort. The song had originally been named "Sylvia" as a swipe against then-Elektra head, SylviaRhone. After a year's hiatus during which Dulli began...
(23 April 2019). "SylviaRhone named chairman and CEO of Epic Records". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 2019-04-30. "SylviaRhone | Berklee College of...
finally left the label in 2020. In 2005, Massenburg was replaced by SylviaRhone, former CEO of Elektra Records. Motown was merged with Universal Records...
performances, and interviews. In August 2015, Epic Records president SylviaRhone confirmed with Billboard that Osbourne was working on another studio...
Don/EastWest Records merged into Elektra Records, headed by label exec SylviaRhone. She gained more creative control with the project (originally titling...
into Elektra and they never put it out, they only put out a single. Sylvia [Rhone] really didn't cooperate, she didn't break bread with me when it came...
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