Jo Charrington
Birth nameJoanna Charrington
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Music Industry Executive Co-President EMI, President Capitol UK
Years active1992 – present
LabelsLondon, 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]

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, signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists from 2001 to 2021 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 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

References

  1. ^ "Joanna Fitzmaurice CHARRINGTON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
  2. ^ a b "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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