Ron Perry (music)

Ron Perry is an American music executive. Since January 2018, Perry serves as the Chairman & CEO of Columbia Records.Sony names new CEO of Columbia Records
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Under Perry's leadership, Columbia has signed Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X, Rosalía, BTS (vi
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Since 2019, Columbia artists have spent over 100 weeks at #1 on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' chart, the most by any record label during that time period.

In 2020, Perry was named Music Executive of the year by Variety.

Career

Prior to his role at Columbia Records, Perry served as the President & Partner of SONGS Music Publishing. SONGS was originally founded by Matt Pincus.

During his tenure, Perry signed and championed the early careers of The Weeknd, XXXTentacion, Lorde, DJ Mustard, and Diplo, among others.

He worked on the Diamond selling " Starboy" and the 7× Platinum "I Feel It Coming" for The Weeknd and Daft Punk, a collaboration introduced by Perry.

Perry is credited as A&R on Lorde's second album ''Melodrama'', which debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard Top 200 and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. This led to the company achieving 5% of the US publishing market share and was the #1 independent music publisher of its time.

In December 2017, SONGS was sold to Kobalt Music Publishing, as Perry moved to his role at Columbia Records.

According to ''Variety'', on May 28, 2020, two days into the demonstrations in Minneapolis following the murder of George Floyd, Columbia Records & Ron Perry were the first major music company & Chairman/CEO to post in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, stating: "We stand together with the Black community against all forms of racism, bigotry, and violence. Now, more than ever we must use our voices to speak up and challenge the injustices all around us." Subsequently, other major record and publishing companies adopted the same course of action and aligned with the sentiment.

Live performances

A fan of Nirvana, Perry played "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on guitar alongside Miley Cyrus, and separately, "Lithium" on stage with Post Malone at Coachella 2016.

In 2019, Perry performed various 90s covers on guitar alongside John Mayer, at his 40th birthday celebration held at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

Awards

* 2022 ''Billboard'' Power List: No. 17
* 2021 ''Variety''’s Label of the Year
* 2020 ''Variety's'' Hitmakers ''Executive of the Year''
* 2020 ''Billboard's'' inaugural ''Breakthrough Award''
* 2020 ''Billboard's'' Power 100
* 2019 ''Billboard's'' Power 100: No. 34
* 2018 ''Variety’s'' "New Power of New York" list
* 2018 ''Billboard's'' Power 100: No. 28
* 2017 ''Variety's'' 2017 Hitmakers
* 2017 ''Billboard's'' Power 100
* 2016 ''Billboard's'' inaugural A&R Power Players list
* 2014-2016 ''Billboard's'' 40 Under 40
* 2013 ''The Hollywood Reporter's'' Top 35 Hitmakers in Music list

In popular culture

In 2014, Perry was depicted as himself in three episodes of ''South Park's'' 18th season ("The Cissy," "#Rehash," and "#HappyHolograms").

References

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1979 births
American music industry executives
Living people