Wayne Hampton Partner, Cofounder and Chief Business Development Officer at Create Music Group. with 2.63 million equivalent album units, according to MRC Data. She is the former Chairman and CEO of Motown Records. in 1959, played a significant role in shaping popular music and culture during the 1960s and beyond. In addition to Migos, City Girls, Lil Yachty and Layton Greene, QC’s roster includes Lil Baby whose second album My Turn closed out 2020 as the most popular album of the year in the U.S. Ethiopia Habtemariam Promoted to Motown Records Chairman/CEO Since overseeing Motown’s move from New York to Los Angeles as the label’s president in 2014. The Motown record label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. Since overseeing Motown’s move from New York to Los Angeles in 2014, Habtemariam has orchestrated creative and entrepreneurial ventures with various partners including Quality Control Music.
Motown’s resurgence and powerful partnerships under Ethiopia’s leadership has advanced the label’s legacy as home to some of today’s biggest hitmakers and most meaningful voices in music.” When Motown Records chairwoman and CEO Ethiopia Habtemariam announced on Tuesday she would be stepping down to pursue new endeavors, the news was met with surprise. In a release announcing Habtemariam’s appointment, Grainge said, “Motown is such an important voice and, just as when it was founded by Berry Gordy, its impact continues to be felt around the world. The company was previously a subsidiary of Capitol. 2000: Motown, along with the other Universal Music Group companies, is bought by Vivendi. Universal announced that Habtemariam was being promoted into the role in March 2021, while also confirming that Motown would now be acting as a frontline label at UMG. Habtemariam now reports directly to Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge as Motown becomes a standalone label. Ethiopia Habtemariam is a Los Angeles-based music executive, and Chairman and CEO of Motown Records at Universal Music Group. He was the president of Motown Records from 1997 to 2004.
After six years as president of Motown Records, Ethiopia Habtemariam has been promoted to chairman/CEO of the iconic label. William Massenburg African American record producer and executive.
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