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Hitmaker of the Month: Interscope Geffen A&M’s Co-Head of A&R Sam Riback on Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Economy of Words’
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variety.comEllise Shafer administratorSam Riback knows a hit when he hears one.Take Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single “Drivers License,” for instance.
Though no one could have fully predicted its success — reaching No. 1 on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon overnight, breaking the Spotify record for the biggest debut single by a female artist and topping the Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks — Riback, EVP and co-head of A&R at Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), says that he and his team knew they had something special on their hands.“It was one of those moments where we all were like, ‘We have one here, and this is a special, special song,'” says Riback, Variety’s Hitmaker of the Month for August, says of hearing the track’s final mix. “And we were.
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