Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAmazon Music has announced that Phylicia Fant has joined the company as head of music industry partnerships, a newly created role.
According to the announcement, she will identify and oversee strategic music partnerships and identify cross-entertainment campaigns for Amazon Music, She will be based in the company’s Culver City, Calif.
office and report to Ryan Redington, the company’s vice president of music industry.Fant joins after three years as head of urban music at Sony Music’s Columbia Records, where worked closely with such artists as Lil Nas X, the Kid Lario, Polo G, 24K Goldn, Joey Bada$$, Lil TJay, and Chloe X Halle.
Previously, she spent seven years at Warner Bros. Records, where she rose to senior VP of media & strategic development and worked closely with Prince, Andra Day, Jason Derulo, Gary Clark Jr., Drake’s OVO Sound, Gucci Mane, Saweetie and many others.
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