Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTom March has been named president of Geffen Records in the U.S., the company announced today (March 7).
March, who as co-president of Polydor Records made the label one of the top imprints in the U.K., will begin his tenure at Geffen in July.Geffen Records was relaunched by Interscope Geffen A&M chairman & CEO John Janick two years ago as a label within Interscope, and it launched 2021’s breakout star Olivia Rodrigo, who is nominated for seven Grammy Awards.
The label also announced a global partnership with HYBE, home to BTS, Seventeen and Enhypen, and will welcome those artists to the label in the coming months.
Interscope Geffen A&M and Polydor are both Universal Music Group labels. Last week, Geffen had two albums in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 albums chart: Rodrigo’s multi-platinum debut album “Sour” at No.
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