La industria musical está en auge. A medida que el campo de juego se vuelve más competitivo, a los antiguos líderes de la música en vivo, tecnología, administración y de la grabación se le unieron 41 nuevas caras al nuevo ranking anual de las personas más influyentes y poderosas de la industria, el Billboard Power 100 (presentado por Coca-Cola For Me). Highlights latinos: en el puesto N°63, se encuentra Afo Verde, CEO de Sony Music Entertainment en Latinoamérica, España y Portugal, y en el N°62, Jesús López, Presidente y CEO DE Universal en Latinoamérica y la Península Ibérica.
Un comité de editores y periodistas de Billboard consideraron una variedad de factores al determinar el ranking de los Power 100 del 2018: los ranking de Billboard Top Artist y Top Tours de 2017; el impacto sobre el comportamiento del consumidor, medido por medio de las métricas de los charts, ventas y streaming; impresiones en redes sociales, y el alcance de radio y TV; la trayectoria; el impacto general en la industria. Cuando estaban disponibles, los resultados financieros fueron tomados en consideración. Las acciones del mercado de los sellos discográficos de Estados Unidos fueron consultados usando las métricas para álbumes de Nielsen Music y el equivalente en canciones y streams; también se tuvo en cuenta el ranking trimestral de Billboard de las Top 10 discográficas. El Boxscore de Billboard y Nielsen Music son las fuentes para verificar lo recaudado de tours y en ventas/streaming.
Nombre; puesto; empresa:
- Michael Rapino, CEO, Live Nation Entertainment
- Lucian Grainge, Presidente/CEO, Universal Music Group
- Daniel Ek, Fundador/CEO, Spotify
- Irving Azoff, Presidente/CEO, Azoff MSG Entertainment; Presidente, Full Stop Management
- Rob Stringer, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment
- Stephen Cooper, CEO, Warner Music Group; Max Lousada, CEO de Recorded Music, Warner Music Group
- Eddy Cue, VicePresidente Senior de Internet y Softwares, Apple; David Dorn, Director Senior, Apple; Jimmy Iovine, Executivo, Apple; Larry Jackson, Cabeza de contenido, iTunes/Apple Music; Robert Kondrk, VicePresidente, Apple
- Jody Gerson, Presidente/CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group
- Coran Capshaw, Fundador, Red Light Management
- Boyd Muir, CFO/VicePresidente Ejecutivo/Presidente of Operations, Universal Music Group; Michele Anthony, VicePresidente Ejecutivo, Universal Music Group
- Jon Platt, Presidente/CEO, Warner/Chappell Music
- Martin Bandier, Presidente/CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Craig Kallman, Presidente/CEO, Atlantic Records; Julie Greenwald, Presidente/COO, Atlantic Records
- Monte Lipman, Fundador/Presidente, Republic Records; Avery Lipman, Fundador/Presidente, Republic Records
- Marc Geiger, Partner/Head of Music, WME; Sara Newkirk Simon, Partner/Co-Head of Music, WME; Kirk Sommer, Partner/Co-Head of Music, WME; Brent Smith, Partner, WME
- Rob Light, Partner/Managing Director/Head of Music, Creative Artists Agency; Darryl Eaton, Co-Head of Contemporary Music North America, Creative Artists Agency; Mitch Rose, Co-Head of Contemporary Music North America, Creative Artists Agency; Rick Roskin, Co-Head of Contemporary Music North America, Creative Artists Agency
- Scooter Braun, Fundador, SB Projects
- Steve Boom, VicePresidente, Amazon Music
- Guy Oseary, Co-Fundador, Maverick Management
- Jay Marciano, COO, AEG; Presidente/CEO, AEG Presents
- John Janick, Presidente/CEO, Interscope Geffen A&M; Steve Berman, VicePresidente, Interscope Geffen A&M
- Steve Barnett, Presidente/CEO, Capitol Music Group; Michelle Jubelirer, COO, Capitol Music Group; Ashley Newton, Presidente, Capitol Music Group
- Peter Edge, Presidente/CEO, RCA Records
- Tom Corson, Co-Presidente/COO, Warner Bros. Records
- Paul Rosenberg, Presidente/CEO, Def Jam Recordings
- Jennifer Breithaupt, Global Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, Citi
- Sylvia Rhone, Presidente, Epic Records
- Ron Perry, Presidente/CEO, Columbia Records
- Arthur Fogel, Presidente de Global Music/Presidente de Global Touring, Live Nation Entertainment; Denis Desmond, Presidente, Inglaterra e Irlanda, Live Nation; Brian O’Connell, Presidente de Country Music Touring, Live Nation; Bob Roux, Presidente de U.S. Concerts, Live Nation; Russell Wallach, Global Presidente de Media and Sponsorship, Live Nation Entertainment
- Bob Pittman, Presidente/CEO, iHeartMedia; John Sykes, Presidente de Entertainment Enterprises, iHeartMedia; Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer, iHeartMedia
- Scott Greenstein, Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM
- Allen Shapiro, CEO, Dick Clark Productions; Michael Mahan, Presidente, Dick Clark Productions
- Hartwig Masuch, CEO, BMG
- Kevin Kelleher, COO, Sony Music Entertainment
- Stuart Camp, Mánager, Ed Sheeran
- Troy Carter, Global Head de Creator Services, Spotify; Horacio Gutiérrez, Vicepresidente en Negocios y Legales/General Counsel, Spotify
- Mike Dungan, Presidente/CEO, Universal Music Group Nashville; Cindy Mabe, Presidente, Universal Music Group Nashville
- Paul Tollett, Presidente, Goldenvoice; Melissa Ormond, COO of Festivals, AEG Presents
- Randy Goodman, Presidente/CEO, Sony Music Nashville
- Joel Katz, Presidente of the Global Entertainment and Media Practice, Greenberg Traurig
- Marty Diamond, Paul Morris, Dan Weiner y Tom Windish, Ejecutivos, Paradigm Talent Agency
- Noah «40» Shebib, Productor; Cofundador, OVO Sound; Adel «Future The Prince» Nur, Mánager, Drake
- Robert Kyncl, Chief Business Officer, YouTube; Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music, YouTube
- Neil Portnow, Presidente/CEO, The Recording Academy
- Jeffrey Azoff y Brandon Creed, Full Stop Management
- Scott Borchetta, Presidente/CEO, Big Machine Label Group
- Allen Grubman, Senior Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks; Kenny Meiselas, Named Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks
- John Espósito, Presidente/CEO, Warner Music Nashville
- Tamara Hrivnak, Head of Music Business Development and Partnerships, Facebook; Jonathan Hull, Head of Music Partnerships, Facebook; Lauren Wirtzer Seawood, Head of Music Partnerships, Instagram
- Ken Ehrlich, Presidente, Ken Ehrlich Productions
- Anthony «Top Dawg» Tiffith, Fundador/CEO, Top Dawg Entertainment
- Charlie Walk, Presidente, Republic Group
- Wassim «SAL» Slaiby, CEO, SAL&CO/Maverick, XO Records
- Shawn «JAY-Z» Carter, Fundador, Roc Nation; Jay Brown, CEO, Roc Nation; Desiree Perez, COO, Roc Nation
- Elizabeth Matthews, CEO, ASCAP; Michael O’Neill, Presidente/CEO, BMI
- Dennis Kooker, Presidente del Global Digital Business and U.S. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment; Julie Swidler, Executive Vicepresidente Business Affairs/General Counsel, SME
- Jeffrey Harleston, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo en Negocios y Legales/General Counsel, Universal Music Group; Michael Nash, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo en Digital Strategy, UMG
- Deborah Curtis, Vicepresidente en Global Partnerships and Experiential Marketing, American Express; Walter Frye, Vicepresidente en Global Entertainment Partnerships, American Express
- Cliff Burnstein y Peter Mensch, Cofundadores, Q Prime
- David Massey, Presidente/CEO, Island Records
- Kathy Willard, CFO, Live Nation Entertainment
- Jesús López, Presidente/CEO, Universal Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula
- Afo Verde, Presidente/CEO de America Latina, España y Portugal, Sony Music Entertainment
- Jon Landau, Presidente, Jon Landau Management; Barbara Carr, Partner, Jon Landau Management
- David Zedeck, Global Head of Music, United Talent Agency; Ken Fermaglich, Jbeau Lewis and Natalia Nastaskin, Music Leadership, United Talent Agency
- Steve Levine, Partner/Co-Head of Worldwide Concerts, ICM Partners; Rob Prinz, Partner/Co-Head of Worldwide Concerts, ICM Partners; Mark Siegel, Partner/Head of Music, ICM Partners
- Willard Ahdritz, Fundador/CEO, Kobalt
- Dennis Arfa, Presidente, Artist Group International; Marsha Vlasic, Presidente, Artist Group International; Adam Kornfeld, Presidente en Touring for North America, Artist Group International
- David Field, Presidente/Presidente/CEO, Entercom; Pat Paxton, Presidente en Programming, Entercom
- Stu Bergen, CEO of International and Global Commercial Services, Warner Music Group
- Louis Messina, CEO, Messina Touring Group; John Meglen, Co-CEO, Concerts West
- John Josephson, Presidente/CEO, SESAC; Randy Grimmett, CEO/Partner, Global Music Rights
- Charles Caldas, CEO, Merlin; Michael Huppe, Presidente/CEO, SoundExchange
- Don Passman, Partner, Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman
- Pasquale Rotella, Fundador/CEO, Insomniac Events
- Adam Alpert, CEO, Disruptor Records/Selector Songs
- Marcie Allen, Presidente/Fundador, MAC Presents; Cara Lewis, Owner/Fundador, Cara Lewis Group
- Eric Levin, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo/CFO, Warner Music Group; Ole Obermann, Executive Vicepresidente Business Development/Chief Digital Officer, Warner Music Group; Paul Robinson, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo/General Counsel, Warner Music Group
- Anthony Saleh, CEO, Emagen Entertainment Group; Partner, WNDRCO
- Danny Strick, Copresidente en USA, Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Rick Krim, CoPresidente en USA, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Daniel Glass, Fundador/Presidente, Glassnote Entertainment Group
- Joel Klaiman, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo/GM, Columbia Records
- Scott Pascucci, CEO, Concord Music; Steve Smith, Presidente, Concord Music
- Mike Caren, Fundador/CEO, Artist Partner Group
- Pat Corcoran, Mánager, Chance The Rapper; Haight Brand
- David Marcus, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo/Head of Music, Ticketmaster
- Sarah Trahern, CEO, Country Music Association
- Elizabeth Collins, Copresidente, Azoff MSG Entertainment; Susan Genco, Copresidente, Azoff MSG Entertainment
- Sarah Stennett, Cofundador/CEO, First Access Entertainment
- Phil McIntyre, Fundador/CEO, Philymack
- Debra Lee, Presidente/CEO, BET Networks
- Henry Cárdenas, Fundador/CEO, Cárdenas Marketing Network
- David Israelite, Presidente/CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association; Cary Sherman, Presidente/CEO, RIAA
- Jorge «Pepo» Ferradas, Presidente en el Sector Música, Univision Communications
- Kevin Kusatsu y Andrew McInnes, Fundadores, TMWRK
- Dina LaPolt, Fundador/Dueño, LaPolt Law
- Brett Yormark, CEO, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment
- Randy Phillips, Presidente/CEO, LiveStyle
- Raúl Alarcón Jr., Presidente/CEO, Spanish Broadcasting System
- Mary Berner, Presidente/CEO, Cumulus Medi