'Billboard' Ranks Nashville Power Players

Billboard today (July 23) published its first-ever Nashville Top 50 Power Players List.

According to the trade publication, rankings are “determined by subjects’ business impact, market share, the chart and/ or touring performance of artist clients and local influence during the past 12 months.”

The article notes that last year country music accounted for $830 million (12 percent) of total U.S. music sales and $397 million (15 percent) of the domestic touring business.

Top 10 Nashville Power Players
1) Scott Borchetta, President/CEO, Big Machine Label Group
2) Mike Dungan, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group Nashville
3) Brian O’Connell, President, Live Nation Country
4) Coran Capshaw, Founder, Red Light Management
5) John Dickey, Executive vp content and programming, Cumulus Media
6) John Esposito, President/CEO, Warner Music Nashville
7) Jason Owen, President/CEO, Sandbox Entertainment
8) Randy Goodman, Chairman/CEO, Sony Nashville
9) Rob Beckham and Greg Oswald, Co-heads, Nashville office, William Morris Endeavor
10) Louis Messina, President, The Messina Group/AEG Live

Click to see the Top 50.