Nashville Labels Well Represented on Billboard’s Power 100 List

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Mike Dungan, Randy Goodman, John Esposito, Scott Borchetta, Sarah Trahern, and Rob Beckham.

Billboard has released its annual Power 100 List, and several Music City execs made the cut. Out of the impressive group of tech gurus, label heads, artist managers, and media moguls on Billboard‘s annual ranking of executive excellence this year, 41 are newcomers who haven’t made the list before.

Spotify’s Chairman Daniel Ek tops the list of power players on Billboard‘s annual ranking, with UMG Chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge coming in at No. 2, Live Nation President/CEO Michael Rapino at No. 3, Apple execs Eddy Cue, Jimmy Iovine & Robert Kondrk at No. 4, and Rob Stringer, Chairman/CEO Columbia Records rounding out the Top 5.

Nashville was well represented on the list.

Partner, WME; co-head, WME Nashville Rob Beckham came in at No. 16, along with Marc Geiger, Sara Newkirk Simon, and Kirk Sommer.

Universal Music Group head Mike Dungan coming in at No. 35. Sony Music Nashville Chairman Randy Goodman is at No. 44, while Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta lands at No. 49, and Chairman/CEO Warner Music Nashville John Esposito is at No. 62. WME Partner and WME Nashville co-head Rob Beckham was included at No. 16

The only Music City female on the list, Sarah Trahern, CEO of the CMA, lands at No. 87.

Others with strong Nashville ties included in the list are Louis Messina, of Messina Touring Group, at No. 74. Bernie Cahill, co-founder/head of the music division of ROAR, lands at No. 97.

The entire list can be viewed here.

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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