BREAKING: Taylor Lindsey Promoted To Sony Music Nashville Chairman/CEO

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Taylor Lindsey. Photo: Emily Dorio

Taylor Lindsey has been promoted to Chairman/CEO of Sony Music Nashville, beginning in January. She steps into the role that Randy Goodman will exit at the end of the year to retire. Ken Robold has also been elevated to President and COO of Sony Music Nashville.

Lindsey will oversee Sony Music Nashville as well as Christian music company Provident Entertainment. She will report to Chairman of Sony Music Group, Rob Stringer.

“I’m very grateful to step into this role,” Lindsey says. “Along with Ken and the incredible SMN team, we are committed to fostering collaboration with our artists, creators and fans, and will create a vibrant community that not only honors our rich heritage in storytelling but also redefines the sound of country music for generations.”

Lindsey rises from her most recent position as Sr. Vice President of A&R, where she has worked closely with Old Dominion, Maren Morris, Luke Combs, Megan Moroney and more. Prior to joining the label in 2013, Lindsey spent time in A&R at BMG Publishing. She has been featured on Billboard’s Women in Music and Country Power Players lists and was part of MusicRow‘s Rising Women on the Row Class of 2024 and Leadership Music Class of 2019.

“I am very excited that we can promote a creative talent from within the company to this top position,” shares Stringer. “I have witnessed Taylor become an all-round executive from an A&R background and she is ideally suited to plot the future for our Nashville team in a chapter where country music is clearly evolving and thriving as a key musical genre. I am also so pleased that simultaneously to Taylor’s appointment Ken will be in an important wider role helping her build a new era for Sony Music Nashville.”

Robold joined Sony Music Nashville in 2015 after a stint as President of Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Artists and 22 years at Universal Music Group. He is a past Chairman of the ACM Board of Directors and President of the Board of Directors for Leadership Music and currently holds board positions for the CMA and RIAA.

Now, all major labels in Nashville have female leadership, with Cindy Mabe helming UMG Nashville and Cris Lacy present as the Co-Chair/Co-President of Warner Music Nashville.

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