BREAKING: Chelsea Blythe Exits UMG Nashville
Chelsea Blythe. Photo: Cécile Boko
Executive Vice President of A&R at UMG Nashville, Chelsea Blythe, has exited her role, with her last day being today (March 14). The executive shared the news on social media.
Blythe joined the country label group in 2023 after building her career in hip-hop.
“I am overwhelmed with gratitude as I was given an opportunity of a lifetime to come to Nashville and live out my wildest dreams! Country music is so special to me and I will forever be grateful as I have so many incredible memories here that I’ll never forget,” she wrote in her post.
“Thank you to Cindy Mabe for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity and to Renee Bell for being my partner in crime,” Blythe adds. “Words can’t express how amazing these past couple years have been, but it’s time to go back to California.”
After an A&R internship with Interscope Records, Blythe became the department coordinator where she worked on award-winning artists including Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Rae Sremmurd and Mike WiLL Made-It.
Moving to Columbia Records in 2016, Blythe climbed to Vice President of A&R, signed Symba as her first artist, played a role in signing Baby Keem to the label, and developed multi-Platinum-selling artists Polo G and The Kid LAROI. In 2021, Blythe reunited with celebrated A&R executive Tunji Balogun, who found her for that pivotal first internship, at Def Jam Records. As Sr. Vice President of A&R at Def Jam, Blythe led A&R efforts on Armani White, 26AR and Anella Herim, among others.
Plans for the position have not yet been announced.
