Jo Charrington
| Jo Charrington | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jo Charrington |
| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Music Industry Executive |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Labels | London, Capitol Records, Sony Music, Epic |
| Associated acts | Another Level, Lemar, Charlotte Church, JLS, Paloma Faith, Aloe Blacc, The Priests, Olly Murs, Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer |
Jo Charrington is a music industry executive. She is currently the Executive Vice President of A&R at Capitol Records in the UK.[1][2] Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG working for the President Jeremy Marsh.[3]
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Career
Charrington left her job at BMG in 1996 to put together and manage the RnB boyband “Another Level”, alongside John Reid (Elton John/Queen). She later signed them to Nick Raphael and Christian Tattersfield[4] at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG.[5] The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’,[6] as well as a platinum debut album in the UK.[7]
After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller.[8] After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague[9] and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records,[10][11] a division of Sony Music.[3] The duo have worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK.[12]
Artists discovered or signed by Jo Charrington
Charrington, alongside Raphael, has signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists, including;
- 5 Seconds of Summer at Capitol.
- Sam Smith at Capitol.
- Aloe Blacc at Epic.
- Big Brovaz at Epic
- Charlotte Church at Epic.
- G4 at Epic.
- Imogen Heap at Epic.
- JLS at Epic.
- Lemar at Epic.
- Mylo at Epic
- Olly Murs at Epic.
- Paloma Faith at Epic.
- The Priests at Epic.
- Russell Watson at Epic.
- Scouting For Girls at Epic.
Awards and nominations
Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs.[13]
Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010[14] and 2015.[15]
Charrington has been invited to take part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry.[16]
In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards.[17]
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