Those who have met her note that Ghost is extremely bright and inquisitive, has an electric personality and comes off as remarkably self-assured, winning over a number of skeptics during the course of Grammy weekend, which served as her coming-out party.
Ghost is managed by Jay Brown, who also manages Jay-Z, and those in the know say both will be involved as major consultants, with the new Epic said to be taking on an Urban character, which has long been lacking at the label.
If she succeeds, Ghost will be bucking a trend, in that
The timing of Ghost’s arrival couldn’t be more perfect, as Epic band The Fray debuts at #1
As for Rubin, despite his lack of productivity in his first 21 months on the job, Stringer remains committed to his creative guru, whose role has changed to doing what he does best—making records. Among the projects Rubin is working on are albums from veteran acts
In other Sony news, Neil Diamond, who’s out of contract, joked during last week’s MusiCares tribute that he’s urging manager Irving Azoff to pressure
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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