among others. Metallica’s WorldWired
Tour grossed over $177.4 million last year.
AGI clients including The Strokes, Cage
the Elephant, Norah Jones, Neil Young,
Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor,
PJ Harvey and Cyndi Lauper were all
active in the past year. On tap for sum-
mer 2020: a Def Leppard/Mötley Crüe/
Poison/Joan Jett package. “We’re touring
experts,” says Arfa, “no matter if it’s pop,
rock or urban. The bottom line is you have
to sell tickets, but we thrive on being able
to develop acts to the highest level.”
Marty Diamond
Head of global music,
Paradigm Talent Agency
Matt Galle
Music executive leadership group,
Paradigm Talent Agency
Lee Anderson
Music executive leadership group,
Paradigm Talent Agency
Mike Betterton
Agent, Paradigm Talent Agency
Under Diamond, 61, Paradigm’s music
division celebrated a hat trick of client
wins this year: Janet Jackson launched her
first Las Vegas residency, Metamorphosis,
at MGM’s Park Theater; Shawn Mendes
grossed $96.7 million from the final lap
of his tour, which included a sold-out
stadium show at Rogers Centre in his
native Toronto; and Ed Sheeran (whom
Paradigm represents in the United States
and Canada) took honors in August for the
highest-grossing tour in history, crossing
six continents in 30 months. “Ed has set a
bench mark on global touring that no one
has come near,” says Diamond.
Marc Geiger
Partner/head of music, WME
Sara Newkirk Simon
Partner/co-head of music, WME
Kirk Sommer
Partner/co-head of music, WME
Scott Clayton
Partner/co-head of the Nashville office,
WME
Geiger, 57, reports that WME, named the
top agency of 2019 at the Billboard Live
Music Summit in November, set a new
company best in booking over 37,000
dates for its eclectic roster that ranges
from veterans like Justin Timberlake, John
Mayer, Eric Church, Dead & Company
and Drake to rising stars led by Lizzo,
Lauren Daigle, Rosalía and King Princess
(who will join singer Harry Styles on the
European leg of his Love on Tour trek in
April). “The entire team is energized by
the dynamic state of our industry,” says
Geiger, “whether it’s artist discovery, the
festival marketplace or the crossover op-
portunities we have been able to help our
clients create.”
Cara Lewis
Founder/owner, Cara Lewis Group
Running the industry’s only female-owned
top-line agency, Lewis last year booked
“two of the most successful sellout arena
tours,” she says of the Astroworld: Wish
You Were Here Tour headlined by Travis
Scott and the Free Spirit tour from Khalid,
whom she represents in North America.
She repped Eminem for his sweep through
Australia, where he played five shows to
300,000 fans. Lewis has also established
a CLG Branding division, which struck
new deals for 2020 with Levi’s and Milani
Cosmetics, among others. “Developing
artists and delivering the best opportunities
for the entire roster is first and foremost,”
she says.
Rob Light
Managing partner/head of worldwide music,
Creative Artists Agency
Mitch Rose
Music agent/co-head of contemporary music,
Creative Artists Agency
Darryl Eaton
Music agent/co-head of contemporary music,
Creative Artists Agency
Rick Roskin
Music agent/co-head of contemporary music,
Creative Artists Agency
The year-end Billboard Boxscore tally of
top tours included CAA clients Ed Sheeran
(whom the agency books outside the
United States and Canada) at No. 1 for the
second consecutive year, Ariana Grande
at No. 7, KISS (repped in North America)
at No. 10 and the Eagles at No. 19. CAA’s
roster of rising talent includes Maggie Rog-
ers, Megan Thee Stallion, H.E.R., Lil Nas X,
Clairo, Judah & The Lion and Jorja Smith.
For Light, who marked his 35th year at CAA
in 2019, the strength of the agency is clear
from “the continued breakout success of
so many incredible new artists that are
ROSKIN developing real careers.”
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ROSE
EATON
YEAR-END MARKET
SHARE BY LABEL
Atlantic Records is No. 1 among the top 10 major
labels of 2019, with a current market share of 12.12%
that was driven by the success of Lizzo, A Boogie
Wit Da Hoodie, Kodak Black, Ed Sheeran and the
continuing consumption of the soundtrack to The
Greatest Showman, released in 2017. Interscope
Geffen A&M, home to Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez and
DaBaby, ranks at No. 2. Republic Records comes in
at No. 3 thanks to Ariana Grande, the reunited Jonas
Brothers and Post Malone, the top artist of 2019.
Def Jam
1.89%
Sony Nashville
1.91%
Epic Records
2.64%
Warner Records
2.97%
Capitol
Music Group
7.76%
Columbia Records
6.43%
RCA Records
4.38%
Atlantic
Records
12.12%
Republic
Records
9.88%
Other
38.85%
Interscope
Geffen A&M
11.17%
SIMON
GEIGER
SOMMER
ANDERSON
BETTERTON
GALLE
DIAMOND
Source: Nielsen Music/
MRC Data. Current
market share counts
activity of music
released in the last
18 months, or longer
for albums that have
remained in the top half
of the Billboard 200,
or songs that are still
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