Music industry’s personnel changes

Some quick Music Industry personnel moves of note: Chris ‘Tricky’ Stewart has been named Head of A&R at Epic in New York. Stewart is the hit songwriter and producer behind many of the huge chart-topping singles such as Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies’, Britney Spear’s ‘Me Against the Music’, Mýa’s ‘Case of the Ex’, Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’, Mary J. Blige’s ‘Just Fine, Mariah Carey’s ‘Touch My Body and ‘Obsessed’, Jesse McCartney’s ‘Leavin”, Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’, Ciara’s “Ride’ and many, many others. Mark Shimmel is also joining Epic from Turner Broadcasting in a Sr. Executive capacity. Shimmel was formerly COO of LaFace Records as well as Sr. VP Marketing and Artist Relations at Arista Records.

Source: A&R Registry