2021 Indie Power Players

Tunde Balogun CO-FOUNDER/PRESIDENT, LVRN Junia Abaidoo CO-FOUNDER/HEAD OF OPERATIONS AND TOURING, LVRN Justice Baiden CO-FOUNDER/HEAD OF A&R, LVRN Sean "Famoso" McNichol CO-FOUNDER/HEAD OF MARKETING AND BRAND PARTNERSHIPS, LVRN Carlon Ramong CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR, LVRN The Atlanta-based label and creative agency LVRN (which stands for Love Renaissance) boasts R&B superstar signees 6LACK and Summer Walker and has spent the past year expanding different aspects of the company, including boosting its songwriting division through a publishing deal with Warner Chappell and growing the management roster by signing dvsn. The company also acquired Naver's V Live video streaming service and partnered with Universal Music Group's Geffen Records to create a K-pop label in the United States and a music competition series that will debut in 2022. YOON Steve Bartels 12TONE MUSIC With the Joji catalog on its way to 2 million album consumption units and DOLLY PARTON's A Holly Dolly Christmas piling up nearly 250,000 album consumption units since its October release, the label has now turned its attention to its new signing, Illenium, to build momentum for the artist's next album expected this summer. Scott Borchetta FOUNDER/PRESIDENT/CEO, BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP Andrew Kautz COO, BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP Under Borchetta and Kautz, TIM Mc- GRAW's return to Big Machine last year led to the singer's No. 1 on Top Country Albums in September with Here on Earth, while the rechristened Lady A joined Big Machine's BMLG Records, scoring two chart-toppers on Country Airplay and earning a Grammy nomination for its album Ocean.