Sony Music Nashville Chairman and CEO Randy Goodman will retire at the end of 2024 after more than 35 years in the music industry.
Goodman was appointed to his current position in 2015.
The confirmation of Goodman’s departure from Sony isn’t the only news of recent changes at the top of Nashville’s major record label.
Last April, John “Espo” Esposito exited Warner Music Nashville after 14 years as leader of the company. His successor is the current co-chairman of Warner Music Nashville Ben Crane and Chris Lacey.
Also in April last year, Cindy Mabe Becomes Chairman/CEO of Nashville-based Universal Music Group, succeeds McDungan He has been working at UMGN for more than ten years.
At Sony Music, Goodman and his team guided stars’ careers Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Maren Morris, Megan Mulroney and Nate Smith and breakout artists including Mitchell Tenpenny, Cameron Marlowe, Corey Kent and Morgan Wade Among other things.
A Nashville native, Goodman has had an extensive career, including 16 years at RCA Records, where he spent five years as senior vice president of global marketing at RCA in New York before returning to Nashville.
Goodman also served as executive vice president and general manager of RCA Records Group in Nashville, which later became known as Sony Music Nashville.
While at RCA, he worked with superstars such as Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews Band, Wu-Tang Clan, Dolly Parton, Clint Black, Keith Whitley and The Judds.
In 1997, Goodman opened Lyric Street Records for the Walt Disney Co. and became president in 2010, overseeing the label. , as well as platinum record seller Aaron Tippin and American Idol finalist Josh Glassin.
Goodman is a past president and current member of the CMA Board of Directors, co-chairs the Music City Music Commission with former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, and is a board member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Tennessee Business Leadership Council, and was named a 2019 President’s Award winner by Music Biz for Outstanding Management Achievement.
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“Thank you Randy for leading our Nashville company for the past nine years and developing some of the greatest new superstars in the country music genre.”
Rob Stringer, Sony Music Group
“Thank you to Randy for leading our Nashville company for the past nine years and developing some of the greatest new superstars in the country music genre,” said Sony Music Group Chairman Rob Stringer. .
“These artists are part of his legacy and he should be proud. We look forward to building on the strong foundation he and his team have laid for the future.”
“The Sony Music Nashville and Provident Entertainment teams are some of the best executives I have had the pleasure of working with in my many years in this industry.”
Randy Goodman
Goodman commented: “Thank you to Rob for his leadership and support during my time with the company.
“The Sony Music Nashville and Provident Entertainment teams are some of the best executives I have had the pleasure of working with in my many years in this industry.”
Goodman added: “There are so many people who need special thanks who have helped and supported me along the way: most importantly my family for their support and grace that has kept me going all these years.
“Looking back on my career, I am honored to have had the privilege of working with the legends of artists I have had the privilege to work with; and just as importantly, the teams I have been privileged to work with and lead. While I am excited for what comes next, there is no doubt that it will It’s bittersweet. It’s all a gift.
Over the past nine years, Goodman and the Sony Music Nashville team and its artists, through the company’s Small Business Nashville Equity Working Group, have worked with a number of local organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, Creative Girls Rock, Musically Fed, Music Makes Us, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, Notes for Notes, PENCIL, Room In The Inn, Second Harvest and Soles 4 Souls support the greater Nashville community.global music business
