Vinny Kumar has been promoted to President of EMPIRE Publishing, expanding his oversight to\u00a0all global deals.<\/p>\n
EMPIRE Publishing is a division of independent music company EMPIRE, founded in 2010 by Ghazi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kumar’s promotion arrives alongside the news of EMPIRE Publishing’s <\/span>expansion into Africa, with Munyaradzi Chanetsa <\/b>appointed to run the African division as Managing Director.<\/p>\n Kumar will lead the global publishing team from the company’s HQ in San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\n According to EMPIRE, under Kumar\u2019s leadership, its publishing division has “emerged as one of the leading independent music publishers, representing multiple <\/span>Grammy<\/b> and <\/span>Latin Grammy-nominated<\/b> songwriters earning recognition across the ASCAP Pop, Country, and Rhythm & Soul Awards, BMI R&B\/Hip-Hop, Country, and Gospel Awards, and numerous NMPA Gold & Platinum certifications”. <\/span><\/p>\n EMPIRE Publishing reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s<\/i> Hot 100 Publisher Rankings for the first time in 2024. The company’s publishing roster includes artists working in Afrobeats, R&B, country, rock, electronic, K-pop and Latin music. Signed talent includes Billy Ray Cyrus, Travis Greene, KEM, Juhn, Fireboy DML, Yung Lan<\/b>, and a joint venture with Hit-Boy<\/b>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m honored to lead this next chapter as we continue building for our writers, producers, and partners worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n Vinny Kumar, EMPIRE Publishing<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Commenting on the promotion, Kumar said: \u201cOver the past few years, EMPIRE Publishing has evolved into one of the most dynamic independent publishers in the world, expanding its global footprint, delivering chart-topping success, and fostering a team that truly embodies our culture.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m honored to lead this next chapter as we continue building for our writers, producers, and partners worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n EMPIRE Founder & CEO Ghazi<\/b> added: \u201cVinny has been instrumental in building EMPIRE Publishing into a global force and there is no better person to lead the team.<\/p>\n \u201cWe met nearly two decades ago and he\u2019s been part of the foundation of what this company stands for. He will continue to lead with integrity and creativity, and his passion for music and strategic vision have helped elevate every facet of our publishing business\u201d.<\/p>\n “Vinny has been instrumental in building EMPIRE Publishing into a global force and there is no better person to lead the team.\u201d EMPIRE was founded by Ghazi in 2010.”<\/p>\n Ghazi, EMPIRE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n EMPIRE Publishing\u2019s Africa expansion represents EMPIRE’s continued push into the market.<\/p>\n EMPIRE Africa\u00a0launched<\/a><\/b>\u00a0in February 2022 to support the company\u2019s roster of artists in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n Since the Africa launch, EMPIRE has expanded to other international markets, including in Asia<\/a>, where it signed Korean superstar G-Dragon<\/strong>, and the Nordic region<\/a>.<\/p>\n Elsewhere at EMPIRE, in September, the company partnered<\/a> with Shaboozey<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/b>establish an independent record label called\u00a0<\/b>American Dogwood<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n In April, EMPIRE teamed up<\/a> with Cambodian music company\u00a0Baramey<\/b>\u00a0Production<\/b> to break Cambodian artists globally. In February, the company\u00a0made a strategic investment<\/a>\u00a0in artist marketing platform\u00a0un:hurd<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munyaradzi Chanetsa to run the African division as MD while Vinny Kumar leads the global team from HQ in San Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":244155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4587,134749,134751,134750],"class_list":["post-244154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-empire","tag-empire-publishing","tag-munyaradzi-chanetsa","tag-vinny-kumar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244154"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244187,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244154\/revisions\/244187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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