After earning a seat at Pop’s cool table under her tutelage, Ariana Grande joins ‘Republic Records’ in celebrating Wendy Goldstein‘s promotion to ‘Head of Urban A&R’ at the label!
What this could mean for future Grand releases?
Find out below…
After becoming the label’s Senior VP of A&R in 2011, Goldstein was tasked with boosting the label’s stock within the Urban arena, doing so successfully with the signing of ‘Red Nose’ rapper Sage The Gemini and collaborating with Grande to create her debut LP ‘Yours Truly.‘
Now, in acknowledging the part she played in turning the singer into Pop’s most celebrated debutante, ‘Republic’ have now promoted Goldstein, seeing her take on the title ‘Head of Urban A&R’ at ‘Republic.’
Set to strengthen Ariana’s standing as the label’s brightest star, Wendy’s new role comes before the release of the singer’s second studio album, and 21 years after she took on an A&R role at ‘Geffen Records‘, oft praised for signing Common, The Roots and Mos Def.
On the power player, ‘Republic’ founders Monte & Avery Lipman shared:
Wendy has worked with many of today’s most popular artists and is widely respected throughout the industry. She has overseen the production of many significant albums that have made a tremendous impact on pop culture. Her contribution to Republic remains invaluable. Her diligence, work ethic and prescient perspective contributed to establishing the label as a powerful force in the urban marketplace.”
Added Avery: “Wendy’s been a part of this family since the beginning. We have a tremendous professional history together. Her knack for helping artists realize their true potential is genuinely one of a kind. It’s an honor to build upon our legacy as a team.
In response, she explained:
I want to continue building the urban presence of Republic Records. Monte, Avery and Rob are the greatest. They encourage everyone around them to thrive. We all share the same mindset. We have a common goal to finish number one. It’s one of the best environments I’ve worked in. We all love music, and we want to build a legacy for the Republic brand.
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Who?
She’s the reason that you’re selling 58,000.
RIght? I wanna be like Ariana I’m such a fat whale nowadays
Ariana is not in the same level… delusional
LOL THE GIRL THAT HAS YOU MOPPING FLOORS NOW LOL
Yours truly gold yet?
LOL ELUSIVE FLOPTEUSE SELL 80K YET? LOL
Guys i am such a flop I should just retired my last album was a hot mess but lets not forget I have sold 200 million records you heard that 200 million records I’ll repeat 200 million records one last time 200 million records. I’m above everybody I’m so thirst for attention I been Catfishing and using pictures from 1997! 🙁 please don’t forget to buy my new album,
You have too much time on your hands b****.
Mariah’s album is among the best that came out this year so far, Ariana should be taking notes.
This is good news for Ariana but I wonder when the other labels are gonna start copying her formula and try to bring out girls like her to try and cash in on the hype.
Happened to Nicki so I can’t see why it wouldn’t happen to Ariana.
They’re trying to with Zendaya but it’s not working. Ariana works because she has a strong musical background so everything she does seems authentic. These other girls are all stage school brats who are TRYING to seem like normal people but can’t because they don’t know how to relate to them without a marketing team telling them how to do it.
I love when you tell us about this kind of stuff cos I never would have known about this.
Is so sad that you’re leaving, it takes timeee to believe it, but after all is said and done you’re gonna be the lonely one ohhh. Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me saying I really don’t think is strong enough do up believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me saying I really don’t think is a strong enough. What I’m I suppose to do just sit around and wait for you well I can’t to do and there’s no turning back.
They’re gonna ban you.
Gurl bye do you work for them to know? I’m sure you do bye Felicia have several
What kind of pathetic idiot wakes up just to hate on someone on the internet. Do you not have a job?
Oh by the way let then know they should ban the sick users that were attacking blue ivy the other day with those p******** mess how can they even allow that? If they ban me for obviously doing joke and they don’t ban the other mess up users then this blog has it’s priorities mess up bye!
Gurl you should tell that to this blog when they stay bashing mariah carey day and night? And why do you care if I have a job? If you don’t like what I write or what I comment ignore them pay no mind to me but obviously I got you bother so have a seat.
Plis Ariana will study Mariah’s Career & be bigger than her watch the space. Ariana made mariah relevant I am a 11 year old and I only know mariah because of Ariana that’s why I bought #Beautiful & that’s why I, I view #Beatiful on youtube because of Ariana, mariah carey fans should be thankful to ariana for making Mariah Carey relevant again stop being hateful and mean because I hear Problem on radio but don’t hear any mariah song and please and please Ariana is beautiful and sings like an angel mariah is fat & sounds horrible I only like #beautiful and thanks to miguel
Ok you sound delusional.
You sound delusional I don’t I’m telling the truth
So maybe Ariana should study Mariah’s first single/album because her first single is a number one smash which is a vocal standard to this day and Ariana’s is a forgotten, generic remake of a 90’s rap song by Big Pun n Joe.
Not to mention Mariah’s 1st album is 9 times platinum. Does Ariana’s album have any certifications yet?
Ariana sings for Obama but mariah doesn’t so stop being a hateful person.
Mariah campaigned for Obama and attended his galas. F*** Ariana and her nasal dry voice
No but ariana sang for Mr Obama with Soul legends but mariah didn’t
Who cares? How many legends have sang with an adores mimi? Meanwhile Ariana has Iggy and big Sean
Mariah sang “hero” and “sign sealed delivered” for Obama at his inauguration hahahahahaha. Nice try though boo
Oh and mariah also Samg for the president for “Christmas on Washington ” as well… Not to mention for other presidents hahaga! Lol you mad?
http://youtu.be/XHVXHTsQOis
Mariah Carey fans are bitter & hateful 🙁
Gurl don’t bother with them!
They’re not worth it.
But Lady Gaga & audience loved my faves AMA performance & people tweeted about it. She was performing Tattooed Heart. Stop being hateful & accept that Ariana is the voice. Please be positive
I want to have avi how do you do it here?
Still better than mariah carey. Ariana > Mariah any day. She just needs to eat atleast 5 burgers per day cause chhh
Says the Stan of the vocally challenged billy goat …
http://youtu.be/JRwfcQHNfSY
@mimiflopary you should be worried about your faves bloated face & leave the slim ariana alone.
Well at least Wendy has plenty of Mariah Carey eras for Ariana to TRY and rip off. I hope this next album is more than Ariana taking a bunch of old school hit rap beats and singing over them with inaudible pronunciation. Hopefully one day Ariana will do something original, cause the “Problem” swag is a TOTAL RIP OFF of Mariah Carey’s “all I want for Christmas is you” video. OOP
http://youtu.be/pA8UHeoYHQM
Stop being so bitter that’s a lie. Instead of doing this garbage & spreading negativity you should purchase Mariahs new album on Itunes
How bout you campaign for Ariana’s first album to go hold. Still not there yet. But seems like she’s moved on to her next era of ripping off Mariah with “problem”. Now she’s studying her “Christmas” era swag. Oh Ariana.
Ariana’s Vocal influence is from Destinys Child & Whitney Houston, she’s similar to mariah because of the whistle register. Mimi can’t do it now soo nvm
Ariana’s whole existence is mariah Carey just a much, much, MUCH thinner voice… Much, much, much less original material.. And just all around a watered down, bootlegged , Disney radio version of Mariah Carey- which is why she tried to rip off everything MC did- which she can’t ***looks at Yours Truly sales***
Death @ you replying to every comment. Are the lambs this bitter and pressed? Has it really come down to this?
You’re bitter & negative. Yours Truly is beautiful. If ariana was horrible she wouldn’t sing with soul legends like Aretha & patti and she wouldn’t sing for obama. She sang I Have Nothing and it was great people clapped because she’s a good singer
She is a good singer.. But her album is nothing more than a bunch of old 1990’s rap beats where she’s singing with rappers, the other songs without the assistance of the rappers/hit song rap beats aren’t very memorable. and her “i have nothing” was decent but it was thin and forgettable, a million singers have sang that song a million times better than she. Ariana is good but not great and she STILL is unable to pronounce her words 60% of the time.. Which is why she will remain lessor
She will never come close to anything Mariah Carey.. Ever. Not vocally, not musically, not anything. Mariah will go down as one of the most influential singers ever in history and Ariana will go down as one of Mariah’s offspring.. L
Listen to this album even on Youtube & please watch her AMA performance she’s really good. I promise you 🙁
Honey I have heard the album and I said it was a good listen. But clearly you are not from the USA because if you were you would know MAJORITY of the beats/music she uses for this album are HUGE rap hits from the 1990’s that she is just singing over. Remakes of previous smash songs which is why I say she lacks originality. I do like her though but she will never ever replace mariah Carey. It’s impossible for anyone to do that.
I respect mariah & I love her album Mariah Carey & Music Box mum has her collection.
Let’s respect each other yall
Lol that’s not even a real Mariah Carey fan it’s just a troll trying to start stuff. Poor soul.
I will not say anything bad about either of these ladies, except that Mariah Carey is a legend and has influenced millions of singers, as wel as people by her music I believe Ariana will do the same in the future. Disrespecting each other is totally stupid beyond belief. Sad that you all like to troll this early in the morning.
It’s actually sad to see how bitter and pressed Lambs have gotten since Mariah’s album sales came in. They seem more bitter than usual. They literally stalk Ariana’s every move, Google her music to see how much it has sold, watch all her music videos and performances, and read her interviews just so they can reach and make vapid comparisons between Ariana and Mariah. No one compares the two as much as Lambs do. Don’t you have anything better to do? Problem sounds nothing like MC’s music and the video is not a rip off so Realest can have a seat. The video was inspired by that 60s/70s era. That means MULTIPLE women did that before Mariah Carey. She wasn’t the first to pay tribute to that era either. It’s funny when people say Ariana copied something from MC when the original divas before her already did it (see Tina Turner)
I’m still waiting for the platinum certification. 2 Flops in a row won’t be acceptable for someone of her background.
#Ultimate struggle
A white woman the A&R black music. Chile….. R&B is officially dead ….
But white r&b artists will be very happy about this tho