Jamie Appleby is a Canadian, music executive, musician, and songwriter. He is the co-founder and head of A&R of Canadian record label, Wax Records. He is credited with discovering and signing Alyssa Reid, Virginia to Vegas, Autumn Hill, and Wildlife.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He received a master's degree in jazz composition from York University. Appleby started his career as a marketing executive for Sony Music Entertainment before becoming the head of marketing for New York-based record label Wind-up Records, where he worked with artists such as Evanescence, Creed, Finger Eleven, and Seether. Appleby opened Wax Records in 2008.
In 2012, Wax Records entered an exclusive partnership with Universal Music Group.
Appleby received a SOCAN award for pop song of the year in 2012 for his songwriting on Alyssa Reid's "Alone Again", and again in 2015 for Virginia to Vegas' record "We Are Stars".