Birth name Jo Charrington | Years active 1992 – present | |
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Occupation(s) Music Industry Executive Origins London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Record labels Capitol Records, Sony Music, London Records, Epic Records Associated acts Sam Smith, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, Charlotte Church, Aloe Blacc, Lemar Similar Nick Raphael, Sam Smith, 5 Seconds of Summer, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs | ||
Jo Charrington is a music industry executive. She is currently the Executive Vice President of A&R at Capitol Records in the UK. Her industry career began at London Records in 1992 as a marketing assistant before moving to Virgin Records in the International Department, then BMG working for the President Jeremy Marsh.
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Career
Charrington left her job at BMG in 1996 to put together and manage the RnB boyband “Another Level”, alongside John Reid (Elton John/Queen). She later signed them to Nick Raphael and Christian Tattersfield at Northwestside Records, a newly formed subsidiary of BMG. The band enjoyed multiple top 10 singles including the Number 1 ‘Freak Me’, as well as a platinum debut album in the UK.
After Reid left the management business, Charrington joined up with Simon Fuller. After 5 years in management she was approached by her old London Records colleague and Northwestside Records founder Nick Raphael to join him at Epic Records, a division of Sony Music. The duo have worked together for 14 years, 10 of which at Sony, before moving to Universal to restart London Records, now Capitol UK.
Artists discovered or signed by Jo Charrington
Charrington, alongside Raphael, has signed and launched a diverse number of platinum and multi-platinum selling artists, including;
Awards and nominations
Charrington's artists and writers have won multiple Grammys, BRITs, American Music Awards, Ivor Novellos and MOBOs.
Charrington, along with Raphael, was awarded the Music Week A&R Award in both 2010 and 2015.
Charrington has been invited to take part in a mentoring scheme set up by Marie Claire magazine to inspire and educate the future generation of the music industry.
In 2015, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the 2015 Music Week’s Women in Music awards.