Birth name Nick Raphael Role Promoter Name Nick Raphael | Years active 1987 – present Origin London, United Kingdom | |
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Born 4 October 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-10-04 ) Genres Dance, Pop, Rap, RnB, and Classical Occupation(s) Music Industry Executive, Nightclub promoter, DJ, Recording Artist, Remixer Record labels Capitol Records, London Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Epic Records, Arista Records, FFRR Records Associated acts Armand Van Helden, Jay Z, Lemar Similar People Steve Barnett, Clive Davis, The Priests, Steve Rennie, Lucian Grainge | ||
Nick Raphael Renman Live #106 Highlight Clip
Nick Raphael is a music industry executive and was born in London, England. He is currently President of Capitol Records in the UK. He got his first taste of the music industry in 1987, when he with school friends promoted a night at Dingwalls in Camden Lock, London. His most recent successes with artists he signed include 5 Seconds of Summer, Paloma Faith who won the 2015 Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist and Sam Smith who won four 2015 Grammy Awards.
Contents
- Nick Raphael Renman Live 106 Highlight Clip
- Career
- Career progression
- Artists discovered or signed by Nick Raphael
- Music Week Awards
- References
Career
In the early 1990s, Raphael moved to Leeds, UK and organized, managed and promoted several night club venues such as Hi Flyers, The Gallery and The Warehouse. This led him to becoming a DJ and recording artist with partner Paul Fryer under the name 'TWA'. Raphael, Fryer and Suzy Mason then started the seminal Vague club, which ran between 1993 and 1996. His work throughout 1991 until 1994 as a Night Club promoter, DJ, recording artist and remixer led Raphael to his first corporate job in the UK music industry in 1994 at London Records UK, where he served as Product and later Label Manager for FFRR. In 1996, he left London Records to start NorthWestSide (NWS) Records (at BMG) with Christian Tattersfield. In 2000, NorthWestSide Records was rolled into Arista Records and Raphael was appointed A&R Director. One year later in 2001, Raphael left Arista to join Sony, where he was hired as the Managing Director of Epic Records UK.Raphael stayed with Sony for 10 years he left in 2011 with Jo Charrington to re launch London Records for Universal Music - after Universal bought EMI they decided to launch Capitol Records in the US and UK in April 2013 - London Records roster and staff were rebranded Capitol Records UK - with Raphael named as President.
Career progression
Posts held at the following record companies since 1994;
Artists discovered or signed by Nick Raphael
Raphael (alongside Tattersfield and Charrington) has signed, and launched a number of artists including
Music Week Awards
In 2010, Raphael and Charrington were recipients of the Music Week A&R award, which they received again in 2015 making them the only A&R team to win the award twice.