{"id":3465,"date":"2021-05-24T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2021-05-24T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:54:20","slug":"melissa-thomas-evp-international-marketing-us-repertoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/sonymusic\/melissa-thomas-evp-international-marketing-us-repertoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Thomas Elevated to Executive Vice President, International Marketing, U.S. Repertoire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEW YORK, NY \u2013 May 24, 2021 \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>Sony Music Entertainment (SME) today announced the promotion of Melissa Thomas to the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/executives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Executive Vice President, International Marketing, U.S. Repertoire<\/a>. Thomas will continue to report to Rob Stringer, Chairman, Sony Music Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In making the announcement, Stringer said, \u201cMelissa knows how to harness the global power of our Company to help break our U.S. artists around the world. Her teams, in conjunction with our U.S. Record Labels, have created unique marketing campaigns that resonate with audiences and push our artists to success. I\u2019m so happy that Melissa will be leading our U.S. Repertoire\u2019s international marketing team for the future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas commented, \u201cMusic has no borders anymore. Our audiences are global from the beginning and hits can break from anywhere.&nbsp;I love bringing&nbsp;our U.S. artists to as many audiences as we can around the globe and I\u2019m looking forward to the entire team continuing our unique marketing campaigns to shine a light on the creative talent coming from Sony Music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, Thomas was Senior Vice President, International Marketing for the Company\u2019s U.S. Repertoire, serving as co-head of the department. Her work focused on spearheading global marketing campaigns for U.S. signed superstar artists including&nbsp;Lil Nas X, Camila Cabello, Harry Styles, DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, AC\/DC and breakout artists like The Kid Laroi,&nbsp;Rosal\u00eda and&nbsp;Giveon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas\u2019s teams have worked on campaigns that have contributed to SME\u2019s U.S. artists\u2019 success including&nbsp;Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cMONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)\u201d which was recently No. 1 on global streaming charts for 40 consecutive days. Camila Cabello hit a career-landmark as the No. 1 streamed female artist on Spotify in 2019&nbsp;on the heels of her sophomore album marketing campaign. And, Harry Styles\u2019&nbsp;<em>Fine Line<\/em>&nbsp;album was one of the biggest albums of 2020, debuting at No. 1 in more than 20 countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas was recently recognized as a Billboard Magazine International Power Player in 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her career with SME at Sony Music UK in 2005 where she worked in international marketing for eight years, working on global marketing campaigns for UK artists like Oasis, Sade, Mark Ronson and Little Mix. In her career with SME, Thomas has also managed global teams and marketing campaigns for&nbsp;A$AP Rocky, Beyonc\u00e9, D\u2019Angelo, Future, J. Cole, Zara Larsson, Miguel, French Montana and 21 Savage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining the Company in 2005, Thomas worked at Universal Motown Records in New York City and then Universal Music Canada. Thomas is an Honours Bachelor Business Administration graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business from the University of Western Ontario in her native Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.smehost.net\/2019sonymusiccom-smeprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Melissa-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Thomas Elevated to Executive Vice President, International Marketing, U.S. Repertoire\" class=\"wp-image-3475\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.smehost.net\/2019sonymusiccom-smeprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Melissa-Thomas.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cdn.smehost.net\/2019sonymusiccom-smeprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Melissa-Thomas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.smehost.net\/2019sonymusiccom-smeprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Melissa-Thomas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.smehost.net\/2019sonymusiccom-smeprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Melissa-Thomas-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, NY \u2013 May 24, 2021 \u2013&nbsp;Sony Music Entertainment (SME) today announced the promotion of Melissa Thomas to the role of Executive Vice President, International Marketing, U.S. Repertoire. 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