Gary Spangler

Gary Spangler is an American music executive and the executive vice president of Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group.

Gary Spangler
OccupationMusic executive
Years active1997 – present
OrganizationRepublic Records

Gary Spangler is an American music executive and the executive vice president of Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group.

Career

Spangler began his career in the music industry at age 17 in 1996 as a DJ working in Santa Cruz, California.[1]

From 1997 to 2006, he worked at music promotion company Lawman Promotions in San Francisco.[2] He later became vice president of the company.[3] He also worked for KYLD, based in the same city.[4]

In 2006, he joined Republic Records as vice president of crossover promotion, where he created campaigns for Drake, Taylor Swift, and Lil Wayne, among others.[5] In 2012, he was named senior vice president promotion & operations.[6] He became executive vice president of promotion in 2016, overseeing promotion and strategy for Republic Records and Island Records.[7] In 2021, he was promoted to executive vice president of Republic.[8]

Notable features

In 2015, he was featured on Billboard's Forty Under Forty Power Players list.[9] He appeared on Variety's 2018 Hitmakers List for his work promoting several Post Malone and Drake songs,[10][11] and again in 2019 for his work on Ariana Grande's singles "7 Rings" and "Thank U, Next" as well as Shawn Mendes' and Camila Cabello's "Senorita".[12] In 2020, he was named to Variety's Hitmakers Impact List.[13] Billboard named him Executive of the Week in February 2021 for the pop radio promotion of Ariana Grande and The Weeknd.[14]

Philanthropy

As of 2018, Spangler is a member of the Ryan Seacrest Foundation's advisory board.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - REPUBLIC'S SPANGLER UPPED TO EVP PROMO". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "World Radio History" (PDF). World Radio History. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - REPUBLIC'S SPANGLER UPPED TO EVP PROMO". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "Universal Republic Promotes, Restructures Promo Staff". All Access. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - Spangler upped at Republic". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  7. ^ "HITS Daily Double : Rumor Mill - REPUBLIC'S SPANGLER UPPED TO EVP PROMO". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  8. ^ Variety Staff (2021-02-08). "Republic Records Promotes Gary Spangler to Executive Vice President". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  9. ^ "40 Under 40: Music's Top Young Power Players Revealed". Billboard. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  10. ^ "Variety's 2018 Hitmakers Revealed". Variety. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  11. ^ Doperalski, Daniel (2018-11-29). "Variety's 2018 Hitmakers". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  12. ^ "Variety's 2019 Hitmakers and Hitbreakers Revealed". Variety. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  13. ^ Variety Staff (2020-12-03). "Making the Cut: Variety's 2020 Hitmakers and Hitbreakers Revealed". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  14. ^ "Executive of the Week: Republic Records Executive VP Gary Spangler". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  15. ^ "Ryan Seacrest Foundation Appoints New Industry Advisors From Big Machine, SB Projects, Def Jam & More". Billboard. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

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