Gary Spangler

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Gary Spangler
NationalityAmerican
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.

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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]

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  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.
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  12. ↑ "Variety's 2019 Hitmakers and Hitbreakers Revealed". Variety. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
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  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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