Nick Raphael

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Nick Raphael
Birth nameNick Raphael
Origin London, United Kingdom
Genres Dance, Pop, Rap, RnB, and Classical
Occupation(s) Music Industry Executive, Nightclub promoter, DJ, Recording Artist, Remixer
Years active1987 – present
Labels London, FFRR, Arista, Sony Music, Epic, Capitol Records

Nick Raphael is a music industry executive and entrepreneur born in London, England. He is a former President of Capitol Records in the UK. [1] [2]

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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 Vague club, which ran between 1993 and 1996. [3] 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. [4] In 1996, he left London Records to start NorthWestSide (NWS) Records (at BMG) with Christian Tattersfield. They signed Jay-Z the same year.

In 2000, NorthWestSide Records was rolled into Arista Records and Raphael was appointed A&R Director. In 2007 Raphael was appointed as the managing director of Epic Records UK. [5] Raphael stayed with Sony for 10 years he left in 2011 with Jo Charrington to relaunch 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. Over the next eight years the artists signed, A 'n' R'ed and released by Capitol Records UK included Sam Smith (the multi Grammy, Oscar and Brits award winner), 5 Seconds of Summer (the first band in Billboard history to have their first three albums to debut at #1 the Billboard top 200 album chart) and Liam Payne (from One Direction). [6]

In 2008, Nick Raphael together with Jo Charrington founded the companies Salli Isaak Songs Limited and Salli Isaak Music Publishing Limited. Collectively, the Salli Isaak roster has written twenty UK Top 10 singles, nine UK No.1 singles, and won multiple Ivor Novello Awards. in 2018, both Salli Isaak companies were acquired by Downtown Music Publishing. [7]

The End of 2021 Nick Raphael left Capitol Records UK to start a new venture with the ex Chairman of Warner Music UK Christian Tattersfield. The pair who had previously worked together have set up the NWS Music Group which includes records, publishing and sync (the latter two with Ben Bodie). [8]

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 [17]

Awards and nominations

Music Week Awards

In 2010, Raphael and Charrington were recipients of the Music Week A&R award, [20] which they received again in 2015 [21] making them the only A&R team to win the award twice.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2010Nick Rapahel & Jo Charrington (Capitol Records) A & R AwardWon
2015Nick Rapahel & Jo Charrington (Capitol Records)A & R AwardWon

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