Teresa LaBarbera Whites

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Teresa LaBarbera Whites
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Texas, United States
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  • A&R
  • music executive
  • talent scout
  • executive producer
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Teresa LaBarbera Whites is an American A&R, music executive, talent scout, and executive producer, who is best known for discovering Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is currently the A&R executive for Chloe x Halle. [5]

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Originally the Southwest regional talent scout for Sony Music in the 1990s, Whites was offered an A&R position with Columbia Records, eventually pitching and signing Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson to Columbia. [4] [6] Over the next eight years, she would organize several multi-platinum projects: The Writing's on the Wall (1999), Sweet Kisses (1999), Survivor (2001), Dangerously in Love (2003), In This Skin (2003), and Destiny Fulfilled (2004). Whites was then offered the Jive/Zomba Vice-President of A&R position, where she would subsequently oversee the direction of Nick Lachey's 2006 solo breakthrough album What's Left of Me , [7] as well as various Backstreet Boys, JC Chasez, and Britney Spears projects. [8] [9] [10] [11] Whites would eventually reunite with Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles in 2011, first becoming Senior Vice-President, A&R of Columbia Records, [12] [13] and then subsequently becoming A&R executive for Knowles' label imprint Parkwood Entertainment, overseeing song selection for her eponymous fifth album, Lemonade , and several other projects. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

In 2022, Whites parted ways with Parkwood Entertainment to become CEO and owner of her own music agency Highbank Entertainment. Her first project was to oversee Chloe Bailey's 2023 debut solo album In Pieces . [20]


Selected executive production and a&r credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

ArtistYearAlbumLabel
Three On A Hill1989Three On A HillIndependent Release
Destiny's Child 1998 Destiny's Child Music World / Columbia Records
Destiny's Child 1999 The Writing's on the Wall Columbia Records
Jessica Simpson 1999 Sweet Kisses Columbia Records
Destiny's Child 2001 Survivor Columbia Records
Destiny's Child 2001 8 Days of Christmas Columbia Records
Jessica Simpson 2001 Irresistible Columbia Records
Various Artists2001 Carmen: A Hip Hopera Soundtrack MTV / Sony Music Entertainment
Solange Knowles 2002 Solo Star Music World / Columbia Records
Destiny's Child 2002 This Is the Remix Music World / Columbia Records
Michelle Williams 2002 Heart to Yours Sanctuary Records / Columbia Records
Kelly Rowland 2002 Simply Deep Music World / Columbia Records
Jessica Simpson 2002 This Is the Remix Columbia Records
Beyoncé 2003 Dangerously in Love Music World / Columbia Records
Jessica Simpson 2003 In This Skin Columbia Records
Various Artists2003 The Fighting Temptations OST Music World / Columbia Records
Rose Falcon 2003Rose Falcon Columbia Records
Michelle Williams 2004 Do You Know Columbia Records
Jessica Simpson 2004 ReJoyce: The Christmas Album Columbia Records
Destiny's Child 2004 Destiny Fulfilled Columbia Records / Sony Urban Music
Backstreet Boys 2005 Never Gone Jive Records
Dirtie Blonde 2006Dirtie Blonde Jive Records
Nick Lachey 2006 What's Left of Me Jive Records / Zomba
Britney Spears 2007 Blackout Jive Records / Zomba
Backstreet Boys 2007 Unbreakable Jive Records
JC Chasez 2007Story Of Kate (Shelved) Jive Records
Amie Miriello 2008I Came Around [21] [22] Bellasonic / Jive Records
Britney Spears 2008 Circus [23] Jive Records / Zomba
Backstreet Boys 2009 This Is Us Jive Records / Sony Music
Allison Iraheta 2009 Just Like You 19 Entertainment / Jive Records
Bowling for Soup 2009 Sorry for Partyin' Jive Records / RCA Records
Beyoncé 2011 4 Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Beyoncé 2013 Beyoncé Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
MKTO 2014 MKTO Columbia Records
Katharine McPhee 2015 Hysteria [24] eOne
Beyoncé 2016 Lemonade Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
The Carters 2018 Everything Is Love Roc Nation / Parkwood Entertainment / Sony Music
Beyoncé 2019 HΘMΣCΘMING: The Live Album Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Beyoncé & Various Artists2019 The Lion King: The Gift Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Chloe x Halle 2021 Ungodly Hour: Chrome Edition Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Chlöe 2023 In Pieces Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyAwardResultRef/Notes
2009 Premios Oye! 2009 Album Of The Year - English ( Circus )NominatedNote: Executive Producer Album Award

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