Teresa LaBarbera Whites

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Teresa LaBarbera Whites
Born
Texas, United States
Musical career
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Occupations
  • A&R
  • music executive
  • talent scout
  • executive producer
Labels

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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Career

Originally the Southwest regional talent scout for Sony Music in the 1990s, Whites was offered an A&R position with Columbia Records, 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 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 becoming the 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] In 2025, Whites reunited with Simpson, helping to manage and oversee her 2025 comeback project Nashville Canyon, P.1. [21]

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 MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen MTV / Music World / Columbia / 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 (Music From The Motion Picture) 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 [22] [23] Bellasonic / Jive Records
Britney Spears 2008 Circus [24] 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 [25] 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
Jessica Simpson 2025Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1 Nashville Canyon Records

Awards and nominations

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

References

  1. ↑ Mottola, Tommy (January 29, 2013). Hitmaker: The Man and His Music. Grand Central. ISBN   9781455505432. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Signing off". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "It's a Family Affair". January 20, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Teresa LaBarbera Whites 2005 Article - SongwriterUniverse". December 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  5. ↑ "How Chloe x Halle Left Their Mark on R&B by Showing Their 'Imperfect Side'". Billboard . Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  6. ↑ Arenofsky, Janice (2009). Beyoncé Knowles: A Biography. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   9780313359149. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  7. ↑ "PETERBIO | Rob Wells". October 31, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Britney Spears Returns". Rolling Stone . December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Back to labeling it a boys' club". Los Angeles Times . December 10, 2006. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Backbeat". Billboard. April 11, 2009. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  11. ↑ "The go-to song guru". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ↑ "Executive Turntable". Billboard . January 8 – March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  14. ↑ "'Beyoncé' 5 Years Later: How to Keep a Secret for the Queen". Complex Networks . Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  15. ↑ Shah, Neil (September 22, 2016). "Beyoncé's Biggest Project Yet: CEO". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Beyoncé book: How Beyoncé created an empire". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Beyonce's 'Lemonade': A Deep Dive into the Star-Studded Album's Credits". Billboard . Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  18. ↑ "How a homeless songwriter's story of heartbreak made it into Beyonce's album". Los Angeles Times . June 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Billboard Q&A: Beyoncé". April 2, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Teresa LaBarbera". SXSW 2024 Schedule. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  21. ↑ Moss, Marissa R. (March 21, 2025). "Jessica Simpson Finally Takes Control". Rolling Stone.
  22. ↑ "Campbell: New on CD:Sep. 5". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ↑ "I Hate the World Today: Songwriter Shelly Peiken Looks Back on Writing "Bitch" with Meredith Brooks". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Katharine McPhee reveals Sia worked on her upcoming album". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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