Tina Davis (music industry executive)

Tina Davis
Born	San Francisco Bay Area, California, U S.
Alma mater	Grambling State University
Occupation	Music industry executive
Title	President, EMPIRE
Awards	Billboard Power 100 (2025) [1] Hip Hop/R&B Power Players [2] Billboard Women in Music [3] CNN Agent of Change [4]

Tina Davis is an American music industry executive. She is the president of Empire (stylized as EMPIRE), an independent record label, distribution and publishing company. ^[5]

Raised in Vallejo, California, ^[6] Davis was the first woman to head the A&R department at Def Jam. In 2008, she founded Phase Too, an artist management firm. Among others, she managed Chris Brown. ^[7]

Davis joined Empire in 2018 as vice president of A&R. She was promoted to senior vice president of A&R in 2021 and named president of the company in June 2023. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. DiGiacomo, Frank (January 27, 2025). "Labels on Billboard's 2025 Power 100 List". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
2. Mitchell, Gail (August 8, 2023). "R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players: Billboard's 2023 List of Executives Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
3. Karp, Hannah (February 29, 2024). "Multisector: Billboard Women in Music 2024". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
4. "Tina Davis of EMPIRE talks discovering and developing top musical talent", CNN, June 16, 2023, retrieved March 7, 2024
5. Aswad, Jem (June 21, 2023). "Empire Names Tina Davis President". Variety. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
6. Times-Herald, Vallejo (November 18, 2007). "The woman behind the wonder". Times Herald Online. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
7. "Music Exec Tina Davis On Standing Up To Dame Dash And Collaborating For New Show". BET. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
8. Rys, Dan (June 21, 2023). "Tina Davis Named President of EMPIRE". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
9. DiGiacomo, Frank (February 2, 2023). "Billboard's 2023 Power 100: Executives List Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2024.