Wonderlick Entertainment

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Wonderlick Entertainment is an Australian music company with its head office located in Sydney, Australia. [1] It was founded by co-CEOs Gregg Donovan and Stu MacQueen in 2007, [2] building on Donovan's existing list of clients. Donovan and MacQueen expanded from a management company into a full service music company, adding a joint venture record label with Sony Music (Wonderlick Recording Company) and a publishing company (Wonderlick Publishing). [3] [4] In 2019, The Music ranked Donovan and McQueen at number twenty-two in their "Power 50" ranking of top Australian music business personnel based on their management of Wonderlick. [5]

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In 2018 the company opened an office in New York City. [2] [5] [6]

In October 2020, it was announced that Stu MacQueen and Dan Crannitch, both of Wonderlick, would be providing professional mentoring for the sixth Robert Stigwood Fellowship in South Australia. [7]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About". Wonderlick. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ferrari, Elise (7 December 2017). "Gregg Donovan on opening Wonderlick's first international office". The Music Network . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Fitzsimons, Scott (12 July 2012). "Sony Launch Label With Wonderlick Entertainment". The Music . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (24 May 2019). "Record labels globally spent $5.8b on A&R and marketing in 2018; how are Australian labels tracking?". The Music Network . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 Chrisfield, Bryget (6 March 2019). "Power 50 – #22: Gregg Donovan & Stuart MacQueen". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (11 December 2017). "Australia: Future, Young Thug, Wonderlick, Kesha, Sydney Opera House". Pollstar . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Robert Stigwood Fellowship opens". Mixdown. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Fitzsimons, Scott (22 May 2013). "Airbourne Top Download Charts Around The World". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021. Managed by Wonderlick Entertainment, manager Gregg Donovan has often claimed that the band is the roster's most financially successful outfit globally.
  9. 1 2 Dale, Jessica (4 May 2020). "The Power 50: Gregg Donovan & Stuart MacQueen". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Brandle, Lars (14 September 2020). "Flowerkid announces global team, signs with Wonderlick and Warner Music". The Industry Observer . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Fitzsimons, Scott (21 May 2013). "Boy & Bear, Grinspoon Management Poaches New Marketing GM". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021. At Wonderlick—home to Boy & Bear, Grinspoon, Josh Pyke and others— (...)
  12. ↑ Moskovitch, Greg (19 February 2014). "Holy Holy Sign To Wonderlick Entertainment, Announce New EP". Music Feed . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Wonderlick signs Japanese Wallpaper". The Music Network . 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  14. ↑ Fitzsimons, Scott (1 August 2014). "Sydney Triple J Favourite Montaigne Signs With Wonderlick". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  15. ↑ Fitzsimons, Scott (12 June 2012). "The Paper Kites Join EMI Publishing And Wonderlick Joint Venture". The Music . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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