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Narcís Rebollo has been appointed CEO and president of World Expertise Providers, Common Music Group’s full-service firm for Latin artists spanning administration, reserving, stay occasions, promotion and model partnerships.
Consistent with Rebollo’s appointment, which was introduced by Common Music on Tuesday (Oct. 1) and is efficient instantly, World Expertise Providers (GTS) turns into a standalone firm, with its administration and operation now dealt with independently from UMG’s native music labels.
Within the newly created function of GTS CEO and president, Rebollo — who relies in Madrid — will oversee the corporate’s operations within the U.S., Latin America, Spain and Portugal, reporting to Jesús López, chairman and CEO of Common Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula. Additional particulars of management appointments inside Common Music Iberian Peninsula will comply with shortly, stated UMG in an announcement asserting the structural adjustments.
Launched in 2007, World Expertise Providers supplies a full suite of artist companies for Latin artists and operates places of work in eight nations, together with the U.S., Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico and Columbia.
Artists signed to GTS’ administration roster in Spain embody Antonio José, Salma, Natalia Lacunza and Mala Rodriguez with the corporate’s stay occasions workforce reserving over 500 reveals within the nation final yr, in response to Common Music.
Different markets the place UMG says World Expertise Providers is experiencing strong development embody Mexico, the place it booked 175 reveals for 25 artists in 2023; and Brazil, the place the corporate has had robust success as a reserving company and managing accomplice for artists tasks by Maneva, Leo Santana, Atitude 67, Felipe Araújo and Paula Fernandes.
Considered one of GTS’s largest campaigns thus far has been establishing Colombian band Morat as one of many main Spanish-speaking pop-rock acts on the planet with its “Si Ayer Fuera Hoy” 2023-2024 world tour — which included a sold-out present at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard Theater in January — promoting a couple of million tickets throughout 125 concert events and over 15 nations, in response to the corporate. GTS additionally operates the multi-date Common Music Competition, which takes place yearly within the Spanish capital metropolis of Madrid.
Previous to at present’s appointment, Rebollo served as president of Common Music Iberian Peninsula since 2015, the place he was chargeable for UMG’s recorded music and GTS operations in Spain and Portugal. Beneath his management, the corporate grew its operations to incorporate live performance reserving and promotion, festivals, touring and stay occasions with GTS purchasers together with Latin artists David Bisbal, David Bustamante, Pablo López, Lola Indigo, Aitana and Camila Fernández.
Earlier than becoming a member of Common, Rebollo held senior roles at Spanish unbiased music firm Divucsa, BMG, digital dance music label Max Music and Spain’s largest unbiased label, Vale Music, which Common acquired in 2006.
“Narcís is among the most skilled executives in Latin music,” stated Jesús López in an announcement. “His imaginative and prescient of the evolution of the enterprise and the growth of Latin music world wide in recent times, has led him to create a really profitable workforce in Spain and Portugal within the areas of administration, reserving, promotion and types.”
López went on to say that GTS was born “with the aim of being a full-service company for artists, and the time has come for it to turn out to be an unbiased enterprise unit inside UMG.” Rebollo, added López, is the “excellent chief” to steer the expansion of GTS globally.
“At this time greater than ever, our artists want strategic help from an organization that’s each totally targeted on administration, however with the flexibility to ship world companies and help,” stated Rebollo in an announcement. “With the explosion of curiosity and affect of stay music, and music driving social engagement and dialog greater than ever, I strongly imagine that GTS is completely positioned to offer the most effective help for Latin artists world wide.”
