Kevin Weaver has been promoted to the newly created role of President, Atlantic Music Group.
Based in Los Angeles, Weaver will continue to report to AMG CEO Elliot Grainge.
According to the announcement on Friday (January 23), he will oversee “high-impact opportunities” across the AMG roster, spanning “soundtracks, strategic partnerships and gaming initiatives, sync licensing, and brand alignments” across Atlantic Records, 300 Entertainment, and 10K Projects.
Zach Friedman and Tony Talamo continue to oversee all day-to-day operations for the AMG label group, reporting to Grainge.
First appointed to the company’s newly formed executive leadership team in 2024, serving as President, Atlantic Records West Coast, Weaver has “played an integral role in the company’s transition,” according to Friday’s announcement.
The company added that over the course of his tenure, Weaver has helped position Atlantic as the “premier destination for blockbuster, award-winning soundtrack projects”.
Among them were Barbie The Album, Twisters The Album, The Greatest Showman, Suicide Squad The Album, F7, and most recently F1 The Album.
Atlantic noted that projects produced and overseen by Weaver account for more than 50 million album-equivalent units sold worldwide, more than 65 billion audio and video streams, and more than 40 Grammy Award nominations, alongside multiple RIAA Diamond-certified singles, Academy Award wins, Golden Globe Awards, and “numerous other prestigious honors”.
“Kevin has spearheaded a remarkable series of era-defining projects, creating powerful opportunities for Atlantic’s artists while helping make the label the go-to partner for creators and brands looking to make an impact.”
Elliot Grainge
Elliot Grainge, CEO, AMG, said: “Kevin has spearheaded a remarkable series of era-defining projects, creating powerful opportunities for Atlantic’s artists while helping make the label the go-to partner for creators and brands looking to make an impact.
“With him now stepping into this central role, all of Atlantic Music Group will benefit from his unrivaled expertise, relationships, and passion. Zach [Friedman], Tony [Talamo], and I are proud to appoint him to this well-deserved new post.”
Weaver first joined Atlantic Records in 1994, going on to hold a range of senior leadership roles across the label, including EVP, President of Film & Television, and most recently President, West Coast, a position he was appointed to in 2017.
Atlantic said that Weaver “has been a central architect of the culture and creative leadership” of the company’s West Coast operations, “while helping expand the label’s bi-coastal footprint over many years”.
Kevin Weaver said: “Atlantic has been my home for three decades, and the opportunity to continue helping define the legacy of this extraordinary company and its artists is incredibly meaningful to me.”
“Atlantic has been my home for three decades, and the opportunity to continue helping define the legacy of this extraordinary company and its artists is incredibly meaningful to me.”
Kevin Weaver
Added Weaver: “I’m deeply grateful to Elliot, Zach, and Tony for their trust and support, and I’m excited to continue helping shape the future of AMG alongside such a committed and talented group of leaders.
“We have a truly unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to keep pushing boundaries and creating new opportunities for our artists, and I couldn’t be more excited about the future of AMG.”
At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Barbie The Album led the field with 11 nominations and produced hits including Dua Lipa’s Dance the Night and Billie Eilish’s Grammy and Academy Award-winning What Was I Made For?”, earning Weaver his second Grammy Award as an album producer in the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media category.
Twisters The Album delivered Luke Combs’ four-times-platinum No.1 country hit Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma and multiple Grammy Award nominations, while the Grammy-nominated F1 The Album features the Grammy-nominated platinum single Just Keep Watching by Tate McRae and the Grammy-nominated single Bad As I Used To Be by Chris Stapleton, alongside contributions from Ed Sheeran, ROSÉ, Burna Boy, and others.
Weaver’s additional credits include Grammy-nominated albums for Daisy Jones & The Six and HBO series including True Blood, Vinyl, Girls, and Boardwalk Empire, the latter of which marked Weaver’s first Grammy Award win.
