Billboard’s 2014 International Power Players List

For the first time, leaders from the international music business are honored with a Billboard Power Players report, presented here (being rolled out over three days Jan 29 -31) in association with MIDEM, the leading international event for the global music business.

Nearly two-thirds of the trade value of music sold in physical form, and more than 40% sold through digital channels, is generated outside the United States, according to IFPI, the global music business trade group. Seven of the top ten live music promoters of 2013, according to Billboard Boxscore data, are based outside the United States. When it comes to market growth, IFPI in 2013 reported increases in nine of the world’s top 20 international markets, while the United States had a modest slide.

More from Billboard

• Watch These Senior Citizens Recreate Rihanna's 'Rude Boy' Super Bowl Halftime Moment

• Wu-Tang Clan & Nas Team Up for 2023 N.Y. State of Mind Tour: See the Dates

• How to Watch the 2023 Billboard Women in Music Awards

Billboard’s Power Players series highlights the achievements of executives who drive our business forward with their artistic and business vision. To compile this list, Billboard reached out to numerous sources with international perspective and experience, and also tapped our global team of contributing writers. We asked them to identify executives who have substantial responsibility for business outside the United States (in some cases in addition to domestic responsibilities) and who have had the most power to drive change in their area of business.

Billboard.biz will be rolling out this list of fifty International Power Players over the next three days (Jan. 29 – 31) in alphabetical order. Congratulations to all the executives from across the globe who are driving our business forward.

		MAX HOLE
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ROB WELLS	UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATIN JESUS LOPEZ	UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING PAUL CONNOLLY
UNIVERSAL MUSIC U.K. DAVID JOSEPH	VEVO RIO CARAEFF ALEXANDER KISCH	VIACOM ROBERT BAKISH	WARNER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL STU BERGEN
WARNER MUSIC LATIN IÑIGO ZABALA	WARNER MUSIC U.K. MAX LOUSADA	WARNER/ CHAPPELL RICHARD MANNERS	WATANABE GROUP MISA WATANABE
XIX ENTERTAINMENT SIMON FULLER

Best of Billboard

• H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart

• Anne Wilson's 'I Still Believe in Christmas' Crowns Christian Airplay Chart

• Frank Sinatra, Eartha Kitt, Eagles & More: Here Are All 37 Holiday Songs on This Week's Hot 100

Click here to read the full article.