Billboard Unveils Power 100 List at L.A. Event, Honors UMG’s Lucian Grainge, Sony Music’s Clive Davis

Above: Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge (left) and Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis (Photo credit: Phil McCarten)

Billboard honored Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge and Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis Thursday evening at an event in Los Angeles to unveil the second annual Billboard Power 100 list.
 
With more than a quarter of the executives on the list in attendance, Grainge was honored for his position at No. 1 and Davis was honored with the first Billboard Musical Visionary Award. Henceforth, the award will be known as the Billboard Clive Davis Award. A year after inaugurating the Power 100, Billboard published the Power 100 list during Grammy week in conjunction with new efforts connected with the Record Academy.

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“It’s incredibly rewarding to come together with NARAS and to evolve and grow with the record industry,” Billboard publisher Tommy Page said at a reception held at the Redbury Hotel in Hollywood. “We will continue to invest in the music business.”

here to see more photos from the Billboard Power 100 event on Feb. 7.

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