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Why Are So Many Artists Changing Management This Year?

With so many artists changing management this year, some sources argue the field is grappling with a reassessment.

Then in March, Billboard ’s Women In Music executive list revealed that Janelle Lopez Genzink, founder and CEO of Volara Management, the firm behind superstar Sabrina Carpenter, signed longtime free agent HAIM, which The Azoff Company’s Full Stop formerly represented. In late April, Chappell Roan ’s new management team was finally announced — led by Foundations Music’s Drew Simmons — after the artist parted with State Of the Art last November. “And the passive participant probably creates a much different echo chamber than historically the people who read [trade publications].” (To prove their point, the popular X account PopCrave, known for posting surface-level updates across pop culture, shared the news of Roan’s new management setup.)

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