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Justin Tranter, Katie Vinten Launch New Facet Records Label Via Warner Bros. Records
December 12, 2018 at 8:13 AM (PT)
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Hit songwriter JUSTIN TRANTER and former WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC Co-Head of A&R KATIE VINTEN are launching a new label, FACET RECORDS, in partnership with WARNER BROS. RECORDS. VINTEN will in addition serve as A&R Consultant to WBR as well as consulting WARNER/CHAPPELL.
WBR Co-Chairman/CEO AARON BAY-SCHUCK said, “JUSTIN is a true visionary and one of the greatest songwriters in the game, with a remarkable ability to bring the best out of people. JUSTIN is a fierce champion for artists and their songwriting peers, takes risks, dares to be different, and fights daily for the causes they believe in, both within and outside the scope of the music business. KATIE is a brilliant A&R person who has been the guiding force behind an incredible roster of chart-topping songwriters, JUSTIN among them. To be able to partner with both of them in their mission to identify and develop the next generation of superstars is an honor and a privilege for all of us at WARNER BROS. RECORDS.”
“I am beyond honored and excited to begin this next chapter with WARNER BROS. RECORDS,” said TRANTER, whose hits include songs by SELENA GOMEZ, FALL OUT BOY, JUSTIN BIEBER, DNCE, HAILEE STEINFELD, BRITNEY SPEARS, FIFTH HARMONY, GWEN STEFANI, IMAGINE DRAGONS, MAROON 5, JULIA MICHAELS, and HALSEY. “It makes perfect sense to partner with my queen KATIE VINTEN on this label venture, since we built my songwriting career from the ground up. The work we have done with AARON BAY-SCHUCK on artist projects like SELENA GOMEZ, GWEN STEFANI, and IMAGINE DRAGONS changed our lives forever. And now, as we continue working with him, we can’t wait to change other people’s lives as well. Thank you so much MAX LOUSADA for this beautiful opportunity. I named our label FACET because the most precious stones deserve thought-out, passionate facets to make them really shine. I know, with the help of AARON, MAX, TOM CORSON, and the whole WBR team, that’s exactly what we are going to do.”
“It has been a great privilege to work with JON PLATT and the team at WARNER/CHAPPELL over the past six years,” said VINTEN, “and I’m thrilled to be able to continue consulting on a limited roster. It is with great enthusiasm and joy that JUSTIN and I announce the start of FACET. We’ve had an amazing run of success at WARNER/CHAPPELL, much of that in collaboration with AARON, and we’re already hard at work lining up our first artist endeavor. It all started with a belief in each other’s potential, and we launch this label with the same relentless faith in what we can accomplish together. Special thanks to MAX, AARON, and TOM for their support and recognition of our abilities to nurture success with the quietly shining stars of today, who will get the global recognition they deserve tomorrow!”