Peter Edge
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Peter Edge is a British music executive. He currently serves as CEO of the RCA Records
. He became head of the company following Doug Morris
' arrival as head of Sony Music Entertainment
.
with Clive Davis, when the Arista president set it up. Edge served as Executive Vice President of A&R at J Records.
Edge became the head of the RCA Music Group
in 2011 following its separation from the Jive Label Group, which made up the RCA/Jive Label Group. Barry Weiss
previously served as head of both label groups. Edge oversaw the restructuring of RCA Music Group with its labels Arista, J Records
and Jive Records
being shut down and their artists moving to RCA.
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
. He became head of the company following Doug Morris
Doug Morris
Doug Morris is an American music executive. He is the current Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group from 1995 to 2011.-Life and career:...
' arrival as head of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
.
Career
Edge began his career in the entertainment industry as a DJ before he then broke into television as the music producer of a TV show for Channel 4. In the late 1980s he started the record label Cool Tempo, which became one of the UK’s biggest dance and hip-hop labels through signings including Eric B. & Rakim, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh and Monie Love. Edge then moved to America to begin working for Warner Brothers, taking Monie Love and the Jungle Brothers with him. He started at Arista and then later moved to J RecordsJ Records
J Records was an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group.-Company history:...
with Clive Davis, when the Arista president set it up. Edge served as Executive Vice President of A&R at J Records.
Edge became the head of the RCA Music Group
RCA Music Group
RCA Music Group was an umbrella group of labels distributed by Sony Music Entertainment that existed between March 2004 and 2009 and for a short period of time between July 2011 and October 2011 until all RCA Music Group labels were merged with RCA Records....
in 2011 following its separation from the Jive Label Group, which made up the RCA/Jive Label Group. Barry Weiss
Barry Weiss
Barry Weiss is an American music executive. He is the current Chairman & CEO of Island Def Jam Motown Music Group and Universal Republic. He served as chairman and CEO of RCA/Jive Label Group from 2008 to 2011 and was also the CEO of its constituent Jive Records from 1991 to 2011...
previously served as head of both label groups. Edge oversaw the restructuring of RCA Music Group with its labels Arista, J Records
J Records
J Records was an American record label, owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment, and was distributed through the RCA Music Group.-Company history:...
and Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
being shut down and their artists moving to RCA.