Spotify\u2019s Senior Director, Head of International Music, Bruno Crolot has confirmed he\u2019s leaving the streaming company for a role at Believe.<\/p>\n
In a LinkedIn post<\/a> on Tuesday (June 3), Crolot said he will be taking up the role of President, Label & Artist Solutions (LAS) at the France-headquartered music company.<\/p>\n MBW<\/em> first reported<\/a> on Crolot\u2019s imminent departure from Spotify last month, though at that time it was unclear what role he would be taking up at Believe.<\/p>\n In his new role, Crolot will lead the LAS business and P&L at Believe, working closely with regional and local general managers, as well as with TuneCore<\/strong>, Believe\u2019s DIY distribution company.<\/p>\n \u201cBelieve is one of the most innovative, forward-thinking and consistently successful players in the music industry for years \u2013 a company I\u2019ve long watched and admired.”<\/p>\n Bruno Crolot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cBelieve is one of the most innovative, forward-thinking and consistently successful players in the music industry for years \u2013 a company I\u2019ve long watched and admired,\u201d Crolot wrote on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m deeply grateful to [Believe Founder and CEO] Denis<\/strong> [Ladegaillerie<\/strong>] and [Global Head of Music] Romain<\/strong> [Vivien<\/strong>] for their trust and for welcoming me at such an exciting and pivotal moment in Believe\u2019s journey.\u201d<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Crolot described his time at Spotify as \u201cthe most fulfilling professional experience\u201d of his career so far.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the course of almost nine years, I had the privilege to lead incredible teams, collaborate with \u2013 and learn from \u2013 some of the most talented, passionate and purpose-driven people in the business \u2013 both as MD France & Benelux and later as Head of International Music.\u201d<\/p>\n Crolot originally joined Spotify in 2016 as General Manager for France and Benelux, a role in which he was tasked with defining and deploying Spotify\u2019s development strategy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. He was promoted to Senior Director, Head of International Music at the platform four years later, in 2021.<\/p>\n Prior to his time at Spotify, Crolot served for five years as Head of B2B music trade show Midem<\/strong> in Cannes, France. His two decades of music industry and digital entertainment experience also include time at Universal Music<\/strong>, Noos<\/strong>, Orange<\/strong>, and Sony Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Crolot\u2019s arrival at Believe comes in the wake of a number of notable moves within the company\u2019s senior staff, including the promotion<\/a> of Romain Vivien<\/strong> to the role of Believe\u2019s first-ever Global Head of Music last fall.<\/p>\n Also last year, Believe appointed<\/a> Henri Jamet<\/strong> \u2013 who previously served as the Director of labels AllPoints, Morning Glory, na\u00efve and Animal 63 \u2013 to the role of Managing Director of Believe France.<\/p>\n Believe\u2019s TuneCore has also seen some fresh faces of late, including Kevin Ferguson<\/strong>, who joined<\/a> as Senior Vice President, Technology, in February, and Mike Ceglio<\/strong>, who was appointed<\/a> to the role of Vice President, Operations Strategy, in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exec was previously Spotify\u2019s Senior Director, Head of International Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":26798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n