Michelle Jubelirer has made her first massive government transfer since being promoted to Chair and CEO of Capitol Music Group (CMG) in December, as Arjun Pulijal is elevated to President of Capitol Music Group (CMG).
In his new function, Pulijal will work intently with Jubelirer in main the corporate and planning its path and future development, by means of what CMG says are “modern and strategic initiatives”.
Pulijal will immediately oversee all areas of Artist Growth, together with Inventive, Advertising and Operations. Pulijal is predicated in Hollywood throughout the firm’s iconic Capitol Tower.
Arjun Pulijal joined Capitol in 2013 as a Director of Advertising, rising to Vice President in 2017. Previous to becoming a member of Capitol, Pulijal spent seven years at Epic Data in New York, first in A&R after which all through numerous departments, together with Publicity and Digital, earlier than turning into a Advertising Director in 2009.
Throughout his time at Epic, Pulijal labored on initiatives for Modest Mouse, Fiona Apple, Shakira, Dying Grips and Incubus, to call a number of.
Previous to his promotion, the nine-year CMG veteran was Senior Vice President of Advertising for the corporate’s flagship label, Capitol Data.
In that place, Pulijal lead the label’s advertising division and oversaw the design and execution of promoting campaigns for the complete roster of celebrity, established and growing artists.
Releases that noticed Pulijal’s direct involvement included Paul McCartney’s McCartney III, which has garnered two Grammy nominations: Finest Rock Album and Finest Rock Tune, for the one Discover My Approach.
Extra campaigns from Pulijal’s crew included Halsey’s No.1 Prime Album debut and Grammy-nominated If I Can’t Have Love, I Need Energy; ABBA’s first album in practically 40-years, the No.1 Prime Album debut and Grammy-nominated, Voyage; Masego’s Grammy-nominated EP, Finding out Overseas; Norah Jones’s Grammy-nominated stay album, ‘Til We Meet Once more; Queen Naija’s No.1 R&B album, Misunderstood; Duncan Laurence’s platinum single, Arcade.
Pulijal’s contributions prolong to A&R as effectively, together with a credit score for McCartney III-Imagined, the first-ever official remix album from Paul McCartney, that includes Beck, Phoebe Bridgers, Blood Orange, Ed O’Brien from Radiohead, Dominik Fike, St. Vincent, Khraungbin and others in addition to arising with the idea for the inventive for the UKMVA-nominatedgroundbreaking music video for the McCartney and Beck collaboration, Discover My Approach.
“Arjun is famend all through our firm, the trade and the inventive neighborhood for prioritizing artistry in all facets of presenting music to the world.”
Michelle Jubelirer
Jubelirer mentioned: “Arjun is famend all through our firm, the trade and the inventive neighborhood for prioritizing artistry in all facets of presenting music to the world.
“He’s greater than artist pleasant; he’s artist-first, and his method has resulted in a few of our firm’s most acclaimed and commercially profitable releases throughout Pulijal’s nine-years right here.
“He’s a confirmed chief, and might be integral to working with me and our senior administration crew as we obtain our objectives and plan our firm’s future. I do know everybody at CMG joins me in congratulating Arjun on his well-deserved promotion.”
“I need to thank Michelle and Sir Lucian Grainge for his or her unimaginable assist all through my years at CMG, and for his or her perception in me to assist lead this iconic firm into a brand new period.”
Arjun Pulijal
Pulijal added: “I need to thank Michelle and Sir Lucian Grainge for his or her unimaginable assist all through my years at CMG, and for his or her perception in me to assist lead this iconic firm into a brand new period.
“I might additionally wish to thank the wonderful and various crew of individuals inside CMG. Their ardour for music, experience, and ingenuity might be essential to our success within the years forward. Most significantly, I need to thank the artists that I’ve the dignity of working with. Their expertise and creativity constantly encourage me and function the life power for every part we do.
“The Capitol Tower has at all times stood as a musical beacon and a haven for artistry. I share Michelle’s need to uphold that custom and her dedication to assist new and growing artists as they aspire to turn out to be the superstars of tomorrow.”
Different artists who’ve benefitted from campaigns overseen by Pulijal embody Halsey (her top-selling 2020 No.1 album Manic); Arcade Fireplace (the U.S. No.1 Reflektor, which was propelled by a advertising marketing campaign and a launch occasion atop the Capitol Tower that was seen by hundreds of thousands, globally), Maggie Rogers (her debut album Heard In A Previous Life was a No.1 Billboard Prime Album debut and earned her a Grammy nomination for Finest New Artist); Troye Sivan (each of the artist’s earlier albums, which have garnered greater than 8 billion streams, and his forthcoming In A Dream); in addition to Norah Jones (the No.1 and top-selling Daybreaks), Elton John (the critically acclaimed Diving Board), 9 Inch Nails (the 2020 Emmy Award-nominated Watchmen soundtrack) and Lewis Capaldi (the U.S. No.1“Somebody You Liked), Vince Staples (The Vince Staples Present).
