BILLBOARD NAMES DONNA CASEINE & FAITH NEWMAN 2023 WOMEN IN MUSIC TOP EXECUTIVES, PLUS GOLNAR KHOSROWSHAHI IS NAMED TO THE HALL OF FAME
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Today, Billboard has released its 2023 Women In Music Top Executives list. Reservoir Executive Vice President, Global Creative Director Donna Caseine and Reservoir Executive Vice President of A&R and Catalog Development Faith Newman have been named to the list, with Reservoir Founder & CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi earning a spot on the list’s Hall of Fame.
Donna Caseine heads Reservoir’s Creative team, while overseeing an impressive roster of talent including award-winning and hit writers Ali Tamposi, Jamie Hartman, Oak Felder, Keith “Ten4” Sorrells, Lauren Christy, and more. Donna’s attention to the songwriters on her roster has contributed to 21 Billboard Hot 100 tracks and 49 Billboard 200 albums, with 28 #1s across all Billboard charts, including Felder and Sorrells’ work on all 16 tracks on Demi Lovato’s HOLY FVCK, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts, while also landing at #7 on the Top 200 and #4 on Top Album Sales.
Faith Newman has been with Reservoir for 11 years and has earned wide praise and recognition as a leading voice, tastemaker, and pioneer in hip-hop. In the past year, Faith has served as a key figure in Reservoir’s integration of Tommy Boy Music, which the company acquired in 2021. She also facilitated Reservoir’s deals with multi-Platinum Hip-Hop producer Marley Marl, Hip-Hop producer and songwriter Larry Smith, and Platinum-selling songwriter Dallas Austin, as well as publishing deals with rappers Conway the Machine and Killer Mike. Over the last 18 months, Faith’s signings contributed to 37 Hot 100 tracks and 105 Billboard 200 Albums, including 40 #1s across all Billboard charts.
After being selected as Billboard’s Women in Music Executive of the Year in 2022, Golnar has now been named to Billboard’s Women in Music Hall of Fame. Billboard recognized her for continuing to carry Reservoir Media through its first full year as a publicly traded independent music company; welcoming new front-line writers and catalogs, including Oak Felder and Killer Mike, and works of the late Louis Prima; and celebrating client Joni Mitchell as MusiCares Person of the Year 2022.
See the full list of Women In Music Top Executives.