John Boulos
One of the industry’s most renowned and respected top promotion executives John Boulos has been named Executive Vice President of Promotion, Arista Records. The official announcement comes after news was first posted by FMQB back in November.
In this role, Boulos is overseeing all aspects of radio promotion for the label and leading a multi-format national promotion team, which he is responsible for building. He is based in New York and reports to Arista Records CEO David Massey.
Massey commented, “We are very excited to have John Boulos join the Arista team as Executive Vice President of Promotion. He is an artist-driven executive who is highly respected amongst the artist and radio community. He is bringing his invaluable experience and insight and building a formidable promotion team. We are very happy to welcome him.”
Boulos remarked, “I’ve never been more excited than to be a part of rebuilding Arista Records. David Massey is someone I’ve worked with and admired throughout my career. His vision, passion and creativity is second to none. This business is all about the music, and after hearing the artists he and his team have signed, I have no doubt that this is the beginning of a great new label.”
Over the course of his career, Boulos has worked to grow the radio presence of numerous artists including Twenty One Pilots, Charli XCX, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Jason Mraz, U2, Rolling Stones and Madonna. Prior to joining Arista, he spent 11 years at Roadrunner/Atlantic Records where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of Promotion. Boulos has also previously a promotion executive for Capitol Records, Warner Bros. Records, Epic Records, and Virgin Records. Boulos spent his early career in various promotion roles with Mercury Records, Island Records, RCA, Inner City Records, and Vanguard. Born and raised in New York, he began his music career in the mailroom at London Records by day, and at night promoted club DJ’s during the explosive dance era in the late 1970s.
