Republic Records has appointed David Wolter and Miles Beard as co-heads of East and West Coast A&R respectively, as announced Monday by label president and chief creative officer Wendy Goldstein.
According to the announcement, Wolter and Beard will “spearhead, develop and lead A&R for the Republic Records roster in partnership with a host of ventures and strategic alliances and in tandem with Republic Records EVP Danielle Price,” who spearheads the company’s hip-hop/ R&B A&R team.
Wolter has worked closely with Conan Gray, Greta Van Fleet (on the Laval imprint) and Miranda Lambert, and recently signed Livingstone, the Dare, Zoe Kravitz, and others to Republic. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he served as EVP of Virgin Records at Capitol Music Group for five years. Earlier, at RCA Records, he signed Jack Antonoff’s solo project Bleachers as well as Walk the Moon, Elle King, and others. While at Virgin Records from 1997 through 2007, he signed Gorillaz.
Beard helped create a strategic alliance with Mavin to support Afrobeats superstar Ayra Starr and works closely with the Jonas Brothers, Stray Kids (on the JYP label), TXT (on HYBE), and others to be announced.
His signings include Charlie Puth, Alec Benjamin and others, and he has worked closely with David Guetta, Jason Derulo, Pitbull, as well as songwriters Lowell, Riley Mcdonough, Johnny Goldstein and others. Before joining Republic in 2022, he spent a decade at APG and worked extensively as a DJ.
In making the announcement, Goldstein said, “When it comes to A&R, Miles and David are two of the industry’s most savvy and visionary executives. They could not be more different in terms of preferences, approach and even location of the two coasts, however they’re the perfect match to run this department. They share a rare passion for music and they’re intensely committed to championing their artists. Their partnership is genuinely next-level and will be integral to our success going forward. Our focus is creating a dominant A&R team with them along with our Hip-Hop/R&B initiatives.”
