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3 Canadians Named In Billboard’s Indie Power Players Ranking

Entertainment One Global President Chris Taylor, Reservoir Media Management co-founder and CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi, and ole CEO and co-founder Robert Ott make the list alongside such luminaries as

3 Canadians Named In Billboard’s Indie Power Players Ranking

By FYI Staff

Entertainment One Global President Chris Taylor, Reservoir Media Management co-founder and CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi, and ole CEO and co-founder Robert Ott make the list alongside such luminaries as Daniel Glass and Scott Borchetta.


The feature profiles the individuals with quotes that include Taylor’s illuminating statement as follows:

“One of the largest myths being perpetuated is the ‘irrelevance’ of the record company,” says Taylor, whose independent Entertainment One develops and distributes music, film, TV and, most recently, live content with the March acquisition of Round Room Entertainment, an event production company. Adds Taylor: “We are going to have a whole generation of musicians who [will] miss their opportunity to excel by declining the assistance of well-trained, well-financed companies that can really help a developing act take things to the next level.”

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– Read the article in full here

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Billboard Canada and MMF Canada Announce Top Music Manager Honourees for 2026
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Billboard Canada and MMF Canada Announce Top Music Manager Honourees for 2026

Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans, longtime managers behind Daniel Caesar's decade-spanning success, will receive the Managers of the Year Award and MMF Canada will present its Honour Roll award to Six Shooter Records' Helen Britton and Shauna de Cartier at SOUNDSTAGE on June 11 at NXNE. MMF Canada will also present its Trailblazer award to Matt Maw.

Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans are Billboard Canada's 2026 Managers to Watch.

The powerhouse duo behind Daniel Caesar have been working closely with the R&B singer from the very start, helping guide one of the biggest Canadian careers and breakthroughs of the last decade. From the early days before Freudian in the mid-2010s up to the recent unconventional rollout of Son of Spergy which included spontaneous pop-up shows in parks across Canada, both managers have drawn from their backgrounds as creatives to help Caesar thrive as an artist

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