Wendy Goldstein

Goldstein began her career in the music industry at age 19 as an assistant in the A&R department at Epic Records. She subsequently held positions at RCA Records, East West Records, Geffen Records, and Priority/Capitol Records. During this time, she was involved in the development of artists such as The Roots, Common, GZA, and The Bloodhound Gang.^[3]

Goldstein joined Republic Records in 2009 as an A&R consultant. She was appointed Senior Vice President of A&R in 2011 and Executive Vice President and Head of Urban A&R in 2014.^[4]

In these roles, she contributed to the development and careers of artists including The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Hailee Steinfeld, DNCE, Julia Michaels, Marc E. Bassy, John Legend, and the Jonas Brothers.^[5] In 2019, Goldstein was promoted to President, West Coast Creative at Republic Records.^[6] In 2021, she was named co-president of the label.^[7]

Goldstein has appeared on the Billboard Power 100 and on the magazine's list of the most influential women in music every year since 2020. ^[8][9]. In 2021, she was named A&R of the Year by Variety. ^[2] In 2024, she received the inaugural Seymour Stein Global A&R Award at MUSEXPO in acknowledgement of her three decades of contributions to artist development in the music industry.^[10]