1. Charlie Walk was born on September 2,1968 and is an American music executive and entrepreneur.
22 Facts About Charlie Walk
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Charlie Walk started out in 1987 as a college marketing representative for Sony Music Distributions New England branch while he was attending Boston University's School of Management.
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Charlie Walk graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
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Charlie Walk worked at Columbia Records in 1990 as a marketing and promotion manager covering the Northeast Region.
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Charlie Walk was named executive vice president, promotion, in 2000 from the position of senior vice president of pop promotion.
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Charlie Walk worked with the label's established artists, including RedOne.
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Charlie Walk created a partnership with ABC to integrate Epic artists with their programming, which enabled viewers to purchase songs they heard on ABC television shows.
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Charlie Walk broke new artists at Epic including The Script, Sean Kingston, The Fray, Sara Bareilles and Natasha Bedingfield.
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Charlie Walk was let go from the label in December 2008.
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In February 2009, Charlie Walk started his own entertainment company CWE Media to create content for Endemol, with a talent management and strategic branding divisions.
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Charlie Walk was executive producing the television content developed by the company.
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Later in 2009, Charlie Walk co-founded RJW Collective, later known as JWALK.
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In 2013 Charlie Walk joined Republic Records as its executive vice president.
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Charlie Walk's position involves overseeing the marketing, PR and promotion teams for the label.
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On July 2,2014, Charlie Walk produced a one-off revival episode of Total Request Live on MTV entitled "Total Ariana Live".
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In 2014, Charlie Walk led Enrique Iglesias' "Bailando" single campaign, which crossed the song over from Latin radio to Top 40 radio.
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Charlie Walk spearheaded Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" campaign which led Swift to become the first artist to have a single debut at number one on the pop music radio charts.
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Additionally, Charlie Walk led the promotion for Lorde's quadruple platinum single "Royals".
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In February 2016, Charlie Walk was named president of the Republic Group, a newly formed grouping under the Universal Music Group, where he was charged with developing strategic partnerships with sister labels in addition to his role in charge of promotions and artist development.
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In 2016 Charlie Walk co-founded Guess Music, after approaching Paul Marciano to discuss his expanding their partnership into a full-fledged label.
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In 2023, Charlie Walk launched Aspen Artists, a media platform for marketing, branding and promoting music artists.
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In March 2021, Charlie Walk filed a lawsuit seeking $60 million in damages from Marc Kasowitz, the attorney who negotiated his Universal exit deal.