Sean Stevens has been promoted to vice president, A&R, and head of research & analytics at Warner. He'll be based at the L.A. office and report to Co-Chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck.

Stevens got his start in the music industry at Big Machine Label Group. He joined Warner in 2018 as director, A&R analysis, before being promoted to senior director in 2020. Over the years, he's worked alongside such artists as Teddy Swims, Ricky Montgomery, Ezekiel, MyKey, Sombr, Bktherula and XIX.

“Sean’s incredible taste and creative instincts matched with his ability to mine meaningful insights from a mountain of data, makes him a truly well-rounded A&R exec,” said Bay-Schuck. “He’s helped bring bold, original talent into the Warner fold and he cares deeply about the artist development process once an artist walks through our doors.”

“The last four years have been the most rewarding of my career, and I’m proud of everything we’ve accomplished together for our artists,” Stevens said. “Thank you to Aaron and [Co-Chairman/COO] Tom [Corson] for this opportunity."

Stevens' first research project will be finding out why we're still in business after 36 years.