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| Tommy Daniel Mottola, Jr. | |
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| Born | July 14, 1949 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Clark (m. 1971–1990) Mariah Carey (m. 1993–1997) Thalía (m. 2000–present) |
Thomas Daniel "Tommy" Mottola is an American music executive, co-owner of Casablanca Records in a joint venture with the Universal Music Group. He was the husband of Mariah Carey, and is married to a Mexican singer Thalía.citation needed He headed Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years.1 He graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy.citation needed
Apart from his experience in managing music outfits, Mottola is known as a mentor and former talent manager. His most famous proteges were Hall & Oates, Carly Simon, John Mellencamp,2 Diana Ross, and Taylor Dayne in the 80s, Mariah Carey (his second wife) in the 1990s, Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Lopez in the early 2000s. He is now married to Mexican pop singer, Thalía.
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Early career
Mottola was born in the Bronx, New York. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York, graduating in 1967. He briefly attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York before dropping out. He initially had aspirations of a music career, and released with CBS Records, but his singing career was short-lived.
Wishing to stay in the industry, Mottola started Champion Entertainment Organization Inc. to manage other artists. While working at the Chappell music-publishing company, he became the mentor to Philadelphia-based soul/rock performers Daryl Hall and John Oates.
His belief in the duo led him to push them relentlessly to do appearances and advertising promotions, including some of the first specialized music videos and one of the first modern "sponsored tours," for Beech-Nut's Care Free Gum, Panasonic, and Pontiac..
Hall & Oates paid tribute to him in their track "Gino (the Manager)" on their self-titled 1975 RCA release, better known as the Silver Album. Mottola also figured—this time, being mentioned by name—in "Cherchez La Femme," the 1976 dance hit by another Mottola act, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. ("Tommy Mottola / Lives on the road...")
Raised as a Roman Catholic, Mottola converted to Judaism shortly before his marriage to Lisa Clark. That marriage, which ended in divorce in 1992, produced a daughter (Sarah) and a son (Michael, who is now a production assistant with MTV).3
CBS
In 1987, Mottola was chosen to run CBS Records at the age of 37.
Soon afterward, Sony Corporation closed on its deal to buy the CBS Records group unit from CBS, naming him President and CEO of the music division, where he succeeded his former mentor Walter Yetnikoff, who had originally brought Mottola into CBS. Mottola served as Chairman and CEO Sony Music Entertainment.
Sony
During his tenure, he transformed Sony into one of the most successful global music companies, expanding its businesses into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry. He revitalized Sony Music's publishing division by making such acquisitions as the Beatles catalogue and enabled Sony to become the first major music company to make available commercial digital downloads. He is widely well-known for signing, developing, and nurturing the careers of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Destiny's Child/Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, Dixie Chicks, Marc Anthony, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, among others. In the early 90's Mottola was forced to resign after allegations he paid out large sums of money to get not only Carey's music played, but the music of his other artists as well.
Mariah Carey
In 1989, Brenda K. Starr, a Columbia artist, handed Mottola a demo tape from one of her backup singers. Initially he tossed it aside, but later decided to listen to it. So awestruck was he by her polished coloratura soprano, he tracked down the singer, a then-unknown Mariah Carey, immediately signing her and started one of the most expensive promotion campaigns ever for a new artist. Mottola is seen as the main architect for Mariah's phenomenal success in the early years of her career.
In June 1993, Mottola married Carey in a lavish ceremony, but the marriage was short-lived with the couple separating shortly before Christmas 1996 and divorcing in early 1998. In 2000, Carey, at the time Columbia's biggest selling artist, signed an $80 million contract with Virgin records. On Carey's 2008 release, E=MC2, she included the song "Side Effects" that outlines the challenges she found within her marriage to Mottola, including references of living in a 'private hell' and of 'violent times'.
Thalía
Mottola later went on to date other stars before dating Latin singer Thalía, whom he married in December 2000. They have a daughter together, Sabrina Sakaë4. He is credited with creating the Latin Explosion in popular music by championing such Sony artists as Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and YouTube celebrity Mia Rose. Additionally Mottola was the architect for some of Sony's biggest global brands, including Mariah Carey and Celine Dion. During his 15 year tenure, Mottola built Sony up from a company with revenues of 800 million dollars a year to one with over 6 billion dollars of annual revenue by the year 2000.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was waiting for the licenses to the masters of his albums to revert to him; this allowed him to promote his old material how he liked and prevented Sony from getting a cut of the profit. Jackson expected this to occur early in the new millennium; however, due to various clauses in the contract, this revert date was still many years away. Jackson began an investigation, and it emerged that the attorney who represented the singer in the deal was also representing Sony, creating a conflict of interest.
For a number of years, Sony had been pushing to buy all of Jackson's share in their music catalog venture. If Jackson's career or financial situation were to deteriorate, he would have to sell his catalog. Thus, Sony had something to gain from Jackson's career failing. Jackson was able to use these conflicts as leverage to exit his contract early.Just before the release of Invincible, Jackson informed the head of Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola, that he was leaving Sony. As a result, all singles releases, video shootings and promotions were either cancelled or never conceived".5 Sony disputed claims that they had failed to promote Invincible with sufficient energy, maintaining that Jackson refused to tour in the US.6
After Sony
Tommy Mottola was the head of Sony Music Entertainment until January 2003. Since leaving his post as chief of Sony Music, Mottola has been building a new entertainment company, complete with recorded music, television production, theater, and fashion, alongside a branding and management company launching and re-launching the various careers of such artists as Usher whose “Confessions” release has sold over 20 million copies to date worldwide7, Grammy winner and Latin pop star Marc Anthony, and teen sensation Lindsay Lohan.8 Later singings included Cassie Ventura in 2006 and Mika, who in 2007 had a #1 single in the UK.
A collaboration with former Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein has them teamed on two current projects for live theater, namely producers of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Mottola's TV production arm is currently producing and developing many shows for cable and network television.
Mottola bought out the rights to Casablanca Records (a then-diminished imprint of Polygram), and resurrected it, signing actress Lindsay Lohan, and singer Mika.
Philanthropy
Known also for his many philanthropic activities, Mottola has served on the Board of Directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Police Athletic League, T.J. Martell Foundation for Cancer, Leukemia and AIDS Research, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Museum, and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation.
Notes
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-01-10-sony-lack_x.htm
- ^ "Sony Chairman Tommy Mottola Steps Down."mtv.com
- ^ CityFile New York: Tommy Mottola
- ^ It's a Girl for Singer Thalía and Tommy Mottola
- ^ Jackson, Jermaine. Interview with Connie Chung. Interview with Jermaine Jackson. Connie Chung Tonight. (December 31, 2002). Retrieved on July 2, 2008.
- ^ Burkeman, Oliver (July 8, 2002). "Jacko gets tough: but is he a race crusader or just a falling star?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/08/oliverburkeman. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ "Usher". Emi Publishing. http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/usher_profile.html. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ "Lohan to testify in mother's case." contactmusic
