# Teresa LaBarbera Whites

Teresa LaBarbera Whites is an American A&R, music executive, talent scout, and executive producer, who is best known for discovering Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson. She is currently the A&R executive for Chloe x Halle.
Originally the Southwest regional talent scout for Sony Music in the 1990s, Whites was offered an A&R position with Columbia Records, eventually pitching and signing Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson to Columbia. Over the next eight years, she would organize several multi-platinum projects: The Writing's on the Wall (1999), Sweet Kisses (1999), Survivor (2001), Dangerously in Love (2003), In This Skin (2003), and Destiny Fulfilled (2004). Whites was then offered the Jive/Zomba Vice-President of A&R position, where she would subsequently oversee the direction of Nick Lachey's 2006 solo breakthrough album What's Left of Me, as well as various Backstreet Boys, JC Chasez, and Britney Spears projects. Whites would eventually reunite with Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles in 2011, first becoming Senior Vice-President, A&R of Columbia Records, and then subsequently becoming A&R executive for Knowles' label imprint Parkwood Entertainment, overseeing song selection for her eponymous fifth album, Lemonade, and several other projects.
In 2022, Whites parted ways with Parkwood Entertainment to become CEO and owner of her own music agency Highbank Entertainment. Her first project was to oversee Chloe Bailey's 2023 debut solo album In Pieces.

## Selected executive production and A&R credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.
| Artist | Year | Album | Label |
| Three On A Hill | 1989 | Three On A Hill | Independent Release |
| Destiny's Child | 1998 | Destiny's Child | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Destiny's Child | 1999 | The Writing's on the Wall | Columbia Records |
| Jessica Simpson | 1999 | Sweet Kisses | Columbia Records |
| Destiny's Child | 2001 | Survivor | Columbia Records |
| Destiny's Child | 2001 | 8 Days of Christmas | Columbia Records |
| Jessica Simpson | 2001 | Irresistible | Columbia Records |
| Various Artists | 2001 | MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen | MTV / Music World / Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment |
| Solange Knowles | 2002 | Solo Star | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Destiny's Child | 2002 | This Is the Remix | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Michelle Williams | 2002 | Heart to Yours | Sanctuary Records / Columbia Records |
| Kelly Rowland | 2002 | Simply Deep | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Jessica Simpson | 2002 | This Is the Remix | Columbia Records |
| Beyoncé | 2003 | Dangerously in Love | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Jessica Simpson | 2003 | In This Skin | Columbia Records |
| Various Artists | 2003 | The Fighting Temptations (Music From The Motion Picture) | Music World / Columbia Records |
| Rose Falcon | 2003 | Rose Falcon | Columbia Records |
| Michelle Williams | 2004 | Do You Know | Columbia Records |
| Jessica Simpson | 2004 | ReJoyce: The Christmas Album | Columbia Records |
| Destiny's Child | 2004 | Destiny Fulfilled | Columbia Records / Sony Urban Music |
| Backstreet Boys | 2005 | Never Gone | Jive Records |
| Dirtie Blonde | 2006 | Dirtie Blonde | Jive Records |
| Nick Lachey | 2006 | What's Left of Me | Jive Records / Zomba |
| Britney Spears | 2007 | Blackout | Jive Records / Zomba |
| Backstreet Boys | 2007 | Unbreakable | Jive Records |
| JC Chasez | 2007 | Story Of Kate (Shelved) | Jive Records |
| Amie Miriello | 2008 | I Came Around | Bellasonic / Jive Records |
| Britney Spears | 2008 | Circus | Jive Records / Zomba |
| Backstreet Boys | 2009 | This Is Us | Jive Records / Sony Music |
| Allison Iraheta | 2009 | Just Like You | 19 Entertainment / Jive Records |
| Bowling for Soup | 2009 | Sorry for Partyin' | Jive Records / RCA Records |
| Beyoncé | 2011 | 4 | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| Beyoncé | 2013 | Beyoncé | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| MKTO | 2014 | MKTO | Columbia Records |
| Katharine McPhee | 2015 | Hysteria | eOne |
| Beyoncé | 2016 | Lemonade | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| The Carters | 2018 | Everything Is Love | Roc Nation / Parkwood Entertainment / Sony Music |
| Beyoncé | 2019 | HΘMΣCΘMING: The Live Album | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| Beyoncé & Various Artists | 2019 | The Lion King: The Gift | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| Chloe x Halle | 2021 | Ungodly Hour: Chrome Edition | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |
| Chlöe | 2023 | In Pieces | Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | Ref/Notes |
| 2009 | Premios Oye! 2009 | Album Of The Year - English (Circus) | Nominated | Note: Executive Producer Album Award |