Darcus Beese

Darcus Beese OBE (an haife shi a shekara ta 1969) shi ne babban jami'in kiɗa na Burtaniya kuma tsohon shugaban kasa da kuma babban jami'an zartarwa na Island Records daga nadin da ya yi a shekarar 2018 har zuwa lokacin da ya tashi a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu 2021.  Beese, wanda Music Week ta bayyana shi a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutanen A & R na sa ko kowane ƙarni",  daga baya ya shiga Warner Music UK a matsayin mataimakin shugaban zartarwa. 

 Tarihi 
Darcus Beese grew up in Fulham, London, the son of Barbara Beese and Darcus Howe. He has said: "The music in my household growing up was definitely a mixture of reggae, soul and calypso. My father was from Trinidad and my mother was of mixed heritage. So, yeah, my upbringing musically ranged from soca to reggae.". Leaving school early, Beese worked in a hairdressing salon before eventually being employed in 1993 as a tea boy in the promotions department at Island Records, where he progressed upwards through various jobs, including A&R Director, and in 2008 co-president of the label, until in July 2013 he became president of Island Records. Among his key signings were Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, Taio Cruz, Florence &amp; The Machine, Mumford &amp; Sons, Dizzee Rascal and Rizzle Kicks.

A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2018, kungiyar Universal Music Group (UMG) ta sanar da cewa Beese zai zama Shugaban Island Records USA, ya maye gurbin David Massey, kuma ya koma Birnin New York. Da yake bayyana Beese a matsayin wanda "yana da ƙwarewar kirkirar ƙira kuma yana ɗaukar ra'ayi na dogon lokaci game da ci gaban mai zane", shugaban kuma Shugaba na UMG, Lucian Grainge, ya ce: "Mutane kaɗan a cikin masana'antar kiɗa suna da rikodin waƙoƙin Darcus na nasarar kirkirar da kasuwanci.... Ina farin ciki da tallafa masa a sanya hannu, haɓaka da karya wasu masu fasaha da yawa".

 Kyaututtuka da karbuwa 
A cikin 2013, an sanya Beese a matsayin Fellow na girmamawa na Jami'ar Falmouth . 

A cikin 2014, an girmama Beese a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin jerin sunayen girmama ranar haihuwar Sarauniya don hidimomi ga masana'antar kiɗa ta Burtaniya. 

A shekara ta 2016, MUSEXPO Turai ta ba shi lambar yabo ta European Executive of the Year . 

A cikin 2011 da 2015, The Guardian ya sanya sunan Beese a cikin jerin sunayen manyan mutane a masana'antar kiɗa ta Burtaniya.
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1969

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