USC Thornton Music Industry alumnus Ben Adelson (’09, Music Industry) recently made Billboard Magazine’s list of “40 under 40: Music’s Top Young Power Players Revealed.” Adelson, who is a Senior Vice President at Republic Records, led Cleveland-based blues-rockers Welshly Arms to generate 6.5 million U.S. streams of their single “Legendary,” and also nurtured singer-songwriter Noah Kahan’s single “Young Blood” to No. 6 on Spotify.
Asked “How the political climate has affected business.” Adelson said, “Artists are much more open to speaking their beliefs, which is incredibly powerful.”