{"id":2388537,"date":"2026-04-25T05:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2388537"},"modified":"2026-04-25T05:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:05:52","slug":"big-machine-records-names-allison-jones-evp-of-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/big-machine-records-names-allison-jones-evp-of-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Machine Records Names Allison Jones EVP of A&#038;R"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBig\u00a0Machine\u00a0Records\/Nashville Harbor Records &amp; Entertainment\u00a0has named industry veteran\u00a0<strong>Allison Jones<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0executive vp of A&amp;R. Jones will lead all A&amp;R efforts across the roster, which includes Riley Green, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, Aaron Lewis, Cole Goodwin, The Jack Wharff Band and Greylan James.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl u-font-weight-800 u-letter-spacing-0179 u-line-height-normal lrv-u-color-grey-dark bb-pro-related-stories-label lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between  a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card  lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-191 u-width-150@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/executive-turntable-wmc-india-umg-china\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJones joined Big Machine in 2008 and has played a key role in signing artists including Thomas Rhett, Florida Georgia Line, Riley Green, Carly Pearce and Midland, and contributing to the success of artists including Tim McGraw, Lady A, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve worked with Scott [Borchetta] since 1997, when we opened DreamWorks Nashville together, and have spent the past 18 years at\u00a0Big\u00a0Machine\u00a0in the trenches making history (with lots of celebrations and core memories made!),\u201d Jones said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of the music we\u2019ve created. It\u2019s been an honor to be part of building one of the most impactful and successful labels in the history of the music business. Scott is a true visionary who never settles for anything less than winning. I\u2019m incredibly excited and proud to do it all over again as we rebuild the new\u00a0Big\u00a0Machine!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAllison is the consummate A&amp;R executive,\u201d said Big Machine Records\/Nashville Harbor Records &amp; Entertainment founder, chairman and CEO <strong>Scott Borchetta<\/strong>. \u201cShe knows every artist, every song, and every publisher, and is obsessed with being on the sharp end of pop culture.\u00a0Big\u00a0Machine\u00a0simply would not be what it is today without Allison by my side, and I\u2019m so thrilled that we get to continue together in this new season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-width-165 u-height-30 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-maxlrv-u-flex-basis-100p@mobile-max lrv-u-justify-content-center@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Layer_1\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 702.8 85.2\"><defs\/><path d=\"M63 84.2h19.2V26H63zM86.2 84.2h19.1v-81H86.2zM109.3 84.2h19.2v-81h-19.2zM334.8 32v-6h-19.2v58.3h19.2V56.5c0-7.1 3.7-11 10.5-11h2.3V25.4c-5.8.2-10 2-12.8 6.6M72.6 0c-6.1 0-11.1 5-11.1 11.1s5 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1S78.8 0 72.6 0M292.5 30.4c-2.7-2.9-9-5.4-13.7-5.4-14.5 0-24.9 9.5-27.4 23.7-2.8-13.6-14.6-24.1-29.1-24.1s-26.6 10.6-29.2 24.5c-2.5-14.4-13.9-24-27.9-24s-9.5 1.1-13.3 3.7V3.2h-19.2v81.1h18.8V79c4.5 4.2 9.4 6.1 15.4 6.1 12.9 0 23.8-10.1 26.2-24.1 2.7 13.7 14.5 24.1 29.1 24.1s26-10.2 29-23.5c2.4 14.6 14 23.7 27.7 23.7s10-1.6 13.5-4.2v3.3h19.2V26.1h-19.2v4.3ZM163.1 66.5c-6.1 0-11.1-5-11.1-11.1s5-11.1 11.1-11.1 11.1 5 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1 11.1m59.1-.9c-6.1 0-11.1-5-11.1-11.1s5-11.1 11.1-11.1 11.1 5 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1 11.1m57.6.4c-6.1 0-11.1-5-11.1-11.1s5-11.1 11.1-11.1 11.1 5 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1 11.1M390.1 3.1v25.7c-3.7-2.6-8.1-3.7-13.3-3.7-16 0-28.5 12.4-28.5 30.2S360.3 85 375 85s10.9-1.9 15.4-6.1v5.3h18.8V3.1H390Zm-11.3 63.3c-6.1 0-11.1-5-11.1-11.1s5-11.1 11.1-11.1 11.1 5 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1 11.1M32.4 25.2c-5.2 0-9.5 1.1-13.3 3.7V3.2H0v81.1h18.8V79c4.5 4.2 9.4 6.1 15.4 6.1 14.6 0 26.7-12.9 26.7-29.7S48.4 25.2 32.4 25.2m-2 41.3c-6.1 0-11.1-5-11.1-11.1s5-11.1 11.1-11.1 11.1 5 11.1 11.1-5 11.1-11.1 11.1M702.8 83.2v-79H424v79.1h278.8ZM515.7 35.5c0 13.9-10.7 18.3-26 18.3h-25.6v16.4H442v-53h47.8c15.2 0 26 4.4 26 18.2Zm78.9 0c0 9.3-5.9 14.5-14.2 16.8l19.1 18h-28.1l-17-16.4h-11.3v16.4H521V17.2h47.8c15.2 0 26 4.4 26 18.2Zm92.3 8.3c0 18.2-18.3 27.8-44.2 27.8s-44.2-9.6-44.2-27.8c0-18.3 18.3-27.9 44.2-27.9s44.2 9.6 44.2 27.8Zm-22.8 0c0-9.3-9.9-13.9-21.4-13.9s-21.4 4.7-21.4 13.9 9.9 13.9 21.4 13.9 21.4-4.7 21.4-13.8Zm-92.3-8.3c0-3.3-2.4-5-7.4-5h-21.3v10.1h21.3c5.1 0 7.4-1.8 7.4-5.1m-78.9 0c0-3.3-2.4-5-7.4-5h-21.4v10.1h21.4c5 0 7.4-1.8 7.4-5.1\" class=\"cls-11\"\/><\/svg>\t\t<span class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max\">Daily newsletters straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-grey-dark:hover lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big\u00a0Machine\u00a0Records\/Nashville Harbor Records &amp; Entertainment\u00a0has named industry veteran\u00a0Allison Jones\u00a0as\u00a0executive vp of A&amp;R. Jones will lead all A&amp;R efforts across the roster, which includes Riley Green, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, Aaron Lewis, Cole Goodwin, The Jack Wharff Band and Greylan James. Related Jones joined Big Machine in 2008 and has played a key role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2388538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[409363,317318,309228,21932,419633],"class_list":["post-2388537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-big-machine","tag-executive-turntable","tag-genre-country","tag-music-news","tag-record-labels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big-Machine-Records-Names-Allison-Jones-EVP-of-AR.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388539,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388537\/revisions\/2388539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}