John Janick 

is an American record executive. He is the chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen

A&M Records.[1]
Janick has been named to Billboard’s Power 100 list every year since 2014 and was
named Variety's Hitmakers Executive of the year in 2018. He has worked with a number of artists
including Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and Paramore, early in his career, Bruno Mars and Ed
Sheeran while head of Elektra Records, and Billie Eilish, 5 Seconds of Summer, J. Cole, Kendrick
Lamar,[2] Lady Gaga and Imagine Dragons at Interscope.
Less than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello, and signed and developed bands. Janick convinced
University of Florida to give him college credits for going on tour with Less than Jake on the Ska
Against Racism Tour.[3] Upon their return, they continued to sign bands, market them, cut royalty
checks and everything else to promote their music. The early artists he signed were Fall Out
Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Paramore.[5]
Janick met with resistance in promoting his acts, and as a result opted for alternative methods for
Fueled by Ramen such as online sales and social media promotion.[6] Fall Out Boy were the first to
achieve sales success, and Panic! at the Disco went on to sell four million albums worldwide.[7]
The sales of the Panic! At the Disco albums prompted the Warner Music Group to buy Fueled by
Ramen in 2008, and install Janick as co-president of their Elektra Records label.[8]
Janick signed Fun, Paramore and Twenty One Pilots to Fueled by Ramen, which he continued to
run while at Elektra. He executive produced their albums, which went on to sell over one million
records each. While at Elektra, Janick oversaw the careers of platinum artists Bruno Mars, Ed
Sheeran, and Cee Lo Green.[6]
In 2012, Janick was recruited by Interscope head Jimmy Iovine to join the label group as President
and COO. The first year at Interscope Geffen A&M, he helped lead the team that produced hits
from Robin Thicke, Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. Janick himself
signed Tame Impala and Selena Gomez, both of whom sold well.
When Iovine departed the label group in 2014, Janick was named Chairman/CEO. He explained
to Variety his philosophy for music business: "What’s most important to me is being able to spend
the time with an artist, and not just trying to get (a song) on every radio station. (To do that), you
have to keep the roster in check, and make sure that you’re not doing what a lot of labels have done
in the past, where you sign a bunch of things and see what sticks. You sign who you believe in, and
you stick with them, like an indie label would."[3]
Under Janick's direction, Interscope has entered into various label alliances including J. Cole’s
Dreamville, producer/songwriter Benny Blanco’s Mad Love, LVRN, and The Darkroom.[9]
In 2019, he oversaw releases by Juice WRLD,[10] Lady Gaga’s A Star is Born soundtrack album,
[11]
 DaBaby[12] and the breakout stars Billie Eilish[9] and Summer Walker.[13]
Janick oversees 200 employees at Interscope Geffen A&M.[7]
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music
videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that
manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution,
marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while
also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists ("artists and repertoire" or "A&R"),
and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label",
derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the
manufacturer's name, along with other information.[1] Within the mainstream music industry,
recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base,
market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record
labels also provide publicists, who assist performers in gaining positive media coverage, and
arrange for their merchandise to be available via stores and other media outlets.