NEW YORK CITY, USA // Joe Aboud is a music executive at the intersection of artist development, marketing, and commerce. His music consultancy firm – 444 Sounds – oversees strategy & promotion for clients including record labels, distributors, artist managers, as well as both signed & independent artists of all genres. Here, the Billboard PRIDE List honoree has worked with household names like Major Recordings (Warner Records), Concord Music Group, AWAL, Electric Feel, Tyga, ADÉLA, Cash Cash, JORDY, Julia Fox, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, among others. In addition to an artist management arm, the company delivers customized marketing, digital strategy, sync, brand partnership, and streaming solutions for artist projects with an emphasis on fan community building.

Previously, Aboud most recently led marketing and streaming for independent label HITCO, working with artists such as 2x GRAMMY Award-Winner SAINt JHN, Jennifer Lopez, Dixie D’Amelio, and the Dalai Lama (yes, you read that correctly). He was also at Atlantic Records, where he facilitated marketing plans for GRAMMY Award-winning & nominated projects including Elderbrook and Anitta, as well as multi-platinum artists Clean Bandit, Skrillex, David Guetta, Cash Cash, and more. In the early days of Apple Music, Aboud worked at the streaming service on the Artist & Label Relations team where he developed internal tools, policies, and best practices for its launch.