Teresa LaBarbera Whites explained
Teresa LaBarbera Whites |
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Teresa LaBarbera Whites is an American A&R, music executive, talent scout, and executive producer, who is best known for discovering Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson.[1] [2] [3] [4] She is currently the A&R executive for Chloe x Halle.[5]
Originally the Southwest regional talent scout for Sony Music in the 1990s, Whites was offered an A&R position with Columbia Records, eventually pitching and signing Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson to Columbia.[4] [6] Over the next eight years, she would organize several multi-platinum projects: The Writing's on the Wall (1999), Sweet Kisses (1999), Survivor (2001), Dangerously in Love (2003), In This Skin (2003), and Destiny Fulfilled (2004). Whites was then offered the Jive/Zomba Vice-President of A&R position, where she would subsequently oversee the direction of Nick Lachey's 2006 solo breakthrough album What's Left of Me,[7] as well as various Backstreet Boys, JC Chasez, and Britney Spears projects.[8] [9] [10] [11] Whites would eventually reunite with Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles in 2011, first becoming Senior Vice-President, A&R of Columbia Records,[12] [13] and then subsequently becoming A&R executive for Knowles' label imprint Parkwood Entertainment, overseeing song selection for her eponymous fifth album, Lemonade, and several other projects.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
In 2022, Whites parted ways with Parkwood Entertainment to become CEO and owner of her own music agency Highbank Entertainment. Her first project was to oversee Chloe Bailey's 2023 debut solo album In Pieces.[20]
Whites also operates several annual writing retreats for songwriters at The Arbor House Bed & Breakfast which she owns with her husband in Texas.[21] [22] [4]
Selected executive production and a&r credits
Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.
Notes and References
- Book: Hitmaker: The Man and His Music . 9781455505432 . Mottola . Tommy . January 29, 2013 . Grand Central . January 31, 2023 . April 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420153618/https://books.google.com/books?id=qIbXSd2BR2kC&dq=Teresa+LaBarbera+Whites+award&pg=PT190 . live .
- Web site: Signing off . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080243/https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/signing-off-6397275 . live .
- Web site: It's a Family Affair . January 20, 2013 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080244/https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/its-a-family-affair/ . live .
- Web site: Teresa LaBarbera Whites 2005 Article - SongwriterUniverse . December 4, 2013 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080243/https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/whites.htm . live .
- How Chloe x Halle Left Their Mark on R&B by Showing Their 'Imperfect Side' . . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080246/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/chloe-x-halle-rising-star-women-in-music-2020-interview-9492674/ . live .
- Book: Beyoncé Knowles: A Biography . 9780313359149 . Arenofsky . Janice . 2009 . Bloomsbury Academic . January 31, 2023 . April 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407140315/https://books.google.com/books?id=xXeEtRfW5bsC&dq=Teresa+LaBarbera+Whites&pg=PA26 . live .
- Web site: PETERBIO | Rob Wells . October 31, 2012 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080242/https://www.mykawartha.com/community-story/3713102-peterbio-rob-wells/ . live .
- Britney Spears Returns . . December 11, 2008 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080241/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-returns-254594/3/ . live .
- Web site: Back to labeling it a boys' club . . December 10, 2006 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080241/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-10-ca-women10-story.html . live .
- Backbeat . Billboard . April 11, 2009 . January 31, 2023 . April 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230420153614/https://books.google.com/books?id=cNGE2uvYQdoC&dq=Teresa+LaBarbera+Whites&pg=PT49 . live .
- The go-to song guru . Christian Science Monitor . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080253/https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1026/p11s03-almp.html . live .
- Web site: Archived copy . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080244/https://ifpi.at/website2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/investing-in-music_embargoed-1pm-uk_12-november-2012.pdf . live .
- Executive Turntable . . 8 January – 26 March 2011 . January 31, 2023 . April 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407040705/https://books.google.com/books?id=D0b70DQT1HkC&dq=Teresa+LaBarbera+Whites+award&pg=RA5-PA53 . live .
- Web site: 'Beyoncé' 5 Years Later: How to Keep a Secret for the Queen . . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131093908/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/12/how-beyonce-pulled-off-secret-album . live .
- News: Beyoncé's Biggest Project Yet: CEO . Wall Street Journal . September 22, 2016 . Shah . Neil . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080245/https://www.wsj.com/articles/beyonces-biggest-project-yet-ceo-1474567777 . live .
- Web site: Beyoncé book: How Beyoncé created an empire . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080242/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/jgmqdg/beyonce-book . live .
- Beyonce's 'Lemonade': A Deep Dive into the Star-Studded Album's Credits . . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080245/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-lemonade-album-features-the-weeknd-diplo-kendrick-lamar-more-7341787/ . live .
- Web site: How a homeless songwriter's story of heartbreak made it into Beyonce's album . . June 15, 2016 . January 31, 2023 . August 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170827091820/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-beyonce-sandcastles-berry-20160613-snap-htmlstory.html . live .
- Web site: The Billboard Q&A: Beyoncé . April 2, 2011 . January 31, 2023 . April 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407040707/https://books.google.com/books?id=ScqFpB4lJg4C&dq=Teresa+LaBarbera+Whites+award&pg=RA10-PA22 . live .
- Web site: Teresa LaBarbera. SXSW 2024 Schedule. February 24, 2024. February 24, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240224213901/https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/speakers/2199605. live.
- Web site: Fresh | on Winning a Grammy for Beyoncé's 'LEMONADE' . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131021231/https://archive.flaunt.com/content/fresh . live .
- Web site: Archived copy . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080243/https://www.tarleton.edu/langdonreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2022/08/Langdon_Review_Weekend_2015_Program_Final.pdf . live .
- Web site: Campbell: New on CD:Sep. 5 . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080243/https://archive.knoxnews.com/entertainment/campbell-new-on-cdsep-5-ep-411084866-359789551.html/ . live .
- Web site: Archived copy . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080243/https://abc7news.com/archive/6623092/ . live .
- Web site: I Hate the World Today: Songwriter Shelly Peiken Looks Back on Writing "Bitch" with Meredith Brooks . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080241/https://www.grammy.com/news/i-hate-world-today-songwriter-shelly-peiken-looks-back-writing-bitch-meredith-brooks . live .
- Katharine McPhee reveals Sia worked on her upcoming album . . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131080245/https://ew.com/article/2015/06/12/katharine-mcphee-sia-hysteria/ . live .