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| URL | www.hitquarters.com |
| Type of site | Music database webzine |
| Registration | Yes |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Active |
HitQuarters is an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999. It is noted for its interviews with industry figures, with past subjects including Simon Cowell, Diane Warren, Ron Fair and RedOne, as well as its industry contact database and A&R chart. [1]
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The website has a strong focus on aiding unsigned and independent artists, aiming to give artists the tools to make informed choices about how they develop their career, whether through attracting the attentions of record label A&R and management or releasing music independently. To this aim the website features a contact database known as HitTracker, where users can find appropriate contacts based on their track records, a regular demo review article chaired by A&Rs, producers and managers, as well as interviews geared towards offering constructive advice.[2]
Members of HitQuarters that have gone on to find success have included Christelle, The Knife, Bobby Creekwater, Lesley Roy[3] and State of Shock.
Its most prominent feature are its weekly in-depth interviews with major industry figures such as producers, A&R, managers, songwriters, promoters and publishers. Past interviewees have included pop impresario and entertainment mogul Simon Cowell, A&R executives Ron Fair and Shakir Stewart, label owner Richard Russell, songwriters Diane Warren, Wayne Hector and Andreas Carlsson, producers RedOne, Rami Yacoub, Richard X and Phil Ek, and songwriter, producer and A&R Linda Perry.
HitQuarters founded the world's first A&R charts that measured the success of individual A&R representatives based on points accumulated from their respective artists' chart success.
Most notably 2004 saw Wind-Up Records' Diana Meltzer become the first woman to top HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart [4] [5], a considerable achievement in what is traditionally a male dominated field.[6] Other #1s have included Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Dr. Dre and Mark Williams.[1]
   | HitQuarters.com - A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory |
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