Artist marketing veteran Dionte Goodlett has been tapped to lead A&R for Platoon, the artist-services company acquired by Apple in late 2018. Goodlett’s hire arrives on the heels of his departu…
, who’s part of Platoon’s efforts to introduce African artists to U.S. audiences while honoring their roots. Gold’s single “Sinner” recently peaked as the No. 1 Trending video on YouTube Nigeria, as well as Apple Music and iTunes Nigeria’s Charts in August.
Says Goodlett: “When you see records like ‘Essence’ from Wizkid and Tems that can break through here in the U.S., there’s a want and need for music like that. And I think Adekunle is the next person up to break that mold. His music just has feel-good sensibilities. It provides groove, it provides a soundtrack to so many moments in our lives as we — fingers crossed — come up on a post-whatever world and we get back to some feel good music. We’re putting him in with U.S.
“I love his tenacity, honestly. Dionte is the guy to say, ‘I got it’ and he really does,” adds Gold of working with Goodlett. “We’ve been working for the past six months, and he’s opened my mind to a lot of new and different things. I can easily share my mixes with him and he gets it. There’s no one better to have on your team.”
Since it was founded in 2016 by Denzyl Feigelson and Saul Klein, Platoon had a few early successes in the U.S. . But its biggest hits to date have been primarily with UK artists like Jorja Smith and African acts like Mr Eazi. That’s why Goodlett is looking forward to helping the company break more acts Stateside, as well as build on the success of current signings like Holly Humberstone, Victoria Monet and Amaarae.
“We’re just hoping to shed the light on the work that not only Denzyl has done but also the amazing team like Grace [Hsiu], Brianna [Agyemang], Lucy Watson, Drew Lamb and the UK team, Linda [Ayoola] in Africa,” Goodlett says. “We really have a lot of amazing and special people so it’s really just shedding light on the entire team.”
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