Randy Goodman will retire as CEO/Chairman of Sony Music Nashville at the end of 2024, he announced.
, who has been chairman and CEO of Sony Music Nashville since 2015, will retire at the end of 2024. “Thank you to Randy for leading our Nashville company through the last nine years and providing some of the biggest new superstars in the genre of country music,” Sony Music Group Chairmansaid in a statement announcing the news. “These artists are part of his legacy, and he should be proud of that. We look forward to building on the strong base he and his team have set up for the future.
“Thank you to Rob for his leadership and support throughout my entire time at the company,” said Goodman, who has also overseen Sony Music’s Christian music enterprise, Provident Entertainment, during that period. “The Sony Music Nashville and Provident Entertainment teams are some of the finest executives I’ve had the privilege of working with over my many years in this business.
“There are too many people to thank specifically who helped and supported me along the way: my family foremost for their support and grace in letting me stay with it all these years,” he continued. “Looking back over my career’s arc, I am humbled and honored to have had the privilege to work with the artist legends I have; and as importantly, the teams I’ve been privileged to work with and lead. As excited as I am for what’s next no doubt it is bittersweet. It’s all been a gift.
In 1997, Goodman opened Lyric Street Records for the Walt Disney Co., where he stayed until 2010, working with Rascal Flatts, Aaron Tippin andGoodman is a former president and chairman of the CMA Board and a current member. He also co-chaired the Music City Music Council with former Nashville Mayorand is a board member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. In 2019, he was named the Presidential Award recipient for outstanding executive achievement by Music Biz.
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