On Feb. 8, 2013, Billboard magazine revealed its Power 100 list for 2013. "The X Factor" executive producer Simon Cowell is ranked at No. 30, while former "X Factor" U.S. judge Antonio "L.A." Reid (who is chairman/CEO of Epic Records) is ranked at No. 40. The list ranks the executives whom Billboard has determined were the most influential in the U.S. music industry in the past year.
Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge is ranked at No. 1.
Cowell co-owns Syco Music with Sony Music. One Direction's worldwide breakthrough success in 2012 raised the fortunes of Sony Music labels Syco Music and Columbia Records, which are the U.S. record companies for One Direction. One Direction was often ranked as 2012's best-selling new group in several countries, including the United States. One Direction came in third place on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2010, and is currently the biggest-selling act worldwide to emerge from "The X Factor." One Direction's first two albums ("Up All Night" and "Take Me Home") were No. 1 hits in several countries in 2012. According to Sony Music, One Direction sold about 15 million singles, albums and DVDs worldwide by the end of 2012. An estimated 5.5 million of those sales were in the United States.
In 2012, Epic Records struggled to have big hits with its new artists, but one of the exceptions was Cher Lloyd, who came in fourth place on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2010. In 2012, Lloyd (who is signed to Syco Music/Epic Records in the U.S.) sold 2 million copies in the U.S. of her first U.S. single, "Want U Back." Her first album, "Sticks & Stones," debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart but has not yet been certified gold in the United States. Epic's biggest-selling artists include Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Ozzy Osbourne and Shakira.
Sony Music is the record-company partner of "The X Factor." Other Sony Music executives ranked on Billboard's 2013 Power 100 list are Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman Martin Bandier (No. 3), Sony Music chairman/CEO Doug Morris (No. 5), Columbia Records chairman Rob Stringer (No. 15) and Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis (No. 30). Sony Pictures Entertainment president of worldwide music Lia Vollack is No. 51 on the list.
As of now, Cowell is the only judge confirmed to be on "The X Factor" U.S. in 2013. Reid was a judge on the show from March 2011 to December 2012. Reid quit "The X Factor" because he said he wanted more time to focus on his job at Epic Records. Britney Spears became a judge on the show in May 2012, and she announced her departure in January 2013. It has not been announced yet if Demi Lovato (who also became a judge on "The X Factor" U.S. in May 2012) will continue to be a judge on the show in 2013.
The replacements for Spears and Reid have not been named yet. The show's entire judging panel for 2013 should be announced by May, when auditions begin in front of the judges. "X Factor" producers, not the judges, select the contestants from preliminary auditions who go on to audition in front of the judges.
Here is Billboard's 2013 Power 100 list:
1. Lucian Grainge
2. Coran Capshaw
3. Martin Bandier
4. Michael Rapino
5. Doug Morris
6. Len Blavatnik
7. Rob Light
8. Tim Leiweke
9. Marc Geiger
10. Jimmy Iovine
11. Eddy Cue/Robery Kondrk
12. Bob Pittman
13. Frank Cooper
14. Stephen Cooper
15. Rob Stringer
16. Randy Phillips
17. Emmanuel Seuge/Joe Belliotti
18. Barry Weiss
19. Julie Greenwald/Craig Kallman
20. Clive Davis
21. Arthur Fogel
22. Peter Edge/Tom Corson
23. Rio Caraeff
24. John Hogan
25. Daniel Ek
26. Charles Attal/Charlie Jones/Charlie Walker
27. Dan Mason
28. Zach Horowitz
29. Ronal “Slim” Williams/Bryan “Birdman” Williams
30. Simon Cowell
31. Lew Dickey
32. Steve Barnett
33. Mark Campana/Bob Roux
34. Joel Katz
35. Monte and Avery Lipman
36. Cameron Strang
37. Chip Hooper
38. Dr. Luke
39. Scott Borchettanel
40. L.A. Reid
41. John Janick
42. Scooter Braun
43. Robert Kynel
44. Hartwig Masuch
45. Scoot Sperling
46. Nathan Hubbard
47. Steve Bartels
48. Tom Poleman
49. Jay Brown
50. Mike Dungan
51. John Branca
52. Tim Westergren
53. Lia Vollack
54. Willard Ahdritz
55. Cliff Burnstein/Peter Mensch
56. Neil Portnow
57. Paul Chibe
58. Troy Carter
59. Ryan Seacrest
60. Allen Grubman
61. Daniel Glass
62. Robert Greenblatt
63. Dennis Arfa
64. Martin Mills
65. John Sykes
66. Jennifer Breithaupt
67. Jan Jeffries
68. Clint Higham
69. Guy Oseary
70. Cortez Bryant/Gee Roberson
71. Sean Parker
72. Rich Lehrfield
73. Raul Alarcon, Jr.
74. Peter Luuko
75. Jesus Lopez
76. Anne Stranchfield
77. Scott Greenstein
78. Melissa Lonner
79. David Israelite
80. Paul Tollett
81. Gary Overton
82. Jon Platt
83. Bill Carr
84. Jody Gerson
85. Paul Rosenberg
86. John Frankenheimer
87. Tifanie Van LaarFrever
88. Molly Peck
89. Max Martin
90. Jeff Toig
91. Pasquale Rotella
92. Melissa Ormond
93. Debra Lee
94. Anya Grundman
95. Afo Verde
96. Aaron Rosenberg
97. Brian O’Connell
98. Jose Valle
99. Chris Tsakalakis
100. Roland Swenson
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