Rob Stevenson

Rob Stevenson is an American music executive and currently the Executive Vice President at Universal Republic Records, reporting to both President/CEO Monte Lipman and Co-President/COO Avery Lipman. Stevenson's artists have sold over 50 million TEAS (track equivalent albums).

After leaving the corporate advertising world as an account manager at Ogilvy & Mather, Stevenson joined Advanced Alternative Media as the Head of College Marketing. Envisioning and launching the first-ever independent music distribution network for college radio, he quickly immersed himself within the fabric of the business. His distribution network, The Sunday Service still exists today.

In 1998, Stevenson began a nine-year stint at Island Def Jam Music Group in A&R. While at Island Def Jam, he found, signed, and guided the careers of some of the biggest names in rock, alternative, and pop including The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, and more. He also orchestrated the label's partnership with Sony Pictures for the highly successful Spiderman soundtrack in 2002. By the time he'd become Executive Vice President, A&R for IDJ, the projects he spearheaded had cumulatively exceeded over 35 million album sales around the world. He oversaw and helped deliver seven multiplatinum and five gold albums that notched a total of 9 Grammy nominations, 15 MTV VMA nominations with 5 wins, 2 American Music Award nominations with 1 win. Entertainment Weekly dubbed him the "Must A&R Guy" on the magazine's 2006 "Must List", while New York Magazine awarded him “The Industry Award” in their 2005 Pop Culture Awards Issue.

Virgin Records America sought him out in 2008 and brought him on board as President of A&R. While overseeing Artist & Repertoire operations at Virgin, he signed the resurrected Seattle legends Alice In Chains, paving the way for their Gold-selling comeback Black Gives Way to Blue. While in the EMI Group, he worked on Katy Perry's blockbuster multi-platinum-selling smash Teenage Dream, which produced a record-setting five #1 singles. Other notable projects included Beastie Boys' final studio effort Hot Sauce Committee Parts 1 & 2, and crucial releases from Thirty Seconds to Mars and The Decemberists.

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