Lee Lipsner joins S-Curve Records as head of pop promotion-diversity

Lee Lipsner has joined S-Curve Records as head of pop promotion.

The veteran executive was recently promoted executive vice president at Columbia Records, leaving 25 years after Sony Music last year. Left Lepsner will be based in New York and will report to president and founder Steve Greenberg.

“Lee Lipsner is one of the smartest and most enthusiastic people in radio broadcasting, and his track record is more than just his own,” Greenberg said. “We’ve been wanting to work with Lee for a long time and now we can’t wait to let him work his magic with our records in pop.”

Acquired by BMG in 2015, S-Curve has a roster that includes Andy Grammar, Concarah, Great Big World, Leslie Odom, Jr., Magic Giant, Laura Dreyfus and AJR.

Lepsner began his career as a regional publicist in 1994 and has spent more than two decades at Sony Music. In 2013, he was promoted to EVP. In recent years, Lepsner has overseen radio broadcasts for artists such as Chancemokers, Calvin Harris, George Ezra, Foster. James Arthur and Silk City, whose “power”, featuring Dua Lipa, won a Grammy Award last month for Best Dance Recording among other Colombian performances. He worked closely with Group One Direction and its single star Harry Styles, who signed the label in June 201.

In 2017, Lepsner was named to Variety’s annual hitmakers list for his role in breaking Arthur’s “Say You Don’t Let Go.”