Eric Wong to Lead Warner Music Canada After Kristen Burke Steps Down

Kristen Burke is stepping down arsenic president of Warner Music Canada. She volition beryllium succeeded by Eric Wong, president of East West Records and caput of planetary A&R astatine Warner Music Group.

Burke announced the quality successful a missive to unit obtained by Billboard Canada today (Sept. 17).

“My clip astatine Warner Music Canada has been 1 of the astir meaningful chapters of my vocation — a accidental to enactment with bonzer artists, physique an astonishing team, and assistance signifier the aboriginal of euphony successful this country,” she wrote. “Change is ne'er easy, but it is often portion of growth. With that successful mind, I privation to fto you cognize that I volition beryllium stepping down from my relation arsenic President of Warner Music Canada.

“As Warner Music Group strengthens its alignment crossed territories, Warner Music Canada volition present beryllium connected much straight to the U.S. team, with Eric Wong, President of East West and Head of Global A&R, stepping successful to oversee the business. Eric brings extended acquisition from crossed the institution and has cultivated a beardown knowing of the Canadian marketplace and meaningful relationships with galore of our artists, managers, and teams, which volition beryllium invaluable during this transition.

“It has been an unthinkable privilege to enactment alongside each of you. I americium immensely arrogant of what we’ve accomplished unneurotic — the maturation we’ve achieved, the civilization we’ve built, and the resilience we’ve shown done each challenge. None of it would person been imaginable without your dedication, creativity, and passion.”

Wong, who is based successful New York City, is simply a protagonist of Canadian artists done his enactment with Punjabi prima Karan Aujla and up-and-coming Vancouver songwriter Jade LeMac. East West Records was instrumental successful the caller merchandise of Aujla’s caller album P-Pop Culture, which recently made history after debuting astatine No. 3 connected the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.

Wong’s hiring brings the Canadian statement person with Warner’s U.S. squad and underscores the label’s planetary initiatives similar the Canada-India collaborative statement 91 North Records.

Simon Robson, president, EMEA, recorded music, WMG, praises Burke for her clip starring Warner Music Canada.

“The successes retired of Canada are a testament to your enactment and your content successful what could beryllium accomplished,” helium says. “With large innovative swings, similar starring the Punjabi Wave with 91 North Records successful a first-of-its-kind concern with our India team; championing unconventional, originative endowment specified arsenic Crash Adams and Jade LeMac; and overseeing the determination into a state-of-the-art Toronto headquarters, you’ve helped pb the institution into bold caller territory. I’m assured that your interaction volition transportation guardant successful meaningful ways.

“I’m besides assured successful Eric’s quality to pb our Cana...