Phoenix Stone

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About Phoenix Stone

American music business veteran Phoenix Stone has an impressive career finding, developing, producing and working with some of the biggest names in music. Currently, Stone is a founding member and CEO of Halogen Entertainment, LLC. which includes publishing, management, and recording divisions. In addition, he is the Global Head of Creator Services at the technology company Vertigo Media Inc. During his career, he developed and produced artists and bands for his own joint venture imprint label with Columbia Records, Capitol/EMI Records, and Sony Music Japan. Stone also served as CEO of SH publishing though a JV with Rondor/Universal Publishing. Stone is a founding member and shareholder in Backstreet Boys Inc./Transcontinental Records where he helped guide the company to sell over 200 million records globally. The roster included Backstreet Boys,*NSYNC, O-Town, LFO among other’s. In addition to music, Stone created and executive produced television shows for Touchstone, MTV, GRB, Intuitive Entertainment, Reveille and USA Network. Phoenix also starred as a judge on NBC’s music competition series,"The Next Great Family Band" and he was tapped to be a music expert on E!'s "Behind the Music". Phoenix discovered newcomer Maty Noyes in Nashville, signed her to Lava/Republic Records and she is a management client at Halogen Entertainment. Her song "Stay" has amassed a billion streams and is multi-platinum globally. Her debut single "In My Mind" is over 100 million on Spotify alone. Stone has proven to have good instincts about developing talent and what the public wants and says, “I keep my finger on the pulse of pop culture and then pinpoint my focus on what I feel is coming a year down the line, in music, tv and technology - leading and never following.”