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Teresa LaBarbera Whites

Teresa LaBarbera Whites
Born
Texas, United States
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • A&R
  • music executive
  • talent scout
  • executive producer
Labels

Teresa LaBarbera Whites is an American A&R, music executive, talent scout, and executive producer, who is best known for discovering Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson.[1][2][3][4] She is currently the A&R executive for Chloe x Halle.[5]

Originally the Southwest regional talent scout for Sony Music in the 1990s, Whites was offered an A&R position with Columbia Records, eventually pitching and signing Destiny's Child and Jessica Simpson to Columbia.[4][6] Over the next eight years, she would organize several multi-platinum projects: The Writing's on the Wall (1999), Sweet Kisses (1999), Survivor (2001), Dangerously in Love (2003), In This Skin (2003), and Destiny Fulfilled (2004). Whites was then offered the Jive/Zomba Vice-President of A&R position, where she would subsequently oversee the direction of Nick Lachey's 2006 solo breakthrough album What's Left of Me,[7] as well as various Backstreet Boys, JC Chasez, and Britney Spears projects.[8][9][10][11] Whites would eventually reunite with Destiny's Child member Beyoncé Knowles in 2011, first becoming Senior Vice-President, A&R of Columbia Records,[12][13] and then subsequently becoming A&R executive for Knowles' label imprint Parkwood Entertainment, overseeing song selection for her eponymous fifth album, Lemonade, and several other projects.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

In 2022, Whites parted ways with Parkwood Entertainment to become CEO and owner of her own music agency Highbank Entertainment. Her first project was to oversee Chloe Bailey's 2023 debut solo album In Pieces.[20]

Whites also operates several annual writing retreats for songwriters at The Arbor House Bed & Breakfast which she owns with her husband in Texas.[21][22][4]

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  2. ^ "Signing off". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  3. ^ "It's a Family Affair". January 20, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Teresa LaBarbera Whites 2005 Article - SongwriterUniverse". December 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "How Chloe x Halle Left Their Mark on R&B by Showing Their 'Imperfect Side'". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  6. ^ Arenofsky, Janice (2009). Beyoncé Knowles: A Biography. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313359149. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "PETERBIO | Rob Wells". October 31, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Britney Spears Returns". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Back to labeling it a boys' club". Los Angeles Times. December 10, 2006. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Backbeat". Billboard. April 11, 2009. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "The go-to song guru". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Executive Turntable". Billboard. January 8 – March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  14. ^ "'Beyoncé' 5 Years Later: How to Keep a Secret for the Queen". Complex Networks. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  15. ^ Shah, Neil (September 22, 2016). "Beyoncé's Biggest Project Yet: CEO". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  16. ^ "Beyoncé book: How Beyoncé created an empire". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  17. ^ "Beyonce's 'Lemonade': A Deep Dive into the Star-Studded Album's Credits". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  18. ^ "How a homeless songwriter's story of heartbreak made it into Beyonce's album". Los Angeles Times. June 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  19. ^ "The Billboard Q&A: Beyoncé". April 2, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  20. ^ "Teresa LaBarbera". SXSW 2024 Schedule. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  21. ^ "Fresh | on Winning a Grammy for Beyoncé's 'LEMONADE'". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  22. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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