Teresa LaBarbera

Teresa LaBarbera is one of the top music executives in the world. She is responsible for the discovery of Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child and Jessica Simpson working side by side with these artists in their development for the past thirty years. She has worked with Beyoncé on most of the superstar’s music including the critically acclaimed Beyoncé and Lemonade visual albums as well as The Lion King: The Gift and The Carters Everything is Love. She worked with Jessica Simpson on her early albums and the release of new music to accompany Jessica’s memoir, Open Book, a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Teresa most recently worked with Chlöe Bailey on her solo album project titled In Pieces for Parkwood/Columbia Records which includes the #1 hit single Have Mercy. LaBarbera was previously the Head of Music and A&R for Beyonce’s Parkwood Entertainment, where she oversaw all the company’s music operations and the label’s artist roster, which includes her development of the 5x Grammy nominated Chloe and Halle and their album releases The Kids Are Alrightand Ungodly Hour. Before joining Parkwood, Teresa spent 24 years at Sony Music as Sr. VP of A&R for both Columbia Records and Jive Records where she was consistently brought in to work directly with superstar artists on their projects including Britney Spear’s acclaimed Blackout album and was Executive Producer on Spears’ comeback album Circus. She has also worked with Pink, Backstreet Boys and Katharine McPhee to name a few. Her projects have sold over ninety million records and her creative role spans from A&R to Executive Producer, Music Supervisor and Artist Manager. Teresa was included in Billboard Magazine’s A&R Power Player List and is a sought-after speaker and mentor having served on The Recording Academy/The Grammy’s National Board of Trustees and is currently serving on The Grammy’s Texas Chapter’s Board of Governors.