In our final roundup of 2024, we present eight more stars of tomorrow from various parts of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.
This week's entrants will also find their faces in our last mag of the year, which could make for a great (or dismal) conversation starter at their holiday dinners.
Kelsey Miller
Senior Director, Digital, Republic Records
Miller’s digital journey took her from
Disney Music to
AWAL and
UMG before she landed at Republic, where she’s been steering strategy. Highlights include helping Republic shatter records with seven out of 10 titles on the Top 200 and navigating viral phenomena like
ZAYN’s comeback and
TikTok-dominating
The Dare’s “Girls.” She’s also been focused on albums from
Jelly Roll and The Dare, plus more from
Morgan Wallen and
Dylan Gossett, among others. Miller grew up speaking French and can hold her own in conversational Latin. Our English is rusty.
Nicolas Cortazar
SVP, Strategy & Operations, Warner Music Latin America
Cortazar will never forget meeting childhood heroes
Molotov at the Casa Warner event during the 2022
Latin Grammys. He recently spearheaded and closed a strategic-investment deal with
Sua Música—Brazil’s largest independent music platform—through
Warner Music Brazil and
ADA to bolster WMG’s influence in Brazil’s regional music scene. The partnership will support 1,000+ artists such as
Tarcísio do Acordeon,
Vitor Fernandes and
Thiago Aquino. An aviation enthusiast, Cortazar once founded and sold a startup airline in Colombia. We’re on the no-fly list.
Natasha Zemlin
Director, Sports & Gaming, Interscope/Capitol Records
Zemlin hosted the
NFL for their Career Day series, sparking
Madden’s first EP, and crafted a
Formula 1-infused rollout for
Camila Cabello’s
C,XOXO. Additionally, she helped curate music for
Netflix’s
Starting 5 and recently worked on
mgk’s NFL Munich halftime show, plus
UMG x NFL’s first merch collab under the new deal. Focused on
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025
Super Bowl halftime show, she’s also amplifying hits like
Hanumankind’s “Big Dawgs” and
Quavo &
Lenny Kravitz’s “FLY.” Zemlin holds dual U.S. and U.K. citizenship. Our passport was seized. Long story.
Osé Djan
Director, Digital Marketing, Epic Records
Djan entered the industry as part of a team that delivered three #1 albums—courtesy of
Young Thug,
Gunna and the
YSL compilation
Slime Language 2. At Epic, he’s led campaigns for
21 Savage’s
american dream and supported
Future and
Metro Boomin’s collaborative projects. Now, he’s driving
Real Boston Richey’s debut,
Richey Rich, including
TikTok hit “Help Me,” and expanding Epic’s global footprint with artists like
Oxlade (whose “KU LO SA” is certified gold) and
SPINALL. Djan was an extra in
Amistad straight out the womb. We’ve been weasels since birth.
Ana Ginter
Director, Digital Marketing, Warner Records
Ginter went from working with
Linkin Park on the management side for four years to joining their label and witnessing their iconic comeback. She was also excited for
Zach Bryan’s self-titled album and single “I Remember Everything” f/
Kacey Musgraves, celebrating #1 with the Warner family. And after a banner year with
Green Day, Bryan and Linkin Park, Ginter—now working with the emerging artist roster—is gearing up for a busy 2025 with
Dasha and
Michael Marcagi. Once a college gymnast, Ginter can still backflip. We pulled a neck muscle while scrolling.
Lucas Barbosa
Management Lead, Habibi
Barbosa was thrilled to see client
Mora sell out Bogotá’s
Movistar Arena—a venue he grew up attending—in just four hours. Now, he’s wrapping up
Grupo Frontera’s tour, which included 38 arena shows in the U.S. and Mexico, plus a collab with the
Transformers franchise for the show’s visuals, introducing the first Latin character, “Forastero,” designed by the band, to be part of the Transformers franchise and movies. Once a professional paintballer, Barbosa was named the Colombian champion and played the World Cup in Orlando. We still have self-inflicted paintball wounds.
Miranda Bonavia
Artist & Label Relations Manager, Amazon Music
Bonavia once drove 16,000km in 20 days while managing
Ruby Waters on tour and went fly-fishing in Alaska with artist
Allan Rayman. At Amazon, she got
Ed Sheeran to snap selfies with a Toronto billboard she orchestrated, launched the first Canadian Amazon
Music City Sessions with
Nelly Furtado, created an Amazon Music Original with
Josh Ross for
Prime Monday Night Hockey, is behind the new “On the Record” campaign featuring writers and producers, and has the first Punjabi Amazon Original in the works. Bonavia was a competitive dancer. We need to sit down.
Lauren Morris-Ruff
align PR
Morris-Ruff’s career highlights include working on
ZAYN’s latest album,
ROOM UNDER THE STAIRS, and orchestrating his first TV appearance in eight years on
Fallon. Lately, she’s been all about
Demi Lovato’s directorial debut,
CHILD STAR (now streaming on
Hulu), and diving into projects with clients like
Lil Wayne,
Ciara,
Manuel Turizo,
Ruel,
Belinda,
Meg Donnelly, plus more. Morris-Ruff was voted “Most Likely to Succeed” in high school. We were stuffed in lockers.
