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Billboard’s 2026 Country Power Players Revealed

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The Neal Agency’s Austin Neal leads the annual list honoring the top executives driving the success of the genre now across multiple industry sectors.

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Seth England

Co-founder/CEO, Big Loud

Patch Culbertson

Executive vp/GM, Big Loud

Stacy Blythe

President, Big Loud

Brianne Deslippe

Senior vp of marketing, Big Loud

Sara Knabe

Senior vp of A&R, Big Loud

Scott Borchetta

Founder/chairman, Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment/Borchetta Entertainment Group

Jimmy Harnen

President/CEO, Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment

Jake Basden

CEO, Blue Highway Records

Jon Loba

President of frontline recordings for North America and South America, BMG

JoJamie Hahr

Executive vp of recorded music for Nashville, BMG Nashville

Katie Kerkhover

Senior vp of A&R of frontline recordings for North America, BMG

Peter Strickland

GM, BMG Nashville

Ben Maddahi

Executive vp of A&R, Columbia…

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