David Massey is a British-born, American record executive and former artist manager.
He has served as Executive Vice President of A&R for the Sony Music Label Group, a division of SonyBMG. Artists and Repertoire ( A&R) is the division of a Record label that is responsible for talent scouting and artist development Sony Music Entertainment is a major global Record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the "big four" record companies Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group Additionally, David has maintained the role of President of Daylight Records, a SonyBMG imprint and home to such artists as Good Charlotte, Anastacia, Cheyenne Kimball, and Cyndi Lauper. Daylight Records is an American Record label, and Subsidiary of Sony BMG. Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf Maryland that formed in 1996 Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17 1968 is a Multi-platinum American singer and songwriter Cheyenne Nichole Kimball (born July 27, 1990) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and
Prior to his various roles at SonyBMG, David was best known for managing British new wave group, Wang Chung. Wang Chung are a British New Wave Musical group. The group found their greatest success in the United States with five Top 40 hits including
David Massey currently serves as President of Mercury Records, a label owned by Island Def Jam. Mercury was dormant in the United States until 2007 when IDJ Chairman Antonio LA Reid revived the label under the strong and creative leadership of Mr. Massey. [1]