Tommy Mottola
Business Executive
'King of Pop' Michael Jackson is dead...the media for his short-lived marriages, the first to Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie; his 2002 claim that then Sony Records head Tommy Mottola was racist; his behavior and statements during a 2003 interview with British journalist Martin... In this article: Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Thriller, History, Motown Records, Off the Wall, Allmusic.com, Cardiac arrest, Los Angeles, and Paul McCartney |
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Daily Mail | 5 hours ago
A dotty diva: Is Mariah Carey pop's pottiest star?
...who at 29 is ten years her junior. It is her second marriage. Her first to Sony Records boss Tommy Mottola, who discovered her when she was waitressing, ended in divorce. She claimed she suffered 'emotional abuse' during the relationship,...
In this article: Mariah Carey, Phillip Schofield, Simon Cowell, The X Factor, Academy Awards, Nick Cannon, BlackBerry, Twitter, Strictly Come Dancing, and This Morning
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USATODAY.com | June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson's artistic legacy spans the decades
...with Sony Records- his label since Off The Wall- was anything but. Just before the release of 2001's Invincible, he accused Sony chief Tommy Mottola of being a racist. It was another commercial success, though short of Jackson's...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Bad, Billie Jean, Thriller, Thriller, Off the Wall, UCLA Medical Center, Rock with You, and Oxygen
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News | November 08, 2008
CAREY MADE CANNON WAIT UNTIL MARRIAGE BEFORE SEX
...in April (08) after a whirlwind romance. But Carey, who was previously married to Sony Records boss Tommy Mottola, insisted they refrained from complete intimacy until they had exchanged vows. She says, "It's not that we had no intimacy.
In this article: Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Sony Records, and Bahamas
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Daily Mail | April 01, 2009
All partied out Mariah? The singer jets into London after lavish 40th birthday bash
...on April 30. It was the first marriage for Nick, who had broken off his engagement to supermodel Selita Ebanks just seven months earlier. Mariah was previously married to former Sony Records mogul Tommy Mottola, before divorcing in 1998.
In this article: Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, Jack Russell Terrier, We Belong Together, London, Miami, Florida, Asparagus, People Magazine, and Selita Ebanks
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Tommy Mottola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... afterward, Sony Corporation closed on its deal to buy the CBS Records group unit ... Tommy Mottola was the head of Sony Music Entertainment until January 2003. ...
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Tommy Mottola Profile - Profile of Tommy Mottola
Tommy Mottola managed some of the biggest names in music and helped Sony Records ... CBS and Sony: In 1988, Mottola left Champion Entertainment behind to run ...
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Fox411: Mottola Leaves Sony Music, The 14-year reign of Tommy Mottola at Sony Music is over. Word is out that he ... Sony/Columbia and the record business ...
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Sony Music chief Tommy Mottola quits. The label boss who made a star (and a wife) of ... people from outside Sony and outside the record business who are more ...
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Tommy Mottola Faces The Music
... was Tommy Mottola--the industry's most flamboyant mogul, and one of its most powerful--pushed out of Sony's beleaguered ... who records for the Sony label ...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Thomas Daniel 'Tommy' Mottola is an American music executive and co-owner of Casablanca Records in a joint venture with the Universal Music Group. He is the former husband of singer Mariah Carey, and is currently married to Mexican singer Thalía. He headed Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years.
Apart from his experience in managing music outfits, Mottola is known as a mentor and former talent manager. His most famous proteges were Hall & Oates, Carly Simon, John Mellencamp,Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Diana Ross, and Taylor Dayne in the 80s, Mariah Carey (his second wife) in the 1990s and Jennifer Lopez in the early 2000s. Thalía (his third wife and a famous Mexican singer) and Tommy have just celebrated the birth of their first child together, a daughter, named Sabrina Sakae. (per Associated Press dated 10/9/2007)
Mottola was born in the Bronx, New York. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York, graduating in 1967. He briefly attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York before dropping out. He initially had aspirations of a music career, and released with CBS Records, but his singing career was short-lived.
Wishing to stay in the industry, Mottola started Champion Entertainment Organization Inc. to manage other artists. While working at the Chappell music-publishing company, he became the mentor to Philadelphia-based soul/rock performers Daryl Hall and John Oates.
His belief in the duo led him to push them relentlessly to do appearances and advertising promotions, including some of the first specialized music videos and one of the first modern "sponsored tours," for Beech-Nut's Care Free Gum, Panasonic, and Pontiac..
- Birth Date:
- July 14, 1949
- Birthplace:
- Bronx, New York, U.S.
- Spouse:
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- Lisa Clark (1971-1990)
- Mariah Carey (1993-1998)
- Thalía (2000-)
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