Tina Davis (music industry executive)

{{Short description|American music executive}}

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| birth_place = San Francisco Bay Area, California, U S.

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| alma_mater = Grambling State University

| occupation = Music industry executive

| title = President, EMPIRE

| awards = Billboard Power 100 (2025) {{Cite web |last=DiGiacomo |first=Frank |date=2025-01-27 |title=Labels on Billboard’s 2025 Power 100 List |url=https://www.billboard.com/p/labels-billboard-power-list-2025/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} Hip Hop/R&B Power Players{{Cite magazine |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=2023-08-08 |title=R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players: Billboard's 2023 List of Executives Revealed |url=https://www.billboard.com/h/billboard-rb-hip-hop-power-players-list-2023-executives/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Billboard Women in Music{{Cite magazine |last=Karp |first=Hannah |date=2024-02-29 |title=Multisector: Billboard Women in Music 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/h/multisector-women-in-music-2024/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
CNN Agent of Change {{Citation |title=Tina Davis of EMPIRE talks discovering and developing top musical talent|date=2023-06-16 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/06/16/agents-of-change-tina-davis-empire-music-spc.cnn |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=CNN|language=en}}

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Tina Davis is an American music industry executive. She is the president of Empire (stylized as EMPIRE), an independent record label, distribution and publishing company.{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=2023-06-21 |title=Empire Names Tina Davis President |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/empire-tina-davis-president-1235650276/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Raised in Vallejo, California,{{Cite web |last=Times-Herald |first=Vallejo |date=2007-11-18 |title=The woman behind the wonder |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/general-news/20071118/the-woman-behind-the-wonder/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Times Herald Online |language=en-US}} Davis was the first woman to head the A&R department at Def Jam. In 2008, she founded Phase Too, an artist management firm. Among others, she managed Chris Brown.{{Cite web |title=Music Exec Tina Davis On Standing Up To Dame Dash And Collaborating For New Show |url=https://www.bet.com/article/8lhj9c/music-exec-tina-davis-on-working-with-dame-dash-again |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=BET |language=en}}

Davis joined Empire in 2018 as vice president of A&R. She was promoted to senior vice president of A&R in 2021 and named president of the company in June 2023.{{Cite magazine |last=Rys |first=Dan |date=2023-06-21 |title=Tina Davis Named President of EMPIRE |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/tina-davis-named-president-empire/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=DiGiacomo |first=Frank |date=2023-02-02 |title=Billboard's 2023 Power 100: Executives List Revealed |url=https://www.billboard.com/h/billboard-2023-power-100-executives-list/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}