Pop Music Management

What can the top of the charts in the world's biggest music market tell us about management? This book analyses pop music successes to understand the role of managers and management.

Michael Mary Murphy teaches music industry and entrepreneurship at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin, Ireland. Previously he worked in various roles in the music industry, starting in the Dublin DIY music scene, before working for major labels in London and New York, and then managing music acts in the US and Canada.

1. What Management Isn't: The Singing Nun 2. Key Moments in UK Pop Management 3. Key Moments in US Pop Music Management 4. Black Enterprise and Pop 5. Early Women Managers 6. The Relationship between Artists and Managers 7. Artists Who Manage 8. Modern Management: K-pop