Ben Maddahi

Ben Maddahi is an American music executive. He is currently senior vice-president of A&R at Columbia Records and president of UNRESTRICTED, an A&R consulting, management, and music publishing company. Maddahi was formerly an A&R at Atlantic Records and President of Artist Publishing Group (APG).

Ben Maddahi headshot for Billboard

Maddahi began his career in the music industry as an intern at Atlantic Records in 2006, where he worked with A&R executive and APG founder Mike Caren, for 4 years before becoming partners with him in December 2010. Throughout his time at Atlantic and APG, Ben signed artists such as Charlie Puth and A R I Z O N A, to both Atlantic and APG while also having signed several multi-platinum producers and songwriters to APG. Over his 9 years between the label and publishing company, Maddahi was instrumental in orchestrating over 13 Top 10 Pop radio hits.

After being with APG and Atlantic for 9 years, Maddahi left to start his own consulting, publishing and management company, UNRESTRICTED, where he notably signed XXXTENTACION executive producer John Cunningham and collaborator Robbie Soukiasyan.

He is responsible for executive producing Chromeo’s Grammy-nominated album Head Over Heels and helping put together songs for artists such as XXXTENTACION, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Future and others. Ben has served as A&R for Charlie Puth, David Guetta, Demi Lovato, Chromeo, Flo Rida and several others.

Maddahi's A&R credits include songs such as: "See You Again (Wiz Khalifa song)" by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth, "Titanium" by David Guetta feat. Sia, "Stay" by Zedd & Alessia Cara, "Blame Game" by Kanye West feat. John Legend, "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande, "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida feat. Sia (musician), "Yeah 3X" by Chris Brown and several others.

Select Creative Credits

Producer and Songwriter Management

Ben currently manages notable producer/songwriter DJ Frank E

Accolades

Grammy Nominated Projects:

In 2011, Maddahi was also listed in Billboard Magazine's "30 Under 30", which highlights some of the most notable music industry executives under the age of 30.[3]


    TV Appearances

    Starting in April 2013, Maddahi appeared as 1 of 3 judges on the VH1 DJ competition series Master of the Mix for 10 episodes [4]

    References
    1. "Nothing But the Beat - David Guetta | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
    2. "Nothing But the Beat - David Guetta | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
    3. "News". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
    4. "Mia Moretti, Kid Capri and Ben Maddahi Sign Up As Judges For VH1's Master Of The Mix". VH1 News. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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