Welcome to Kings of A&R, the music industry site where fresh new faces get discovered.

Throughout the last decade, Kings of A&R has helped hundreds of artists worldwide land licensing deals, endorsements,  publishing deals, and major record deals with companies including Disney, Lava, Atlantic Records, Universal, Warner Brothers, EMI, Epic, Virgin, Republic, J Records, Island Def Jam, Wind-Up, Roadrunner, Mercury, Interscope, A&M Octone, Glassnote, Columbia, RCA, and various indie labels.

Kings of A&R has been recognized as a music industry leader by UK’s Financial Times, CNN, Billboard Magazine, Spin Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as daily newspapers around the world.

Kings of A&R is operated and owned by Dean Cramer who has worked and consulted for major & indie music labels as well as artist management firms.

We welcome contributors, journalists and bloggers – email Dean@kingsofar.com