Colin Lester Musical artist

Colin Lester (born 26 May 1960 in London) is a British artist manager of R&B, pop and rock music acts.Lester has managed the careers for numerous commercially successful British and international artists. He was awarded ‘The Peter Grant Award’ for outstanding achievement from the United Kingdom’s Music Manager Forum in 2002.In 2007, Lester was awarded the prestigious ‘Gold Badge Award’ by BASCA (The British Academy of Songwriters and Composers Association) for his work with UK songwriters. The following year, in 2008, Lester was made a 'Visiting Fellow' of Southampton Solent University where he also lectures on topics of the ‘Music Industry’.Lester owned a significant stake in the recording company Wildstar Records for which he also acted as co-director and co-owned artist management Wildlife Entertainment.

Personal facts

Colin Lester
Birth dateMay 26, 1960
Hometown
London
United Kingdom

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Musical artist

Career started1979
associated musical artist
Craig David
Daisy Chainsaw
Brand New Heavies
Travis (band)
Arctic Monkeys
Remi Nicole
Julian Velard
BackgroundNon performing personnel
genre
Disco
Pop music
Rock and roll
Progressive rock
Soul music
Contemporary R&B
Indie rock

Topical connections

Nick RaphaelMusical artist

Colin Lester on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i06f98e10911e22ca3ed20971a708444f?imw=Y
  2. http://www.clm-entertainment.com/Southampton-Solent-University-Magazine-May-2009.pdf
  3. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Colin_Lester_Interview.html
  4. http://www.jemartists.com
  5. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=1036242&sectioncode=1
  6. http://www.twentyfirstartists.com