Madeline Nelson is the Head of U.S. Independent Label Relations at Amazon Music. Additionally, Madeline is the founder of Heads Music, a boutique music management in New York City and co-founder of music licensing company, SodoMoodLab. Heads is led and staffed entirely by women, a reflection of Nelson’s dedication to making sure that women have a voice within the music industry. Her dedication to her work and fighting for her beliefs has been forged through Nelson’s illustrious career in the music industry.

Her repertoire ranges from her work as manager of Grammy Award winning R&B supergroup Blackstreet in the 1990s, to her A&R work with Michael Jackson, to major label corporate executive as SVP of A&R at Sony Music, to her current management of Wyclef Jean. Madeline firmly believes in exploring new technology as a strong way forward for the music business and embraces digital streaming services as an opportunity for artists to take more control of their careers and be paid more fairly.