Craig Kallman joined Atlantic Records in 1991, when his independent Big Beat Records label was acquired by the company. He advanced from Vice President to Executive Vice President in charge of Atlantic's entire A&R operation. In January 2002, he was named Atlantic Co-President. With the merger of Atlantic and Elektra Records in March 2004, Kallman was promoted to Co-Chairman/COO of the newly formed Atlantic Records Group. Last year, Kallman was promoted to Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records. Image File history File links Craig_kallman2. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Big Beat Records was an East Coast subsidiary label of Atlantic Records featuring dance music. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kallman began his music industry career in 1981, Deejay-ing at the Cat Club in New York, while working in Columbia Records' dance department. At Brown University, he was the CBS Records college representative, promoting such artists as the Beastie Boys, Sinéad O'Connor, the Bangles, LL Cool J, and Billy Idol. He was also program director of the urban and rock specialty shows on WBRU-FM. After graduating in 1987 with a B.A. in English, Kallman promoted New Order and Joy Division for Factory Records. He worked in the chart department at Billboard Magazine, while continuing to DJ at such classic nightspots as Danceteria, Area, The Palladium, The Tunnel, and Mars. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Brown University is a university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... The Beastie Boys are a hip hop group from the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. ... Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is an Irish singer and songwriter. ... The Bangles were a popular American pop band of the mid 1980s, one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed The Go_Gos. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Billy Idol, 2003 Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad on 30 November 1955 in Middlesex, England) is an English hard rock musician. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Danceteria was a notable nightclub located in New York City which operated from 1982 until 1986. ...

Happening upon a house music demo in a record shop, Kallman started up his independent Big Beat label and production career with the 1987 single, "Join Hands" by Taravhonty. His second release, "The Party" by Kraze, was an international club and pop smash, selling over 300,000 copies, and prompting calls for Kallman's remixes from such major artists as Soul II Soul. Through the 1990s, Big Beat remained a major imprint in the dance and rap underground, as well as in the crossover pop and R&B fields, with a multi-genre string of international hits by Robin S., Jomanda, Tara Kemp, Bucketheads, Artifacts, Double XX Posse, Dawn Penn, Inner Circle, Changing Faces, and Quad City DJ's. Soul II Soul is a dancefunk/soul act that emerged at the end of the 80s from London. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jomanda is a Dutch new-age guru. ... Tara Kemp is an American R&B singer from San Francisco, California best known for releasing the single entitled, Hold You Tight in 1991. ... The Bucketheads is a techno music band. ... The term inner circle may refer to: Inner Circle, a musical group known for the song Bad Boys, which is the theme song for the television series COPS The Inner Circle, a 1991 film about KGB officer Ivan Sanchin The Inner Circle, a 2004 album by Evergrey The Inner Circle... Changing Faces is an R&B duo who had their heydey in the 90s. ... Quad City DJs is the music artist and producer duo of C.C. Lemonhead (Nathaniel Orange) and Jay Ski (Johnny McGowan) who produced the Miami bass hit CMon N Ride It (The Train) in 1995. ...

When Big Beat was acquired by Atlantic in 1991, Kallman joined the company as Vice President/Assistant to then Co-Chairman Doug Morris. Later, as Executive Vice President, Kallman was assigned to oversee Atlantic's entire A&R operation by new Co-Chairman Val Azzoli. His roster of trailblazing artists grew to include Aaliyah, whose One in a Million album introduced producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott to the pop top 10; singer and actress Brandy, whose duet with Monica, "The Boy is Mine," was the biggest U.S. single of 1998; and Notorious B.I.G.'s rap clan Junior M.A.F.I.A., featuring the iconic Lil' Kim; and multi-platinum hard rock band P.O.D. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), better known simply as her stage name Aaliyah, was an American R&B singer, dancer, fashion model and actress. ... Timbaland Timbaland (born Timothy Z. Mosley in Norfolk, Virginia on March 10, 1971) is an American hip hop and R&B record producer and rapper whose style influenced both genres, even helping to blur the distinction between the two. ... Missy Elliott (born Melissa Arnette Elliott on July 1, 1971) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. ... Brandy on the cover of her album Full Moon Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi), known professionally as Brandy, is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. ... Monica Denise Arnold (born October 24, 1980), professionally known as Monica, is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer who first attained commercial success in the 1990s and, after a relatively unsuccessful period during the early 2000s, saw her career experience a second wind of modest popularity in 2003... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in the 1975 comedy, Lets Do it Again), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game). ... Junior M.A.F.I.A., short for Junior Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitude, were a large crew of hip-hop rappers from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY, put together and guided by their childhood friend East Coast rapper Notorious B.I.G. in the early 1990s. ... Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974)[1], best known by the stage name Lil Kim, is an American Grammy Award winning female rapper who rose to fame in the mid 1990s. ...

Kallman was named Co-President of Atlantic Records in January 2002. In the fall of that year, Kallman forged a worldwide alliance with the pioneering dancehall reggae label, VP Records. The first album released via VP/Atlantic, Sean Paul's groundbreaking "Dutty Rock," sold five million copies worldwide, and garnered Sean three Grammy nominations – including Best New Artist. The album yielded a string of hit singles, including the #1 pop smash, "Get Busy," the most successful U.S. crossover record in Jamaican recording history. VP Records is the reggae label best known for being the home of Sean Paul. ... now. ...

Kallman kicked off 2004 on a high note, when the first Atlantic album in nearly seven years from Chicago-based rap legend Twista, "Kamikaze," debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart – becoming the music industry's first breakthrough artist of the New Year. That album's success primed the pump for Atlantic's explosive hip-hop activity during the year, culminating with the launch of the company's groundbreaking "Joint Chiefs" multi-artist campaign in the fall of 2004. That project yielded top-10 debuts from Miami superstar Trick Daddy, Brooklyn platinum rapper Fabolous, and Atlanta sensation T.I., with a new album on tap from the "Mayor of the Bronx," Fat Joe, in the spring of '05. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Twista (a. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Album cover for Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets Trick Daddy, born Maurice Young in 1973, also known as Trick Daddy Dollars or T Double D is a Dirty South rapper from Miami, of Slip-N-Slide Records. ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Fabolous (born John Jackson on November 18, 1977 [1] in Brooklyn, New York) is a rapper of African-American and Dominican descent from Brooklyn who became a mainstream star after his debut single Cant Deny It from 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fat Joe (born Jose Antonio Cartagena on August 19, 1970 in The Bronx, New York) is an American rapper of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage. ...

In 2004, Kallman oversaw such high-profile new Atlantic signings as hip-hop star Juvenile and acclaimed indie rockers Death Cab For Cutie. He has also been responsible for bringing to the company such notable artists as West Coast punk quartet The Donnas; British garage/R&B innovator Craig David; #1 UK rock sensation The Darkness; pop singer/songwriter Ryan Cabrera; Caribbean soca star Kevin Lyttle; Florida rock quartet Shindown; Southern rap collective Nappy Roots; and Michigan-based hard rockers TapRoot. Juvenile (born on March 25, 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) is an African American gangsta rapper. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... The Donnas is the name of an all-female rock band. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Darkness are an English rock band touting themselves as classic hard rock. ... Ryan Frank Cabrera (born July 18, 1982) is an American musician and a TV presenter. ... Kevin Lyttle (born Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs, on 14 September 1976, is a soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad, Turn Me On. ... Nappy Roots is a hip-hop sextet that originated in Kentucky in 1995. ...

Over the years, Kallman has also spearheaded Atlantic's release of a number of film soundtracks and original cast albums, including Space Jam (featuring R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly"), "Dr. Doolittle," "High School High," "Anastasia," "Great Expectations," "Jekyll & Hyde," and, most recently, "School of Rock." Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan Space Jam is a 1996 American animated/live-action film starring Michael Jordan opposite Bugs Bunny (voiced by Billy West) and the rest of the Looney Tunes characters. ... Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois), who goes by the stage name of R. Kelly, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer who first burst out of the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement and later became one... Doctor Dolittle is the central character of a series of childrens books by Hugh Lofting. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Anastasia or Anastacia or Anastatia is a female given name which comes from Koine Greek. ...

In 2006 Kallman was involved in the release of Lupe Fiasco's debut album named "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor," released on Atlantic. He produced two tracks on the album, including the single "Daydreamin'" featuring Jill Scott. Lupe represents yet another talent that Kallman has brought to the mainstream. Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born on February 16th, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) known by the stage name Lupe Fiasco (pronounced LOO-PAY) is an African-American rapper. ...

Kallman's plans for the remainder of 2006 and 2007 include putting the recently signed band called Antigone Rising on the musical map.