In this week's Country Update lead story, Braun was recently named co-president of the country label alongside Ortmeier after Kevin Herring announced he was stepping down.
Raffaella Braun, Anna Ortmeir
Courtesy Triple Tigers Records
When Triple Tigers co-president Kevin Herring announced he was stepping down from the position on July 6, he set up a new dynamic for the country music business.
Raffaella Braun took over the position after serving as vp of radio promotion. She teams with Annie Ortmeier to form the first all-female co-president tandem at a country label of significance. That development came, coincidentally, as women owned each of the top 5 slots on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs for what’s now stretched to five consecutive weeks. It’s the fifth time since 1980 that women have sewed up the top 5 on the list, but the first time that they’ve maintained the accomplishment past two weeks.
