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Scott Siman | |
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| Birth name | Scott Foster Siman |
| Born | (1954-07-22)July 22, 1954 (age 70) Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Origin | Springfield, Missouri |
| Genres | Country music hillybilly music pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Entertainment Law Music publisher (popular music) Talent manager |
| Labels | Columbia, Epic, Monument, Sony Music Nashville, RPME |
| Website | www.EM.Co |
Scott Foster Siman (born July 22, 1954) is a leading Americancountry music entertainment executive based inNashville, Tennessee.[1] He oversaw the rise of country music superstarTim McGraw and the launch of Dancing With the Stars celebrityJulianne Hough, among others.
Attorney
Siman was previously an entertainment attorney with Benson & Siman, whose clients includedAlan Jackson (Country Music Hall of Fame Member),Brooks & Dunn (Country Music Hall of Fame Member),Charlie Daniels,Deanna Carter,John Berry,Chris LeDoux,James Stroud,Paul Worley andChips Moman. He worked with such diverse artists asJudson Spence,Ben Folds,Will Owsley,Millard Powers and Jody Spence; as well as numerous executives and music publishers.
Senior Vice President Sony
Siman later served as senior vice president ofSony Music-Nashville, where he signedthe Dixie Chicks[2] to their initial deal as well as writers Marcus HummonOne of These Days (Marcus Hummon song) and David Vincent Williams ("I'm Movin' On"). He would later serve as attorney for the Dixie Chicks. While at Sony, he was appointed to theAcademy of Country Music board of directors and would go on to serve as president and chairman of the board.[3] Additionally, he served on the Country Music Association board where he spearheaded the board decision to establish CMA Music Fest after the board had voted to end Fan Fair.
RPM Management
He managed country music star Tim McGraw where his guidance lead McGraw to be named Artist of the Decade securing more airplay than any artist in any format and the most played song of the Decade, all formats withSomething Like That.[4] Other management highlights include #1 singles with Jessica Andrews (Who I Am) and Carolyn Dawn JohnsonSingle White Female, and he guided two-timeDancing with the Stars champion and actress Julianne Hough to a #1 country album and two ACM Awards in 2009.[5] He worked with the youngest artist to ever reach #1 on Billboard Top Country Album charts,Billy Gilman.[6]
While Siman was president and chairman of the board of theAcademy of Country Music Awards (1996–2000) where he was instrumental in the repositioning of the association within the country music industry. He is former board member of the Country Music Foundation, and a participant in Leadership Music and Leadership Nashville. Siman served on the Nashville Cystic Fibrosis Foundation board and was a recipient of the Heart of Country award from the national organization.[7]
RPM Music Group
As a co-owner of RPM Music Group, he has helped develop a publishing catalog that owns the rights to such hit songs as the Grammy winning "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (Alan Jackson), "The Power" (Cher andAmy Grant; ACM Song of the Year "I'm Movin' On"[8] (Rascal Flatts), "Leave the Pieces" (The Wreckers), "What Kinda Gone" (Chris Cagle), "Anything Goes" (Randy Houser),Montgomery Gentry singles "One in Every Crowd" "Long Line of Losers" and "Oughta Be a Song About That", "Let There Be Cowgirls" (Chris Cagle), "I Ain't Your Mama" (Maggie Rose),Better" (Maggie Rose), "Wake Up Loving You" (Craig Morgan), "Say You Do" (Dierks Bentley) and has songs featured on four number 1 country albums in 2014 from the Band Perry ("Chainsaw") Luke Bryan ("Goodbye Girl", Dierks Bentley ("Say You Do") and Scotty McCreery ("Blue Jean Baby"). Other significant cuts include "Ex to See" and the #1 single "Make You Miss Me" on the multiplatinumSam Hunt debut album; "Save it for a Rainy Day," Kenny Chesney (a 3-week #1 single); and "Break Up With Him,"Old Dominion (band) (a 2-week #1 single).
RPM Entertainment
RPME's first release was vocal phenomMaggie Rose. Her first single,I Ain't Your Mama was #1 Most Added on the Mediabase country singles chart the first week of its release. RPME also signed Australian duo Kaylens Rain (their US debut single, Outta Here was released to country radio on October 15, 2012). They then represented Dack Janiels/Chase Rice at country radio. His debut singleReady Set Roll was a top 5 hit at country radio. Siman left RPM Entertainment in 2014 to head up EMCo.
EMCo
Since 2014, Siman serves as President of EM.Co which oversees the operations for Tim McGraw. Major successes include a performance by McGraw on the 2015 Oscars; aClio Award[9] for an integrated campaign forHumble and Kind helping propel the song to such honors as a Grammy for Best Country Song, CMA Song of the Year, NSAI Song of the Year and Favorite Country Song AMA's. Billboard Magazine named Siman one of their 2018 Power Players[10] for his work with McGraw and helping oversee the launch of hisSoul2Soul World Tour with Faith Hill, garnering them the Legends of Live award and Billboard's No. 1 country music tour for 2017. He was named to the Billboard list again in 2019.[11] McGraw headlined the VIP Tailgate Pregame atSuper Bowl 53 in 2019, and released two books which reached #2 on the New York Times Bestseller lists.[12] McGraw headlined theCollege Football Championship game in his home state of Louisiana in 2020. EMCo helped oversee the launch of McGraw's fitness brand, TRUMAV, with the establishment of the first fitness center in Nashville, Tennessee.Nielson Broadcast Data System named Tim McGraw the artist with the biggest radio audience for all genres, all artists, for the 2010s.
Siman is the son of country music pioneerSi Siman, who was also in the talent and music publishing business and was an executive with Crossroads TV Productions, which created the first popular country music program on network television,Ozark Jubilee.[13] His middle name is in honor ofRalph Foster, Crossroads TV's president and his father's mentor when he was born inSpringfield, Missouri. Si Siman is credited with securing record deals for Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner and Brenda Lee, among others. He also is responsible for securing multiple recordings of "Satisfied Mind," all of which were in the top 10 at country radio at the same time.
He is a graduate ofVanderbilt University. and theUniversity of Missouri School of Law. While at Vanderbilt he joined the Gamma chapter ofDelta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, where he was chapter president. He is a former Old Natchez CC club champion and qualified for the Tennessee State Mid Am and the Tennessee Four Ball and Senior Four Ball Championships multiple times.[14]
Siman is married to Teresa Siman and has three daughters, Rosie Siman Yakob, Lillian Keil and Marion Siman.
In 2014, Siman was elected to the Springfield, Missouri Public Schools Hall of Fame.[15]