Sarah Loretzen

Sarah Lorentzenis senior director of international A&R at RCA Records and made the magazine’s music list. Raised in both the U.S. and Nigeria, Lorentzen has been a major advocate for African music and was instrumental in signing Nigerian star Tems to the label. Since then, Tems has scored a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s U.S. Afrobeats chart with “Free Mind,” and had a two-time platinum smash with her single, “Essence,” recorded with Wizkid and Justin Bieber.