Power 50 - #26: Meg Williams

BACKGROUND CHECK

After graduating from Sydney's University Of Technology with a Bachelor of Communication, Meg Williams kicked off her music career in 2007 as Project Manager at MusicNSW before spending three years as co-director of the management and publicity company Spark & Opus. Williams also spent a couple of years as executive director of the Association Of Artist Managers (AAM) and managed the artist Oisima before accepting the Head Of Promotions position at Inertia Music in 2015. 

THE YEAR THAT WAS

At the end of 2017, Inertia Group divided into Inertia Label Services and Inertia Label Group, which Williams oversees as co-director. Inertia Label Group looks after releases from Farmer & The Owl, Secretly Canadian, Ninja Tune, [PIAS], Pieater, Fat Possum and WARP record labels, to name a few, as well as releases on their own labels: Inertia Music and Pod. 2018 Inertia Label Group-affiliated success stories included Robyn (whose first album in eight years, Honey, debuted at #20 on the ARIA Albums Chart), Dream Wife (a standout band at Laneway Festival 2018) and Hockey Dad (Blend Inn hit #6 on the ARIA Albums Chart). Inertia Label Group also saw the return of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Joan As Police Woman and Spiritualized, who all released albums last year. 

2018'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT?

"Gab Ryan and I signed our first band to the Inertia Label Group with Body Type, a partnership globally with Partisan records. The band have received incredible support internationally on their debut EP and, with an extensive international tour around their next EP, they're setting up to be one of Australia's most exciting new exportable bands."