Billboard’s Hannah Karp presents Dana Biondi with the 2025 Executive of the Year Award at Billboard’s Indie Power Players 2025. 

Hannah Karp: 

Our next honoree is a true icon who has built an eye poppingly successful empire through his deft and very creative management of an act without any conventional kick. This act, $uicideboy$ may not be a household name, but under this visionary’s guidance, it has become a streaming, touring and emerge Juggernaut, ragging up more than 1 billion streams this year alone, in the U.S., and helping drive more than 30 million in merch revenue last year. for this honoree’s indie label. This maverick has a serious understanding of the superfan, and he’s a leader for everyone in this room to learn from. Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for our Executive of the Year, Dana Biondi.

Dana Biondi:

Thank you Billboard. It’s an incredible honor to receive this recognition. I want to thank everybody for coming out, supporting all the artists, for myself, just powering Indie. It’s definitely the future. I appreciate it.