Music Managers Contacts, Verified for 2026
A music manager runs the business side of an artist’s career: release plans, label talks, bookings, brand deals and the team around it. Most managers find new artists through people they already trust, so a cold email has to land in exactly the right inbox. Finding that inbox is the hard part. Management companies list a general address at best, and independent managers often show up only as one line in an artist’s bio.
This music managers contact list collects those lines for you. It holds 893 verified artist manager and management agency emails, each with the artists who name that address, their genres and their country. You download it as CSV and XLSX, filter it in Excel or Google Sheets, and write to managers who already work with music like yours.
What’s in the file
Every row is one email address. When several artists name the same manager, they sit together on that row, so you see the whole roster at a glance. The main columns:
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Artist manager or agency email, SMTP-checked on the mail server | |
| Type | Artist manager, or Agency for companies that handle management and booking |
| Name | The artist they manage, or “Roster of N” when several artists list the same manager. Agencies show the company name |
| Roster | Up to 10 artists who name this address, biggest first |
| Profile | SoundCloud link of the biggest artist on the roster, so you can hear who they work with |
| Audience | Followers of that artist, a quick size signal |
| Genres | Main genres across the roster |
| Country, City | Where the roster is based, when known |
| Website | Company website, for agencies |
| Inbox type | A personal inbox or a shared one like info@ |
| Email verified | The date the address last passed verification |
The roster is the part that matters. It tells you who a manager already works with, which is the first thing to check before you write and the best line to open your email with. Filter the Genres and Country columns to get a shortlist in your style and region.
Where the contacts come from
The list comes from Ninja Digger, our own data pipeline. It reads the public bios of SoundCloud artists in our database and picks up the lines where artists name their manager, like “Management: name@company.com”. An artist’s own address is never counted as a manager. When the same address appears in many bios, it becomes one row with a roster. We add management and booking agencies found on email domains shared by several artists.
Before an address goes into the file, it is checked on the recipient mail server. Addresses that fail are dropped, every address is re-checked at least every 30 days, and each row keeps its last-verified date. These are contacts that artists published themselves for business enquiries.
One honest note: most rosters here are independent and rising artists, from producers with a few thousand followers to artists with a real touring audience. Managers of stadium acts sit behind big firms and rarely publish an address, so you will not find them in this file.
How to get a music manager
Managers earn a share of what the artist earns, usually 15 to 20%. That is why they take on artists who already have momentum. Before you look for one, make sure there is something to manage. Then work through it step by step:
- Build proof first: regular releases, an audience that grows on at least one platform, and shows or streams that move without your push.
- Write down what you need a manager for. Label deals, touring, a team, a release plan? A clear ask gets a clear answer.
- Find managers of artists one step ahead of you, in your genre and ideally your country. Their roster is the best match signal you have.
- Ask your network. Producers, DJs, promoters and lawyers you work with often know who is taking on new artists.
- Pitch a short list of 10 to 20 well-matched managers, not hundreds.
- Meet before you sign, talk to other artists on the roster, and have a music lawyer read the contract.
Step 3 by hand means clicking through artist bios one at a time. This artist manager contact list is that search, done once at scale and kept verified.
How to contact artist managers so they reply
- Pick managers whose roster sounds like you. Name one of their artists in the first line.
- Lead with numbers. Monthly listeners, followers, tickets sold, the last release and how it did.
- Send one link. A private SoundCloud track or your Spotify artist page. No attachments on first contact.
- Say what you want. A call, feedback or management. Managers ignore vague emails.
- Follow up once. If there is no answer after a week or two, move on.
- Do not mass-mail. Managers talk to each other, and a copy-paste blast gets noticed fast.
“Hi [name], I’m [artist], a [genre] artist from [city]. I saw you work with [roster artist], and my music sits close to theirs. My last single did [number] streams in [time], and my next release is out in [month]. I’m looking for management to help with [goal]. One track: [link]. Would you be open to a short call?”
Manager contact list vs other ways to reach managers
Pitch platforms sell access to managers one submission at a time, and industry databases sell a yearly seat. Both have their place. A contact list is better when you want to choose the managers yourself and write to them directly.
| DemoPool manager list | Pitch platforms (Groover) | Industry databases (ROSTR) | Searching by hand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Pricing in the builder above | about €2 per contact | Paid subscription | Your time |
| What you get | Emails and rosters you keep | One pitch per credit | Profiles and team info | Whatever you find |
| Next pitch | No extra cost | Pay again | While you subscribe | Search again |
| Direct relationship | Yes, you email the manager | Through the platform | Yes | Yes |
| Roster per contact | Up to 10 artists | Short profile | Yes | One bio at a time |
| Guaranteed listen | No | Yes, within a deadline | No | No |
Who this list is for
- Artists and bands looking for management.
- Labels and A&R teams reaching an artist through their team.
- Promoters, booking agents and brands that want to work with an artist and need the person who says yes.
- Music services such as distribution, PR and studios, building partnerships with management companies.
Building a full team? Pair this list with booking agents contacts, record labels accepting demos and Spotify playlist curators.
Bounce guarantee
Emails are SMTP-checked, and each row shows the date it last passed. If more than 3% of your first send hard-bounces, send us your bounce report and we replace the bounced contacts 1:1 within 30 days. Data as of Oct 21, 2026.