Nick Raphael is a music industry executive and was born in London , England . He is currently President of Capitol Records in the UK . He got his first taste of the music industry in 1987 , when he with school friends promoted a night at Dingwalls in Camden Lock , London . His most recent successes include 5 Seconds of Summer who became the first band to have their first three albums enter at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , Paloma Faith who won the 2015 Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist , Liam Payne who currently has the biggest selling single from a member of One Directionand Sam Smith who won four 2015 Grammy Awards plus an Oscar and Golden Globe in 2016 . In October 2018 , Sam Smith surpassed 20 million global album sales
2015 Grammy Awards
57th Annual Grammy Awards
Nick Raphael