Diana Meltzer

Diana Meltzer is an American music industry executive. She is the owner of Monster Hits Music and was the co-owner of the world largest independent label Wind-Up Records with her ex-husband Alan Meltzer. She is primarily known for discovering and signing Grammy award winning band Creed, Evanescence, and other bands such as Alter Bridge, Seether, Drowning Pool, Finger Eleven, Beat The System, Company of Thieves, 12 Stones, Thriving Ivory, Bright Eyes, People in Planes. She first began her career as a fashion model. Later Diana owned a record store in Connecticut in the late 1980s before she was asked to assume the role of an A&R. In 2004 Diana Meltzer become the first woman to top HitQuarters' World Top 100 A&R Chart, a considerable achievement in what is traditionally a male dominated field. Other #1s have included Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Dr. Dre and Mark Williams. Diana is still known to be the ‘Woman with the Golden Ears’.