News Seviour worked across J Records, RCA and Epic for 13 years News Artist's new album has just leapt to No.1 in the US News Republic/Island Top 40 boss moves to digital company News Former Epic and Island exec teams up with Kenny Macpherson News Only one new entry in Top 5 rankings in a month-and-a-half News Merchandise firm Epic Rights secures deal with Sony/ATV News But Universal takes half of Albums Top 10 placements News Exec's career at the major began at Polygram in 1989