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{{Short description|American music executive (born 1932)}}
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{{for-multi|the professor in mathematics|Clive Selwyn Davis|the rugby player|Clive Davis (rugby union)}}
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| name               = Clive Davis
| image              = Clive Davis speaks during the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2023 - (cropped).jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Davis in 2023
| birth_name         = Clive Jay Davis
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1932|4|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| death_cause        = 
| education          = [[Erasmus Hall High School]], Brooklyn
| alma_mater         = [[New York University]]<br />[[Harvard Law School]]
| occupation         = Record producer, record executive
| years_active       = 1965–present
| known_for          = 
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Helen Cohen|1956|1965|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Janet Adelberg|1965|1985|reason=divorced}}
}}
| partner            = 
| children           = 4
| website            = {{URL|clivedavis.com}}
}}

'''Clive Jay Davis''' (born April 4, 1932) is an American [[record producer]], [[Artists and repertoire|A&R executive]], [[record executive]], and lawyer. He has won five [[Grammy Awards]] and was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], as a non-performer, in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clive Davis {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/clive-davis|access-date=April 19, 2021|website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref>

From 1967 to 1973, Davis was the president of [[Columbia Records]]. He was founder and president of [[Arista Records]] from 1974 through 2000 until founding [[J Records]]. From 2002 until April 2008, he was chair and [[CEO]] of the [[RCA Music Group]] (which included [[RCA Records]], [[J Records]], and [[Arista Records]]), chair and CEO of J Records, and chair and CEO of [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] North America.

Davis is credited with hiring a young recording artist, [[Tony Orlando]], for Columbia in 1967. He has signed many artists who achieved significant success, including [[Sly and the Family Stone]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Laura Nyro]], [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Donovan]], [[Bay City Rollers]], [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]], [[Loggins and Messina]], [[Ace of Base]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Olivia Longott]], [[Pink Floyd]] and [[Westlife]]. He is also credited with bringing [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Barry Manilow]] to prominence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/theatre/to-orlando-q-a|title=Q&A: Tony Orlando talks the Beatles, Elvis, and Meghan Trainor|date=April 6, 2016|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref>

As of 2018, Davis is the [[chief creative officer]] of [[Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref name=LauriaHits />