In the music industry,  the executive producer of a music album is usually in control of the overall decision making in how the album turns out and how the budget is allocated for the project. Executive producer may also decide how many songs are placed in the final cut, which songs are used out of the tracks produced in the process of making the album, and the order in which the songs are placed. In this instance, the executive producer is usually someone who has had input in producing some of the tracks on the album. A particular executive producer's name attached to an album is sometimes used as a selling point to distributors.

In some instances an executive producer can be a person who "discovered" a particular act, or someone who represents an act, either as an agent or a lawyer. It can also sometimes mean someone who financed the production of an album.