Antonio ‘LA’ Reid will be announced as the first judge on the US version of ‘The X Factor,’ according to ‘The Hollywood Reporter.’

Reid, a record executive and producer, is currently the chairman and CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group and is credited with the success of P!nk, Rihanna, Avril Lavigne, Ciara and many more artists.

“I think music on television certainly has a place and it's important,’ Reid told ‘THR’ last month. ‘In some ways, TV has become as impactful as radio once was. It's just another way of doing it.”

Simon Cowell has previously stated that Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger are also in the running to become judges on the show.

Watch Cowell talk about the US version of 'The X Factor' below.