Brandon Silverstein

Brandon Silverstein
Silverstein in 2023
Born (1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 33)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • entertainment industry executive
  • investor
Known for
  • Founder and CEO
  • S10 Entertainment
SpouseJulie Silverstein[1]

Brandon Silverstein is an American entrepreneur, investor, and entertainment industry executive. He is the founder and CEO of S10 Entertainment, a record label, artist management, music publishing, film, and investment company.[2][3][4]

Career

While in high school in Tenafly, New Jersey, Silverstein created and promoted independent parties and events in New York City in addition to booking talent for Noah Tepperberg's clubs.[2][5] As a freshman at Indiana University, Silverstein co-founded a music festival with the first iterations taking place on a farm with Avicii and Tiesto headlining.[6][2] In his senior year, Silverstein dropped out of college to pursue his interest in music management. He returned back to New York and established S10 Entertainment & Media. Silverstein and his company S10 later formed a music management partnership with Jay Z and Jay Brown, the co-founders of Roc Nation, leading to numerous collaborations.[7]

Through S10, Silverstein has represented top artists,[8][2] managing the first global number one records for Myke Towers,[9][10] Big Sean,[11] Normani,[12] and Anitta.[2] In 2020 he launched S10 Publishing and formed partnerships with Ryan Tedder and Avex.[13][14][15] Silverstein has also been involved in global hits like Justin Bieber’s "Peaches",[16] which was nominated for “Song of the Year” at the 2022 Grammy Awards[17] and won “Song of the Year” at the 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards and “Most Performed” at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards,[18] and Tate McRae's "Greedy",[19] which reached number one on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart,[20] the Billboard Global 200[21] and on the Spotify Global chart,[22] and number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[23] Additional hit songs published by Silverstein and the company that contributed to over 40 billion streams[24] include Doja Cat's "Agora Hills",[9] which landed at number one on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart for one week,[25] Jack Harlow's "First Class",[26] Post Malone's "I Like You" (featuring Doja Cat),[26] Tommy Richman’s "Million Dollar Baby",[27] which landed at number one on Billboard’s Global 200[28] and Hip Hop/R&B charts,[29] and Drake and 21 Savage's "Calling for You".[30] In 2022, Silverstein’s S10 Films division partnered with Simon Fuller to develop new projects across film, television, documentary and audio mediums.[31] S10 Publishing’s catalog also includes music from Bad Bunny and Rihanna.[32]

In 2024, Katsumi Kuroiwa, the global CEO of Japanese entertainment conglomerate, Avex Inc., announced at an investor’s conference in Tokyo that the company made a strategic investment into Silverstein’s S10 Entertainment, seeking to give its Japanese artists access to top management teams in exchange for increased entry into the Asian market for S10’s artists.[32][24]

Recognition

The executive has earned a number of industry awards throughout his career, including the Forbes "30 Under 30"[33] in 2019, Variety’s “New Leaders”[34] in 2021, and Music Business Worldwide’s “Worlds Greatest Managers”[35] in 2022. Billboard has honored the executive on multiple occasions, including “40 Under 40"[36] and "Executive of the Week"[37] in 2021, “Latin Power”[38] in 2022, and in 2023, he was awarded the magazine’s first-ever “Power Players’ Choice Award,”[39] part of their annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry's most powerful executives.

References

  1. ^ "Music Manager Brandon Silverstein Acquires Angela Lansbury's Iconic Los Angeles Residence". 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sternlicht, Alexandra. "Meet Normani And Anitta's Under 30 Manager Brandon Silverstein". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. ^ Havens, Lyndsey (2022-04-21). "Shenseea Signs Global Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing and Avex USA". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  4. ^ BARRIONUEVO, ALEXEI. "Japanese Label Avex Looks to Conquer U.S. Market From New LA Hub". www.billboard.com/.
  5. ^ "I deal with things head on; that's my job". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. ^ Kent, Chloe. "6 MORE inspirational stories of college entrepreneurs". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. ^ "JAY-Z's Roc Nation Partners With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment". Billboard.
  8. ^ Cobo, Leila (2019-08-01). "Anitta Signs Worldwide Management Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  9. ^ a b Havens, Lindsay (September 22, 2023). "Doja Cat Producer GENT! Signs Co-Publishing Deal With Brandon Silverstein & AVEX USA". billboard.com.
  10. ^ Garcia, Thania (July 13, 2023). "Myke Towers Signs With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment for Management: 'His First Global No. 1 Is Just the Beginning'". variety.com.
  11. ^ Havens, Lyndsey (July 29, 2024). "Big Sean Signs Management Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment". Billboard.
  12. ^ Spanos, Brittany (2020-02-28). "Normani: A Pop Perfectionist Makes Her Move". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  13. ^ Millman, Ethan (2021-08-31). "Ryan Tedder is Music's Most Under-the-Radar Mogul". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  14. ^ "S10 Publishing and Japanese music company Avex extend joint publishing partnership". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  15. ^ "Japanese Music Giant Avex's U.S. Division Backs Brandon Silverstein's S10". Billboard.
  16. ^ Amter, Charlie (October 20, 2021). "Hitmaker of the Month: Justin Bieber Collaborator Harv Has Enough Juice to Go Around After 'Peaches' Powers 2021". variety.com.
  17. ^ "Grammy Awards 2022". The New York Times.
  18. ^ Grein, Paul (September 8, 2022). "Megan Thee Stallion & Christopher 'YC' Pearson Tie for Songwriter of the Year at 2022 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards". billboard.com.
  19. ^ "BRANDON SILVERSTEIN PUB SECURES A GENT! AGREEMENT". September 27, 2023.
  20. ^ Trust, Gary (December 8, 2023). "Tate McRae Notches First No. 1 on Pop Airplay Chart With 'Greedy'". Billboard.
  21. ^ Trust, Gary (November 27, 2023). "Tate McRae's 'Greedy' No. 1 on Both Billboard Global Charts". Billboard.
  22. ^ Aramesh, Waiss (November 17, 2023). "'Greedy' Hitmaker Tate McRae Has Another One". Rolling Stone.
  23. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. January 13, 2024.
  24. ^ a b Stassen, Murray (May 10, 2024). "Avex USA makes strategic investment in Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment".
  25. ^ "Doja Cat Extends Record for Most Pop Airplay Chart No. 1s This Decade With 'Agora Hills'". Billboard.
  26. ^ a b Shafer, Ellise (January 26, 2023). "'First Class' Producer Jasper Harris Signs With Avex USA and Brandon Silverstein Publishing". variety.com.
  27. ^ Stassen, Murray (May 22, 2024). "Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing and Avex USA strike worldwide co-publishing deal with Kavi, producer on breakout Tommy Richman hit 'Million Dollar Baby'".
  28. ^ Trust, Gary (June 3, 2024). "Tommy Richman's 'Million Dollar Baby' & Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' Hold Atop Billboard Global Charts". Billboard.
  29. ^ Fekadu, Mesfin (October 16, 2024). "Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby" Will Compete for Rap Grammys". The Hollywood Reporter.
  30. ^ Aswad, Jem (October 6, 2023). "Breaking Down Drake's 'For All the Dogs' Features and Producers, From SZA to Bad Bunny (but No Nicki Minaj)". variety.com.
  31. ^ Angermiller, Shirley Halperin, Michele Amabile; Halperin, Shirley; Angermiller, Michele Amabile (2022-05-11). "Brandon Silverstein's S10 Films Partners With Simon Fuller". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ a b Dilts Marshall, Elizabeth (May 9, 2024). "Japanese Music Giant Avex's U.S. Division Backs Brandon Silverstein's S10". Billboard.
  33. ^ "Brandon Silverstein". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  34. ^ Willman, Chris (2021-11-10). "Hollywood's New Leaders of 2021". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  35. ^ "'I deal with things head on; that's my job.'". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  36. ^ Billboard Staff (2021-08-26). "40 Under 40: Billboard Reveals 2021 List of Trailblazing Young Music Executives". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  37. ^ Rys, Dan (2021-07-30). "Executive of the Week: S10 Entertainment Founder/CEO Brandon Silverstein". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  38. ^ Billboard Staff (2022-09-14). "Billboard's 2022 Latin Power Players Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  39. ^ Stutz, Colin (2023-02-02). "Billboard's First Power Players' Choice Award Goes To Brandon Silverstein". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-18.