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]
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]Normani,[11] and Anitta.[2] In 2020 he launched S10 Publishing and formed partnerships with Ryan Tedder and Avex.[12][13] Silverstein has also been involved in global hits like Justin Bieber’s "Peaches",[14] which was nominated for “Song of the Year” at the 2022 Grammy Awards[15] and won “Song of the Year” at the 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards and “Most Performed” at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards,[16] and Tate McRae's "Greedy",[17] which reached number one on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart,[18] the Billboard Global 200[19] and on the Spotify Global chart,[20] and number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[21] Additional hit songs published by the company that contributed to over 12 billion streams[22] include Doja Cat's "Agora Hills",[9] which landed at number one on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart for one week,[23]Jack Harlow's "First Class",[24]Post Malone's "I Like You" (featuring Doja Cat)[24] and Drake and 21 Savage's "Calling for You".[25] In 2022, Silverstein’s S10 Films division partnered with Simon Fuller to develop new projects across film, television, documentary and audio mediums.[26]
Recognitionedit
The executive has earned a number of industry awards throughout his career, including the Forbes "30 Under 30"[27] in 2019, Variety’s “New Leaders”[28] in 2021, and Music Business Worldwide’s “Worlds Greatest Managers”[29] in 2022. Billboard has honored the executive on multiple occasions, including “40 Under 40"[30] and "Executive of the Week"[31] in 2021, “Latin Power”[32] in 2022, and in 2023, he was awarded the magazine’s first-ever “Power Players’ Choice Award,”[33] part of their annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry's most powerful executives.
Referencesedit
^"Music Manager Brandon Silverstein Acquires Angela Lansbury's Iconic Los Angeles Residence".
^ abcdeSternlicht, Alexandra. "Meet Normani And Anitta's Under 30 Manager Brandon Silverstein". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
^Havens, Lyndsey (2022-04-21). "Shenseea Signs Global Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing and Avex USA". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
^BARRIONUEVO, ALEXEI. "Japanese Label Avex Looks to Conquer U.S. Market From New LA Hub". www.billboard.com/.
^"I deal with things head on; that's my job". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^Kent, Chloe. "6 MORE inspirational stories of college entrepreneurs". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^"JAY-Z's Roc Nation Partners With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment".
^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.
^Spanos, Brittany (2020-02-28). "Normani: A Pop Perfectionist Makes Her Move". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^Millman, Ethan (2021-08-31). "Ryan Tedder is Music's Most Under-the-Radar Mogul". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^"S10 Publishing and Japanese music company Avex extend joint publishing partnership". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^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.
^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.
^"Doja Cat Extends Record for Most Pop Airplay Chart No. 1s This Decade With 'Agora Hills'".
^ abShafer, Ellise (January 26, 2023). "'First Class' Producer Jasper Harris Signs With Avex USA and Brandon Silverstein Publishing". variety.com.
^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.
^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)