Brandon Silverstein
Born (1991-09-10) September 10, 1991
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Entertainment industry executive
Title
  • Founder and CEO
  • S10 Entertainment

Brandon Silverstein is an American entrepreneur and entertainment industry executive. He is the founder and CEO of S10 Entertainment, a record label, artist management, music publishing, film, and investment company.[1][2]

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.[1][3] 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.[4][1] In his senior year, Silverstein dropped out of college to pursue his interest in music management. He returned to New York where a meeting with Jay Z and Jay Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Roc Nation, led him to found his own company: S10 Entertainment & Media. Roc Nation and S10 formed a partnership in 2018.[5][6]

Through S10, Silverstein has represented top artists,[7][1] managing the first global number one records for Myke Towers[8][9] and Normani.[10] In 2020 he launched S10 Publishing and formed partnerships with Ryan Tedder and Avex.[11][12] Silverstein has also been involved in global hits like Justin Bieber’s "Peaches",[13] which won “Song of the Year” at the 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards and “Most Performed” at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards.[14] Additional hit songs published by the company include Doja Cat's "Agora Hills",[8] Jack Harlow's "First Class",[15] Post Malone's "I Like You" (featuring Doja Cat)[15] and Drake and 21 Savage's "Calling for You".[16] In 2022, Silverstein’s S10 Films division partnered with Simon Fuller to develop new projects across film, television, documentary and audio mediums.[17]

The executive has earned a number of industry awards throughout his career, including the Forbes "30 Under 30"[18] in 2019, Variety’s “New Leaders”[19] in 2021, and Music Business Worldwide’s “Worlds Greatest Managers”[20] in 2022. Billboard has honored the executive on multiple occasions, including “40 Under 40"[21] and "Executive of the Week"[6] in 2021, “Latin Power”[22] in 2022, and in 2023, he was awarded the magazine’s first-ever “Power Players’ Choice Award,”[23] part of their annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry's most powerful executives.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sternlicht, Alexandra. "Meet Normani And Anitta's Under 30 Manager Brandon Silverstein". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  2. ↑ Havens, Lyndsey (2022-04-21). "Shenseea Signs Global Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Publishing and Avex USA: Exclusive". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ↑ "I deal with things head on; that's my job". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. ↑ Kent, Chloe. "6 MORE inspirational stories of college entrepreneurs". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. ↑ Variety Staff (2018-03-15). "S10 Entertainment, Management Home to Fifth Harmony's Normani, Partners With Roc Nation". Variety.com. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  6. 1 2 Rys, Dan (2021-07-30). "Executive of the Week: S10 Entertainment Founder/CEO Brandon Silverstein". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  7. ↑ Cobo, Leila (2019-08-01). "Anitta Signs Worldwide Management Deal With Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  8. 1 2 Havens, Lindsay (September 22, 2023). "Doja Cat Producer GENT! Signs Co-Publishing Deal With Brandon Silverstein & AVEX USA". billboard.com.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (2020-02-28). "Normani: A Pop Perfectionist Makes Her Move". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  11. ↑ Millman, Ethan (2021-08-31). "Ryan Tedder is Music's Most Under-the-Radar Mogul". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  12. ↑ "S10 Publishing and Japanese music company Avex extend joint publishing partnership". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. 1 2 Shafer, Ellise (January 26, 2023). "'First Class' Producer Jasper Harris Signs With Avex USA and Brandon Silverstein Publishing". variety.com.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Angermiller, Shirley Halperin,Michele Amabile; Halperin, Shirley; Angermiller, Michele Amabile (2022-05-11). "Brandon Silverstein's S10 Films Partners With Simon Fuller (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Brandon Silverstein". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  19. ↑ Willman, Chris (2021-11-10). "Hollywood's New Leaders of 2021". Variety. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  20. ↑ "'I deal with things head on; that's my job.'". Music Business Worldwide. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  21. ↑ Billboard Staff (2021-08-26). "40 Under 40: Billboard Reveals 2021 List of Trailblazing Young Music Executives". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  22. ↑ Billboard Staff (2022-09-14). "Billboard's 2022 Latin Power Players Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  23. ↑ Stutz, Colin (2023-02-02). "Billboard's First Power Players' Choice Award Goes To Brandon Silverstein". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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