Brandon Silverstein

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]

Brandon Silverstein
Born	(1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 32)
Nationality	American
Occupations	Entrepreneur Entertainment industry executive
Title	Founder and CEO S10 Entertainment

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

External links

• S10