World’s Greatest Managers

‘I think I screamed, ‘F*** yeah!’, which may not have been the most appropriate thing to do.’

Ben Persky and Mason Klein, co-founders of Mixed Management, discuss their journey to Grammy success with Tobias Jesso Jr

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‘I don’t take it for granted when someone trusts me to help them with their career – their life, really. That’s a giant statement in itself.’

Kerri Edwards talks about how she helped take Luke Bryan from bars to arenas and what she learned along the way

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‘Being unsigned doesn’t matter anymore. Now, it’s about being independent.’

Ty Baisden, the long-time business partner and manager of independent R&B star Brent Faiyaz tells us about turning his independent artist marketing strategies into a book and his predictions for the indie artist space...

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Martin Kierszenbaum on working with Sting, streaming’s impact on A&R, and why he’s a music biz optimist

The Cherrytree Music Company founder discusses his career and industry views within MBW's World's Greatest Managers series

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‘Management is often about saying what the artist doesn’t want to hear, when they need to hear it.’

Benjamin Evans tells the story of turning 5 Seconds of Summer from Aussie unknowns to global superstars...

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NEON16 wants to become the Roc Nation of Latin Music. Here’s Lex Borrero’s masterplan to achieve it.

Lex Borrero on Taking Tainy to the top and revolutionizing the Latin music business

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‘Being straightforward and honest, not skirting around the issue, always yields the best results – and an understanding artist’

Adam Alpert on the rise of The Chainsmokers, the potential of Dove Cameron, hard work, good times and the future of the industry

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‘I think a lot of managers just go through the motions rather than come up with new ways to do things; they leave the burden of creativity on the artists, but business should be creative as well’

In Part Two of our feature on Crush Management we talk to Bob McLynn about the firm's 20 years in the business and how managers need to be as creative as their artists

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‘If your management plan is to try and get a record to blow up on TikTok… you don’t have a plan.’

Crush Management founder Jonathan Daniel recalls bringing emo to the masses and reflects on 20 years at the top

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Behind Jack Harlow: Meet the manager guiding the Grammy-nominated star’s global success

Chris Thomas talks MBW through the rise and rise of the Kentucky rapper – and the ambition to be the biggest artist on the planet

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‘I deal with things head on; that’s my job.’

S10's Brandon Silverstein on managing two global stars: Anitta and Normani

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‘These last 18 months have taught me resilience, determination and that you just have to figure it out and keep going.’

Amy Morgan, manager of Glass Animals, discusses breaking the Oxford band around the world, working with Polydor/Republic and dealing with imposter syndrome...

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‘The idea of managing Elton before I got sober would have been terrifying.’

Elton John’s manager, David Furnish, explains how the partnership works and how he helped introduce the superstar to an even wider audience...

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‘It is a Herculean task, managing an artist in 2021.’

Matt Colon, Global President of Music at YM&U tells MBW about the firm's expansion plans, success with NFTs, and above all, the challenges of being an artist manager in 2021…

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‘If you worry about what everybody else is doing, forget it – that’s not the key to success’

As part of MBW's World's Greatest Managers series, Deborah Kline discusses revitalising and empowering 'under-serviced' established artists