Scooter Braun has announced his retirement from music management

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Scooter Braun bids farewell to a part of the music industry.

Sound recording artist ManagerJustin Bieber, who has worked with stars such as Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and others, has announced his retirement from music management.

Brown instead They will pay attention As CEO of HYBE Americas, who sold his own Ithaca Holdings in 2021, he released a news release. Report shared on social media on Monday.

“I have been blessed to have a life like ‘Forrest Gump’, witnessing and participating in the journeys of some of the most extraordinary talents the world has ever seen. I keep pinching myself, ‘How did I get here?’ This chapter has come to an end after 23 years as a music manager,” he wrote.

He continued: “I was actually only 19 when I started. So for my entire adult life I was on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as an artist manager. And I loved it for 20 years. That’s all I know.”

As her children grew up, her priorities changed.

“My personal life has had some success and I realize that my kids are 3 superstars that I am not willing to lose,” she wrote.

Brown shares sons Levi and Jagger and daughter Hart with ex-wife Yale Cohen.

In 2019, Brown became the owner of Taylor Swift Music list After his then company Ithaca Holdings bought his former label Big Machine Label Group for $300 million. Swift publicly criticized Brown He then sold his master recordings without offering to buy them back, he said. Swift then began Record and publish again His “Taylor’s Version” playlist was a huge hit.

Last year he became CEO of Hybe America, the South Korean multinational entertainment company that manages K-Pop powerhouse group BTS. Many customersDemi Lovato, among others, broke up with Brown in the following months.

Other clients, like Grande, stay with Hybe to manage businesses like her REM beauty line. However, her recording and acting work is now managed by Brandon Creed and his company Good World Management.

“I have nothing but love for the people I have worked with over the years, and as we develop a unique working relationship, whether face-to-face or remotely, I will always be in their corner to counsel and support them,” Brown wrote in his post. Report. “Every client I’ve had the privilege of working with has changed my life, and I know that many of them are beginning to see the success they deserve. I will be cheering for each and every one of them.