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Avex has raised its stake in Brandon Silverstein's S10 Entertainment to 85%, trade press report, with a path to full ownership. The real story is the playbook. A Japanese company is buying a US manager's relationships to get its own acts heard abroad, and S10's clients now have a manager owned by a label, publisher and live business.
Industryvia Avex Inc.
Kenshi Yonezu's anime film theme "IRIS OUT" topped Billboard JAPAN's first-half 2026 chart after reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Global 200, the highest yet for a Japanese-language song. Japan's trade ministry puts the music industry's 2024 overseas income at ¥72.58bn, and most of the money it can trace arrives as streams, not sync fees. The lesson for artists anywhere is that a placement is where discovery starts, and the money comes later.
Industryvia Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
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