Billie Eilish takes a new management, The Hollywood Reporter learned. The world superstar has enlisted the director of veteran talent Jason Owenwhose entertainment Sandbox represents Kacey Musgraves and Kelsea Ballerini. Owen will manage FinishedBrother of Eilish and Longtime producer, Also.
Eilish and Finneas had been represented by Danny Rukasin and Brandon Goodman of Best Friends Music Management of the last decade. The two played a key role in the direction of the singer’s ascent, from the viral sensation to the award -winning artist, by recording more than 100 million Spotify subscribers and a series of 10 best successes during their stay together, including the “villain”, “all that I wanted”, “therefore I am” and “birds of a pen”.
Owen is a longtime music director with Roots in Country. Launching Sandbox Entertainment in 2010, after having held management positions at Universal Music Nashville, Owen has widened his scope on television, cinema and Broadway, working on projects such as the 2023 documentary Junetowards June Carter Cash; The scene feeling Pulled; and drama at prospecting hours Monarch. Owen shared Grammy, Emmy and Tony win among his distinctions, but it is his golden touch when it comes to managing female artists who made Owen an industry star beyond Nashville.
Eilish became important in 2015 with his viral single “Ocean Eyes”, which Finneas wrote. She became one of the largest superstars in the world in 2019 with her first album When we all fall asleep, where are we going? Who swept the Grammys in 2020 when she won the best new artist, album of the year, record of the year and song of the year.
Since then, she has remained one of the most seminal voices of music, winning the Grammy for record of the year the following year for “everything I wanted”. She followed When we all fall asleep With the Smash successes of his following two albums, Happier than ever And Hit me strong and sweet, Which generated successes, especially “happier than ever”, “so I am”, “birds of a pen” and “lunch”.
These two albums were also nominated for the album of the year. “Happain que never” and “Birds of a Feather” were also nominated for the disc and the song of the year. Overall, Eilish has nine grammys in 32 nominations, and Finneas won 10 victories over 21 nominations. She and Finneas also won two Oscars in 2022 and 2024 for the best original songs for “No Time to Die” for the film Bond Eponymous and “What did I do to” For Barbie.
Finneas is best known for his work with Eilish, having co-written and produced on most of his sister’s songs, although he also worked with artists such as Justin Bieber, Tate McRae, Halsey and Selena Gomez. He co-written and co-produced “Scared of Loving You”, the main single of the collaborative album which has just been out of Gomez and Benny Blanco I said I love you first. Finneas also released two solo albums: 2021 Optimistic And last year To cry aloud!
Among the largest Eilish team, the feeling is that of a dark separation, but there remains a great respect and an appreciation for the enormous successes, milestones and souvenirs shared with Rukasin and Goodman.
Eilish is currently preparing for the European leg leg for the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour, which is expected to start in Stockholm next month.