Idina Menzel Hasn’t Been Managed by Scooter Braun for Months
Written by djfrosty on August 22, 2023
Idina Menzel parted with manager Scooter Braun at the beginning of the year, sources close to the situation tell Billboard, adding the actress and recording artist to the growing list of Braun’s clients who have recently departed his management company, SB Projects. Another source says the “amicable” split happened last year.
Menzel announced she had signed with Braun in May 2019. The confirmation of her departure follows news that Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande also exited their deals with SB Projects this year.
News of the split was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Representatives for Menzel and Braun declined to comment.
Menzel is known for her roles in such Broadway productions as Rent and Wicked (for which she won a Tony) as well as her voice performances in both installments of Disney’s Frozen series. In 2014, she scored a top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Let It Go” from the first Frozen movie. Her recent acting roles include the Disney+ live-action musical Disenchanted and Amazon Studios’ Cinderella starring Camila Cabello. She released her seventh studio album, Drama Queen, on Friday (Aug. 18).
In 2021, Braun sold SB Projects’ parent company Ithaca Holdings to South Korean entertainment conglomerate HYBE, under which SB Projects has continued to operate. Braun is now HYBE America’s CEO and earlier this year helped oversee HYBE’s purchase of leading hip-hop label Quality Control.
SB Projects’ artist roster currently includes longtime client Justin Bieber. Following a report Friday (Aug. 18) that Bieber was looking to leave SB, reps for both parties told Billboard that such “rumors” were “not true.”
J Balvin, who also signed with Braun in 2019, left in May and is now managed by Roc Nation.