Power 50 - #38: Claire Collins

BACKGROUND CHECK

Claire Collins obtained a degree in Arts/Law from the University Of Sydney and became triple j‘s Publicist/Marketing Manager before starting Bossy Music in 2009. Collins manages Art Vs Science and DD Dumbo. She is also on the board of the Association Of Artist Managers and recently joined Brett Oaten Solicitors, where she works as a lawyer for music clients.

THE YEAR THAT WAS

Bossy Music have had artists represented in the top ten of the Hottest 100 since the company started, with Billie Eilish's When The Party's Over coming in at #8 on the countdown this year to continue the trend. When Bossy first started working with Eilish she had 11,000 Instagram followers. The American singer-songwriter now boasts 13.7 million followers at the time of writing, and Bossy Music helped to establish her in Australia, which is now one of her most important territories. Bossy's other PR clients include Lorde, Flume and St Jerome's Laneway Festival, with the leading independent PR and management company also signing G Flip and Stella Donnelly with a view to setting them up as breakout stars in 2019. 

2018'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT?

"Concurrently starting a new gig as a lawyer at Brett Oaten Solicitors and raising two kids under three."