Simon Fuller
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Simon Fuller is a British artist manager, television producer
and creator of the Idol franchise
, first seen as Pop Idol
in the UK. Fuller is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox
TV reality show So You Think You Can Dance
and other U.S. and European TV shows.
He is currently the manager of performers and entertainers including David
and Victoria Beckham
, Annie Lennox
, Lewis Hamilton
, Andy Murray, Carrie Underwood
, David Cook
, Will Young
, Emma Bunton
, Lisa Marie Presley
, Cathy Dennis
, the Spice Girls
, Aloe Blacc
and has previously managed the likes of Rachel Stevens
, Adam Lambert
, S Club and Kelly Clarkson
. He is in partnership with the duo Jennifer Lopez
and Marc Anthony
.
In 2007, Time magazine named Fuller one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Fuller received the 2,441st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
on 23 May 2011. His brother is comedy writer and director Kim Fuller
.
, East Sussex
, England, on 17 May 1960. Having spent some of his childhood in a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, where his father, a Royal Air Force
pilot, had established a school, the family moved to Accra, Ghana where his father was the headmaster of an RAF school. The family moved back to Hastings, East Sussex, where Simon's father became headmaster of the school he attended. He has two brothers, Kim
and Mark. He married his long term girlfriend Natalie Swanston in May 2008, and they had a baby daughter together. Fuller has a portfolio of real estate including properties in Europe, North America and South America. The 2010 Sunday Times Rich List
values Fuller at £
350m; the sixth richest music millionaire in Britain.
, based in London, Los Angeles, and New York City, which he founded in 1985. Prior to forming 19 Entertainment, from 1981 to 1985, Fuller worked at Chrysalis
in publishing (Chrysalis Limited) and A&R
(Chrysalis Records). In 1983 he was responsible for signing Madonna
's first hit 'Holiday'
to the company. When he discovered Paul Hardcastle
in 1985 he started his own management company aged 25. Hardcastle went to #1 in the US and UK single chart with his Vietnam war
song, "19
".
In March 2005, Fuller sold 19 Entertainment
to CKX, Inc.
in a cash and stock deal worth over $200 million. At that point 19 Entertainment employed 180 people based in London, LA, New York, Nashville, and in Europe. In 2008 the company delivered a profit of $92 million into the parent company. Fuller remained in his role as Chief Executive of 19 and became a director of CKX, a position which gave him creative control over all CKX's assets including the Elvis Presley Estate
, Muhammad Ali
’s business interests, and other iconic rights properties, until January 2010 when on approaching the end of his 5 year contract with CKX signed when the company bought 19, he opted to start a new firm, XIX Entertainment, while continuing to work with CKX / 19 as a consultant and Executve Producer of 19's shows, continuing his close relationship with his former business.
In February 2008 Fuller was presented with the PGA Award by the Producers Guild of America
in Hollywood. At the event he was praised for his creativity, entrepreneurialism, and charity work by British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
and HRH The Prince of Wales who also thanked Fuller for his support of the Prince's charity The Prince's Trust
.
which became a No.1 pop group and a BBC TV show which was seen in over 100 territories around the world. The group has since split up with former members Rachel Stevens
, Jon Lee and Hannah Spearritt
going on to enjoy solo success in music and film, although Jo O'Meara
attracted controversy during the TV series Celebrity Big Brother
in 2007. He also created an offspring of the show 'S Club Juniors' its spinoff TV drama series 'I Dream
' and a magazine show in 2000 starring 7 TV hosts called 'S Club TV'.
In 1998 Fuller founded the television show formats of Pop Idol
, American Idol
and other spin-offs. Pop Idol broke TV records when it was broadcasted over two series in the UK, as well as uncovering Will Young
. Fuller sold the show to the Fox
network in the States, and American Idol quickly became a No.1 rated show. The show has made stars of its presenters Ryan Seacrest
, Randy Jackson
, Paula Abdul
and Simon Cowell
, as well as many of its performers. In Australia, Network Ten
purchased the format and to this day Australian Idol is one of the most "original" Idol shows from around the world. In Canada, the show, like in Australia has become an original format.
American Idol is claimed to be the most valuable TV format in the world with a value of over $8 billion, made up of revenue from sponsors, merchandising, telephone, music sales, broadcast and advertising sources. Over 30 million viewers saw David Cook
win the seventh season of American Idol in May 2008. Fuller re-launched the show in 2011 for its 10th season and saw ratings climb 20% for the finale event. 122.4 million votes were cast, a record for a reality TV show. According to the Sunday Times the show has made Fuller the most powerful man in American TV.
In 2005 Fuller, along with co-creator Nigel Lythgoe
, launched So You Think You Can Dance
on the Fox network in the USA. The show has grown over four seasons to become a regular summer hit. In 2007 Fuller has signed a deal to represent comedians Matt Lucas
and David Walliams
with regard to developing their award winning BBC TV show Little Britain
for the United States, called Little Britain USA
.
In April 2011 Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment announced a new joint venture with Jennifer Lopez
and Marc Anthony
, Q'Viva! The Chosen.
since the release of her multi platinum, award winning album Diva in 1991. Lennox has sold 80 million records and has been called 'the greatest white soul singer alive' by VH1.
Fuller manages the careers of a number of hit songwriters and producers, most notably Cathy Dennis
, who first met Fuller as the singer of D Mob
in the 1980s. Under Fuller's guidance Cathy Dennis
has become the UK's No.1 female songwriter with a string of global hits for artists including Kylie Minogue
, Britney Spears
, Katy Perry
, Pink
, Will Young
and others. Fuller tells how his relationship with Cathy Dennis started in 1986 in Music Week dated 15.12.07.
In 2002 Fuller's company discovered 19 year old Amy Winehouse
, produced her first award winning album and signed her to Universal Music. Winehouse left 19 Management in spring 2006 and signed to Raye Cosbert / Metropolis Music.
Fuller managed the Spice Girls
through the peak of their success. The 'management svengali
' (as 'affectionately' described by the British media) is widely credited with masterminding their most creative period with hits including 'Wannabe', as well bringing them a number of globally lucrative sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Polaroid, Walkers, Cadbury, Asda, Elida Faberge (Unilever) and others. He famously introduced Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) to her future husband David Beckham. Under Fuller, the Spice Girls rose to chart topper status and went on to sell over 37.5 million records in less than three years. In November 1997 the girls decided to manage themselves and they parted company with Fuller. The group later disbanded and it was not long before Fuller was approached to manage the career of former Spice Girls Emma Bunton
and Victoria Beckham
. In 2008 Geri Halliwell
worked with 19
and Fuller in an attempt to break back into the American Market as a solo act.
Fuller's interests in music make him one of the most powerful figures in the global entertainment industry. 19 Recordings holds exclusive recording rights for Kelly Clarkson
, Kris Allen
, Carrie Underwood
, Jordin Sparks
, Chris Daughtry
, David Cook
, Will Young
, David Archuleta
. Adam Lambert
and others, as well as stars from Germany, Australia, Canada and other territories. The label has sold over 50 million copies of American Idol music in North America alone since the show was first broadcast. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the biggest selling music acts in North America (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry) were all managed by Fuller.
, the man behind the Galaxy dress made famous by Scarlett Johansson
and other Hollywood celebrities. Ladieswear was initially branded RM by the designer Roland Mouret
due to Mouret's previous business partners owning the Roland Mouret brand, but in October 2010 it was announced that Fuller and Mouret had bought back the rights to the Mouret name along with rights to all of Mouret's past designs including the notorious 'Galaxy' dress. Menswear from Roland Mouret is branded MR by Roland Mouret. During London Fashion Week February 2011, Mouret and Fuller opened "Maison Mouret", a 6 floor headquarters in Carlos Place Mayfair, comprising retail, design and Atelier in one building.
Fuller is also responsible for masterminding the Beckhams' fashion and lifestyle merchandising which includes perfume and denim ranges, which has become one of the most successful celebrity lines in the world with a retail value in excess of $200 million. In 2008 Fuller masterminded the Victoria Beckham
Dress collection, which has been critically applauded and has since become the best selling high end label of the season.
During his time at 19 Entertainment
Fuller brokered a deal for 19 to purchase a majority share in Storm Model Management, the celebrated British agency that has Kate Moss
, Emma Watson
, Jourdan Dunn
, Cindy Crawford
, Lily Cole
, Eva Herzigova
and Alek Wek
and many others on their books, strengthening his belief that entertainment and fashion are converging.
season ticket holder, Fuller first ventured into sports management in the mid 1990s, where he guided England
and Liverpool
footballer Steve McManaman
to Real Madrid
. Fuller later formed a joint venture partnership with David Beckham
, and masterminded Beckham's $250 million move to LA Galaxy
in 2007. He remains Beckham's closest advisor. Fuller co-founded a sports company named 1966 with Beckham's sports agent Terry Byrne
to help improve the public image of the England Football team players' interests. He founded the player's charity which has since raised almost £1,000,000. 1966 is now owned solely by Byrne.
Fuller's 19 Entertainment was the first company to successfully persuade a Formula One
racing car to promote the environment. His "Earth Car" created for Honda Racing F1 competed throughout the 2007 Formula One season
driven by British driver Jenson Button
and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello
and Fuller went on to win a leading Green Award in the UK for his contribution to environmental awareness. Fuller, Beckham and Barrichello are at work on a project in Natal, Brazil, Cabo São Roque, which will incorporate Fuller's World of Sport concept with a resort and land preserve, being designed by Hart Howerton, a New York architectural firm which specializes in large-scale land use. Hart Howerton previously worked with the Disney Company
in the 1960s, developing a master plan for Disney World
near Orlando, Florida.
In 2009, Fuller took on personal representation of world tennis No.3 Andy Murray, and his Wimbledon-doubles winning brother Jamie Murray
.
On 14 March 2011, it was announced that Fuller would be the new manager of British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton
.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and creator of the Idol franchise
Idol series
The British talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-offs in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia...
, first seen as Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
in the UK. Fuller is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
TV reality show So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
and other U.S. and European TV shows.
He is currently the manager of performers and entertainers including David
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
and Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...
, Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
, Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire...
, Andy Murray, Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
, David Cook
David Cook (singer)
David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...
, Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
, Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer and songwriter, also known as the "Princess of Rock and Roll". She is the only child of Elvis Presley, and daughter of Priscilla Presley.-Early life:...
, Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis is a British dance-oriented pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress...
, the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
, Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician.-Early career and Shine Through :...
and has previously managed the likes of Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
, Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
, S Club and Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
. He is in partnership with the duo Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
and Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
.
In 2007, Time magazine named Fuller one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Fuller received the 2,441st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
on 23 May 2011. His brother is comedy writer and director Kim Fuller
Kim Fuller
Kim Fuller is a British writer for film, radio and television. His brother Simon Fuller is Britain's most successful music manager as manager of Annie Lennox and The Spice Girls amongst others and creator of the Idol Series...
.
Personal life
Simon Fuller was born in HastingsHastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, England, on 17 May 1960. Having spent some of his childhood in a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, where his father, a Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
pilot, had established a school, the family moved to Accra, Ghana where his father was the headmaster of an RAF school. The family moved back to Hastings, East Sussex, where Simon's father became headmaster of the school he attended. He has two brothers, Kim
Kim Fuller
Kim Fuller is a British writer for film, radio and television. His brother Simon Fuller is Britain's most successful music manager as manager of Annie Lennox and The Spice Girls amongst others and creator of the Idol Series...
and Mark. He married his long term girlfriend Natalie Swanston in May 2008, and they had a baby daughter together. Fuller has a portfolio of real estate including properties in Europe, North America and South America. The 2010 Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
values Fuller at £
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
350m; the sixth richest music millionaire in Britain.
Business
Fuller was Chief Executive of 19 Entertainment19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...
, based in London, Los Angeles, and New York City, which he founded in 1985. Prior to forming 19 Entertainment, from 1981 to 1985, Fuller worked at Chrysalis
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
in publishing (Chrysalis Limited) and A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
(Chrysalis Records). In 1983 he was responsible for signing Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's first hit 'Holiday'
Holiday (Madonna song)
"Holiday" is a song by American singer Madonna from her self-titled debut album. Released on September 7, 1983 by Sire Records, it later appeared remixed on the 1987 remix compilation You Can Dance and the 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection, and in its original form on the...
to the company. When he discovered Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle is an English composer and musician, specialising in the synthesizer.-Discography:In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several singles on the Oval record label by the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo.He achieved some acclaim for...
in 1985 he started his own management company aged 25. Hardcastle went to #1 in the US and UK single chart with his Vietnam war
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
song, "19
19 (song)
"19" is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle released as the first single from his self-titled third studio album Paul Hardcastle ....
".
In March 2005, Fuller sold 19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...
to CKX, Inc.
CKX, Inc.
CKX, Inc. is a company founded on February 7, 2005 that owns and develops entertainment content and intellectual property.-Background:The "C" and "K" stand for "Content is King", representing the focus of the company's business strategy to acquire established content, and then to improve, enhance...
in a cash and stock deal worth over $200 million. At that point 19 Entertainment employed 180 people based in London, LA, New York, Nashville, and in Europe. In 2008 the company delivered a profit of $92 million into the parent company. Fuller remained in his role as Chief Executive of 19 and became a director of CKX, a position which gave him creative control over all CKX's assets including the Elvis Presley Estate
Elvis Presley Enterprises
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. is a corporate entity created by "The Elvis Presley Trust" to conduct business and manage its assets, including Graceland...
, Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
’s business interests, and other iconic rights properties, until January 2010 when on approaching the end of his 5 year contract with CKX signed when the company bought 19, he opted to start a new firm, XIX Entertainment, while continuing to work with CKX / 19 as a consultant and Executve Producer of 19's shows, continuing his close relationship with his former business.
In February 2008 Fuller was presented with the PGA Award by the Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide...
in Hollywood. At the event he was praised for his creativity, entrepreneurialism, and charity work by British Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
and HRH The Prince of Wales who also thanked Fuller for his support of the Prince's charity The Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people. They run a range of training programmes, provide mentoring support and offer financial grants to build the confidence and motivation of disadvantaged young people...
.
TV work
Fuller's first venture into TV took place in 1999. He auditioned over 10,000 people to form S Club 7S Club 7
S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, were a pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, de facto lead singer Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The group rose to fame by starring in their...
which became a No.1 pop group and a BBC TV show which was seen in over 100 territories around the world. The group has since split up with former members Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...
, Jon Lee and Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Spearritt
Hannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She was previously a member of the pop group S Club 7. She is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the British drama Primeval....
going on to enjoy solo success in music and film, although Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara
Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer-songwriter, television personality and actress. Formerly one of the lead singers of pop group S Club, she launched a solo single after the group's split in 2003, which cut short the production of a proposed album following an appearance on Celebrity Big...
attracted controversy during the TV series Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, a spin-off of Big Brother. The series was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK , and involved a number of celebrities referred to as 'housemates', who live in the...
in 2007. He also created an offspring of the show 'S Club Juniors' its spinoff TV drama series 'I Dream
I Dream
I Dream is a British children's musical television comedy programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004 . It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and focuses on thirteen youths who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the...
' and a magazine show in 2000 starring 7 TV hosts called 'S Club TV'.
In 1998 Fuller founded the television show formats of Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
, American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
and other spin-offs. Pop Idol broke TV records when it was broadcasted over two series in the UK, as well as uncovering Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...
. Fuller sold the show to the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
network in the States, and American Idol quickly became a No.1 rated show. The show has made stars of its presenters Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
, Randy Jackson
Randy Jackson
Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
, Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
and Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
, as well as many of its performers. In Australia, Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
purchased the format and to this day Australian Idol is one of the most "original" Idol shows from around the world. In Canada, the show, like in Australia has become an original format.
American Idol is claimed to be the most valuable TV format in the world with a value of over $8 billion, made up of revenue from sponsors, merchandising, telephone, music sales, broadcast and advertising sources. Over 30 million viewers saw David Cook
David Cook (singer)
David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
win the seventh season of American Idol in May 2008. Fuller re-launched the show in 2011 for its 10th season and saw ratings climb 20% for the finale event. 122.4 million votes were cast, a record for a reality TV show. According to the Sunday Times the show has made Fuller the most powerful man in American TV.
In 2005 Fuller, along with co-creator Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe is an English television and film director and producer, and former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He is noted for being the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol as well as being a creator, executive producer and a regular judge for So You Think You Can...
, launched So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
on the Fox network in the USA. The show has grown over four seasons to become a regular summer hit. In 2007 Fuller has signed a deal to represent comedians Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain; as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, Tweedledee and...
and David Walliams
David Walliams
David Edward Walliams is an English comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile...
with regard to developing their award winning BBC TV show Little Britain
Little Britain
Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas...
for the United States, called Little Britain USA
Little Britain USA
Little Britain USA, an American television series, originated as a spin-off of the British BBC's Little Britain show.As in the British series, Matt Lucas and David Walliams play the majority of the characters: originals such as Lou and Andy, Daffyd Thomas,Sebastian Love, Marjorie Dawes and Vicky...
.
In April 2011 Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment announced a new joint venture with Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
and Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
, Q'Viva! The Chosen.
Music
Fuller has managed the career of Annie LennoxAnnie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
since the release of her multi platinum, award winning album Diva in 1991. Lennox has sold 80 million records and has been called 'the greatest white soul singer alive' by VH1.
Fuller manages the careers of a number of hit songwriters and producers, most notably Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis is a British dance-oriented pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress...
, who first met Fuller as the singer of D Mob
D Mob
D Mob is one of the stage names used by British house music producer Dancin' Danny D .The 1988 UK hit "We Call It Acieed" hit #3 in the UK Singles Chart, and was one of a wave of acid house singles to enjoy success that year. The video was directed by Marek Budzynski...
in the 1980s. Under Fuller's guidance Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis is a British dance-oriented pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actress...
has become the UK's No.1 female songwriter with a string of global hits for artists including Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
, Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...
and others. Fuller tells how his relationship with Cathy Dennis started in 1986 in Music Week dated 15.12.07.
In 2002 Fuller's company discovered 19 year old Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...
, produced her first award winning album and signed her to Universal Music. Winehouse left 19 Management in spring 2006 and signed to Raye Cosbert / Metropolis Music.
Fuller managed the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
through the peak of their success. The 'management svengali
Svengali
Svengali is a fictional character of George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby. Svengali "would either fawn or bully and could be grossly impertinent. He had a kind of cynical humour that was more offensive than amusing and always laughed at the wrong thing, at the wrong time, in the wrong place...
' (as 'affectionately' described by the British media) is widely credited with masterminding their most creative period with hits including 'Wannabe', as well bringing them a number of globally lucrative sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Polaroid, Walkers, Cadbury, Asda, Elida Faberge (Unilever) and others. He famously introduced Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) to her future husband David Beckham. Under Fuller, the Spice Girls rose to chart topper status and went on to sell over 37.5 million records in less than three years. In November 1997 the girls decided to manage themselves and they parted company with Fuller. The group later disbanded and it was not long before Fuller was approached to manage the career of former Spice Girls Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
and Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...
. In 2008 Geri Halliwell
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
worked with 19
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...
and Fuller in an attempt to break back into the American Market as a solo act.
Fuller's interests in music make him one of the most powerful figures in the global entertainment industry. 19 Recordings holds exclusive recording rights for Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
, Kris Allen
Kris Allen
Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
, Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...
, Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
, Chris Daughtry
Chris Daughtry
Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
, David Cook
David Cook (singer)
David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, Will Young
Will Young
William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...
, David Archuleta
David Archuleta
David Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
. Adam Lambert
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
and others, as well as stars from Germany, Australia, Canada and other territories. The label has sold over 50 million copies of American Idol music in North America alone since the show was first broadcast. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the biggest selling music acts in North America (Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry) were all managed by Fuller.
Fashion
In August 2006, Fuller entered the fashion business through 19RM a joint venture company between Fuller and critically acclaimed fashion designer Roland MouretRoland Mouret
Roland Mouret is a French fashion designer.-Training and early career:His fashion training consisted of three months in a Parisian fashion college in 1979. In the 1980s Mouret worked as creative director with Gai Pied Hebdo, a Paris-based gay publication, and was an Act Up activist...
, the man behind the Galaxy dress made famous by Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
and other Hollywood celebrities. Ladieswear was initially branded RM by the designer Roland Mouret
Roland Mouret
Roland Mouret is a French fashion designer.-Training and early career:His fashion training consisted of three months in a Parisian fashion college in 1979. In the 1980s Mouret worked as creative director with Gai Pied Hebdo, a Paris-based gay publication, and was an Act Up activist...
due to Mouret's previous business partners owning the Roland Mouret brand, but in October 2010 it was announced that Fuller and Mouret had bought back the rights to the Mouret name along with rights to all of Mouret's past designs including the notorious 'Galaxy' dress. Menswear from Roland Mouret is branded MR by Roland Mouret. During London Fashion Week February 2011, Mouret and Fuller opened "Maison Mouret", a 6 floor headquarters in Carlos Place Mayfair, comprising retail, design and Atelier in one building.
Fuller is also responsible for masterminding the Beckhams' fashion and lifestyle merchandising which includes perfume and denim ranges, which has become one of the most successful celebrity lines in the world with a retail value in excess of $200 million. In 2008 Fuller masterminded the Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British pop music magazine Top of the Pops...
Dress collection, which has been critically applauded and has since become the best selling high end label of the season.
During his time at 19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment
19 Entertainment, based in Los Angeles, United States, is a creator and producer of entertainment properties based around the areas of Music and Television / Film, including American Idol in the United States, Pop Idol in the United Kingdom as well as versions of the Idol series in more than...
Fuller brokered a deal for 19 to purchase a majority share in Storm Model Management, the celebrated British agency that has Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
, Emma Watson
Emma Watson
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress and model.Watson rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter...
, Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn is a British fashion model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to Storm Management in London shortly thereafter. In 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade...
, Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. She was named #3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s...
, Lily Cole
Lily Cole
Lily Luahana Cole is an English model and actress. Cole's modelling career was launched by a chance encounter with Benjamin Hart in Soho, London when she was 14....
, Eva Herzigova
Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová is a Czech model and actress.-Early life and career:Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia . She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased...
and Alek Wek
Alek Wek
Alek Wek is a Sudanese British model who first appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995, sparking a career lasting to date. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in South Sudan, but in 1991 she and some family members fled to Britain to escape the civil war in Sudan...
and many others on their books, strengthening his belief that entertainment and fashion are converging.
Sport
A lifelong football fan and Manchester UnitedManchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
season ticket holder, Fuller first ventured into sports management in the mid 1990s, where he guided England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
and Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
footballer Steve McManaman
Steve McManaman
Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...
to Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
. Fuller later formed a joint venture partnership with David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
, and masterminded Beckham's $250 million move to LA Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
in 2007. He remains Beckham's closest advisor. Fuller co-founded a sports company named 1966 with Beckham's sports agent Terry Byrne
Terry Byrne
Terry Byrne is an English businessman, director of various companies connected to football that are active in the United Kingdom and the United States...
to help improve the public image of the England Football team players' interests. He founded the player's charity which has since raised almost £1,000,000. 1966 is now owned solely by Byrne.
Fuller's 19 Entertainment was the first company to successfully persuade a Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
racing car to promote the environment. His "Earth Car" created for Honda Racing F1 competed throughout the 2007 Formula One season
2007 Formula One season
The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, which began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen events. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the...
driven by British driver Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British...
and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable...
and Fuller went on to win a leading Green Award in the UK for his contribution to environmental awareness. Fuller, Beckham and Barrichello are at work on a project in Natal, Brazil, Cabo São Roque, which will incorporate Fuller's World of Sport concept with a resort and land preserve, being designed by Hart Howerton, a New York architectural firm which specializes in large-scale land use. Hart Howerton previously worked with the Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
in the 1960s, developing a master plan for Disney World
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
near Orlando, Florida.
In 2009, Fuller took on personal representation of world tennis No.3 Andy Murray, and his Wimbledon-doubles winning brother Jamie Murray
Jamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray is a British tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles and is Britain's number 1 doubles player. He is the older brother of Andy Murray. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 2007 with Jelena Janković. Murray had an early career partnership with Eric Butorac,...
.
On 14 March 2011, it was announced that Fuller would be the new manager of British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire...
.
Awards and citations
- 2011 Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2011 Humanitarian Honoree, Save the Children Awards LA
- 2011 Humanitarian Honoree, Malaria No More Awards NYC
- 2011 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2010 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2009 Top 100 New Establishment, Vanity Fair
- 2009 Businessman Of The Year, Harpers Bazaar UK
- 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2008 Humanitarian Honoree, Black Ball Keep A Child Alive for HIV / AIDS work NYC
- 2008 Peter Grant Award, Music Managers Forum
- 2008 Visionary Award, Producers Guild of America
- 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2007 Top Trend Setter, Forbes Magazine
- 2007 Green Award
- 2007 Emmy: Governor's Award: Idol Gives Back
- 2007 100 Most Influential People In The World, Time Magazine
- 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2006 Entrepreneur Of The Year, GQ Magazine
- 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Nominee
- 2003 Grammy: Album of the Year - Nominee
External links
- "Impresario Simon Fuller shows off talent with $75m performance" The Times (4 March 2009)
- "The most powerful man you don't know!" Zoo Magazine (13 February 2009)
- "The 20 most powerful celebrity makes" The Observer Magazine (22 June 2008)
- "The unlikely impresario" Financial Times (24 May 2008)
- "Spice Girls mastermind to win Roll of Honour award" Music Week (17 May 2008)
- Music Week "Simon Fuller tops Music Week Top 50 most influential people in UK music industry chart" (15 July 2003)
- Daily Telegraph "The Star Maker" (28 September 2002)
- Evening Standard "The Man Who Wants To Rule The World" (18 April 2002)
- Metro "Fuller Rules The US Charts" (19 June 2003)
- Blender "The Idol Maker" March 2004
- The Observer "Pop Idol scores a $1bn hit in US market" 7 September 2007