Zach Bryan is staying at Warner Information, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered. The singer-songwriter has prolonged his take care of the label for not less than two albums, sources say, with the deal closing over the weekend. In the meantime, Bryan can also be promoting his publishing catalog, a supply conversant in the matter confirms to THR, with the offers netting Bryan a reported $350 million.
Bryan first signed with Warner Information again in 2021 and is the maybe the most important artist on Warner’s roster, which has additionally had successes from the likes of Teddy Swims and Benson Boone. Bryan helped flip the label’s fortunes round as Warner morphed from a sleepy legacy label into one of many hottest corporations within the enterprise. His success in nation music outdoors of the normal Nashville system has impressed coastal labels throughout the business to develop way more invested within the style.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to reps for Bryan and Warner for remark. A supply confirms that Bryan is promoting the catalog to a brand new firm headed by Cameron Strang, who ran Warner Chappell till 2015, and Warner Information till 2017. Strang didn’t reply to a request for remark. Selection was the primary to report on the catalog sale.
Sources say Bryan’s group was in discussions with Common Music Group as effectively, maybe an unsurprising growth as Bryan carries vital leverage, and his reps wish to safe the strongest deal attainable. Bryan has a robust relationship with Warner heads Aaron Bay-Schuck and Tom Corson, which might make a Warner departure troublesome to think about. Nonetheless, UMG has made a number of key strikes within the nation house as of late. Mike Harris and Dave Cobb took the helm at UMG Nashville again in February, and the corporate simply rebranded because the Music Company of America.
Interscope, in the meantime, simply revived the famed nation label Misplaced Freeway Information, and Bryan — a storytelling nation act who has thrived outdoors the Nashville institution — would appear like an ideal match on the label. As THR first reported final week, Kacey Musgraves, who duetted with Bryan on their No. 1 hit “I Keep in mind Every part,” signed on as Misplaced Freeway’s first artist.
