peermusic Signs Exclusive Agreement with Michael Dulaney

Nashville, TN (February 26, 2020) – Global independent music publisher, peermusic has signed hit songwriter Michael Dulaney to an exclusive songwriter agreement as announced today by Kathy Spanberger, President & COO, peermusic and Michael Knox, SVP, peermusic Nashville. peermusic’s exclusive deal with Dulaney includes co-publishing of future works and administration on select catalog titles.

“Michael’s songs get attention. He has solidified his place in the songwriting community with seven #1 songs to his name and by delivering hit after hit,” said Michael Knox, SVP, peermusic Nashville. “His incredible work ethic combined with his experience writing for Country music’s elite and across genres makes him a go-to in Nashville writing rooms. It’s an absolute honor to welcome Michael to the peermusic family.”

“I’m really enjoying the opportunity to work with Michael, Kathy and the entire peermusic team,” said Michael Dulaney. “This company has a legendary history of working with songwriters and this particular staff of music publishers are remarkable in the care and attention they give their songwriters. I trust their expertise, I’m having fun working with the team, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”

Michael Dulaney is a GRAMMY® nominated American songwriter with 20 years of success. Having lived in and been a part of the music community in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville his songwriting is diverse and well developed. He has had songs recorded by almost every big name act in country music, including Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and Reba McEntire. Dulaney has also had cross-over hits with songs recorded in the rock and pop worlds, as well as songs placed in film, television, and advertisement.

Dulaney has over 150 cuts, more than 25 singles, and 7 number one songs to his credit. His songs have been on albums that have sold more than 50 million copies, including the 8X Platinum Faith Hill “Breathe”; 2X Platinum Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party”; 4X Platinum Rascal Flatts “Me And My Gang”; and 4X Platinum Kenney Chesney “When The Sun Goes Down” to name a few. Dulaney also wrote on Jason Aldean’s latest #1 Country Album debut 9 (the album was executive produced by peermusic’s Michael Knox and also features cuts from peermusic writers Michael Tyler and Jaron Boyer). Dulaney has written with iconic artists in several genres, and continues to be a first call, A-list writer that publishers and artists count on.

peermusic SVP Michael Knox is a creative force in country music who has produced 24 number one hits, over 45 million singles and more than 20 million albums sold during his career. In addition to his long-running role as Aldean’s primary producer, his production credits include Thomas Rhett, Kelly Clarkson, Ludacris, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Michael Tyler, the hit TV series "Nashville" as well as his father Buddy Knox (“Party Doll” fame 1957), among others. He won a CMA Award for his work as producer of the CMA Album of the Year My Kinda Party (Jason Aldean) as well as three ACM Awards. Knox is on the ACM Board of Directors and has previously served on the CMA Board of Directors.

A premier publisher of country music, recent chart highlights from peermusic Nashville include Cole Swindell – “Love You Too Late” (via Brandon Kinney); Riley Green – “There Was This Girl” (via Erik Dylan); Jason Aldean – “Rearview Town” (via Neil Thrasher, produced by Michael Knox); Jason Aldean – “Girl Like You” (via Jaron Boyer and Michael Tyler, produced by Michael Knox); Jason Aldean – “They Don’t Know” (via Jaron Boyer); Dierks Bentley – “Somewhere On A Beach” (via Jaron Boyer and Michael Tyler); Cole Swindell ft. Dierks – “Flatliner” (via Jaron Boyer); Rascal Flatts – “Riot” (via Jaron Boyer); Dustin Lynch – “Hell of A Night” (via Jaron Boyer); Randy Houser - “How Country Feels” (via Neil Thrasher); Jason Aldean – “Night Train” (via Neil Thrasher); Rascal Flatts – “Banjo” (via Neil Thrasher); Jason Aldean – “Tattoos On This Town” (via Neil Thrasher); and Jason Aldean – “Fly Over States” (via Neil Thrasher). In 2019, the company was also named one of Billboard’s Hot Country Publishing Corporations.

In addition to its creative successes, peermusic Nashville also recently moved into new offices, finding a piece of old Music Row in the rapidly changing architecture of Nashville.

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ABOUT PEERMUSIC: Founded by Ralph S. Peer in 1928, peermusic is the world’s largest global independent publishing company and operates 35 offices in 30 countries. With well over a quarter of a million titles in the company’s catalogue, and songs that vary from country, blues, jazz and pop to Latin, concert and rock‘n’roll, peermusic is the largest privately owned company of its kind in the world. For further information about peermusic, go to www.peermusic.com. For breaking news updates, behind-the-scenes information and photos, follow @peermusic on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.

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