Michael Knox promoted to President of peermusic Nashville

Michael Knox has been promoted to President of peermusic Nashville, increasing his function inside the music publishing firm.

The information was introduced this week by Kathy Spanberger, President & Chief Working Officer, peermusic to whom Knox will proceed to report.

Knox beforehand served as Senior Vice President of peermusic Nashville.

Along with his work with peermusic, Knox can also be an completed music producer, having produced 28 No.1 songs, with over 55 million singles and 30 million albums offered.

Knox topped Billboard’s Prime Nation Producers chart for the primary time final 12 months (his thirteenth 12 months incomes Prime 10 Nation Producers honors) following the discharge of Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood’s No.1 hit If I Didn’t Love You which Knox solely produced.

Underneath the inventive steering of Michael Knox, peermusic Nashville printed the 2016 SESAC Nation Music of the Yr with Dierks Bentley – Someplace on a Seaside (co-written by Michael Tyler and Jaron Boyer) and the 2013 ASCAP Music of the Yr with Randy Houser – How Nation Feels (co-written by Neil Thrasher and Vicky McGehee).

Current highlights for the corporate embrace Jason Aldean – Rearview City (produced by Michael Knox and co-written by Neil Thrasher), Obtained What I Obtained and Blame It On You; Jon Pardi – Ain’t All the time A Cowboy, Cole Swindell – Love You Too Late (co-written by Brandon Kinney); Riley Inexperienced – There Was This Woman (co-written by Erik Dylan); and Dustin Lynch – Hell of a Night time.

Knox can also be a document label government with a Music Knox Data imprint with BBR Music Group/BMG and signed Tim Montana to his label in 2020.

Michael Knox additionally created and serves as each host and producer of the United Stations nationally syndicated radio present Knox Nation 360. Earlier this 12 months, Knox was chosen by the Academy of Nation Music as a first-time nominee for “Nationwide Weekly On-Air Persona of the Yr” alongside together with his co-host Shalacy Griffin.

Previous to becoming a member of peermusic, Knox opened certainly one of Nashville’s first song-plugging corporations HIT PLUGGERS in 1991.

From 1992 to 2002, Knox labored as a Vice President at Warner Chappell, chargeable for author and artist growth and track placements, signing and overseeing such writers and catalogs as Jason Aldean, John Wealthy, Gretchen Wilson, Emily West, Jeff Stevens, Steve Bogard, Marv Inexperienced, Terry McBride, Wendell Mobley, Dave Loggins and others.

Knox has beforehand served on the ACM Board of Administrators and the CMA Board of Administrators.

Knox is the son of Buddy Knox, the primary artist within the Rock n’ Roll period to jot down and sing his personal No.1 track with Occasion Doll in 1957

“Within the 12 years that he has been with peermusic, Michael Knox has distinctively guided our Nashville workplace track by track, hit by hit, leading to main influence for our roster of songwriters.”

Kathy Spanberger

Kathy Spanberger, stated: “Within the 12 years that he has been with peermusic, Michael Knox has distinctively guided our Nashville workplace track by track, hit by hit, leading to main influence for our roster of songwriters.

“Knox is without doubt one of the most prolific publishers and music producers in Nashville with a unprecedented quantity of manufacturing credit to his identify, but it surely’s his considerate method, fast humor, and devotion to our music creators that actually attracts folks to need to construct their careers with peermusic Nashville. Knox is delivering career-making alternatives for our writers.”

“I’m grateful to Kathy, Mary Megan Peer, Ralph Peer II, and our peermusic crew for this chance.”

Michael Knox

Added Knox: “For over 94 years, the Friends have been extensively thought-about the primary household of nation music publishing with a historical past of delivering ‘firsts’ within the business.

“I jumped on the invitation to be part of this this publishing crew 12 years in the past and to work alongside a number of the finest and most trusted music publishers within the enterprise.

“The vital legacy that we’re constructing upon right here in Nashville, our dedication to proceed delivering ‘firsts’ for songwriters, and the real connections we’ve with our peermusic writers is one thing that I’m flat-out proud to be part of.

“I’m grateful to Kathy, Mary Megan Peer, Ralph Peer II, and our peermusic crew for this chance.”Music Enterprise Worldwide