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SEVEN-TIME
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND RECORDING ARTIST DAVE GROHL
SIGNS WORLDWIDE ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT |
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Music has signed a worldwide agreement with seven-time GRAMMY
Award-winning songwriter and recording artist, Dave Grohl. As part
of the agreement, Warner/Chappell will administer worldwide
publishing rights for the first four records by Grohl’s Foo
Fighters, including the band’s classic self-titled debut, the
double-platinum The Colour and the Shape, and the GRAMMY
Award-winning million-plus-selling albums There Is Nothing Left to
Lose and One By One. Warner/Chappell Music will also administer
Grohl’s interest in some of Nirvana's best-known works.
In
making the announcement, Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell
Music and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S., said, “Dave
is a special songwriter, musician, live performer and recording
artist who wears his love for music on his sleeve. He has garnered a
massive dedicated fanbase and critical acclaim by writing and
recording some of the best rock songs in recent memory. His work
with Nirvana, and Foo Fighters, as well as a number of side projects
has contributed to some of most influential music in alternative
rock and hard rock. We are honored to work with an artist of his
caliber and we look forward to a long-standing relationship with
him.” [READ
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GUCCI
MANE SIGNS WORLDWIDE ADMINISTRATION DEAL |
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Warner/Chappell
Music has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Atlanta-based
Warner Bros. Records/Asylum recording artist, Gucci Mane.
Warner/Chappell Music will administer a majority of Gucci Mane’s
catalog of work, his recently-released second studio album, The
State vs. Radric Davis, as well as his future
compositions.
Released on December 8, 2009, The State vs.
Radric Davis debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rap Album chart, No. 2
on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 10 on The Billboard
200.
The first single from the album, “Wasted” (featuring
Plies and OJ Da Juiceman) reached No. 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. A second and third single from the
album, “Spotlight” (featuring Usher) and “Lemonade,” both reached
No. 8 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Song... [READ
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TWO-TIME
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER JAKOB DYLAN SIGNS WORLDWIDE
CO-PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
Warner/Chappell
Music has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with two-time
GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Jakob Dylan, one of the
founding members of The Wallflowers. As part of the agreement,
Warner/Chappell will co-publish Dylan’s interest in compositions
from The Wallflowers, including the group’s eponymous 1992 debut
album, its critically-acclaimed and four-time Platinum certified
sophomore album, Bringing Down the Horse, as well as the
Gold-certified album (Breach) and Red Letter Days. The agreement
also includes Dylan’s 2008 debut solo album, Seeing Things, his
upcoming sophomore solo album, Women and Country, and all of his
future compositions.
In making the announcement, Scott
Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music and Chairman and CEO,
Warner/Chappell Music U.S., said, “Jakob is one of the most
compelling alternative/pop rock artists in the business and his
creative approach to his songwriting and performance makes him a
terrific partner with us. We are thrilled with his choice to become
part of the Warner/Chappell... [READ
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NEVER
SHOUT NEVER SIGNS WORLDWIDE CO-PUBLISHING AGREEMENT |
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L to R are: Scott Francis (President WCM, Chairman/CEO
WCM US), Christofer Drew, Greg Sowders (SVP, Head of
A&R), and Jason Boyarski (SVP/GM
NY) | | Warner/Chappell
Music signed a new, worldwide co-publishing agreement with
Christofer Drew, an emerging 19-year old modern Indie Pop singer and
songwriter who is known professionally as Never Shout Never. As part
of the agreement, Warner/Chappell will co-publish his catalog of
work including his recently-released debut solo album, What is Love?
as well as future works. Since its January 26th release date, the
album has reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Rock and Alternative Albums
charts as well as No. 6 on the Digital Albums charts. With
cumulative single and album sales of more than 700,000 copies in the
United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, Never Shout Never has
come a long way since the earlier days when he first found stardom
after featuring his music and videos to MySpace Music. Since then he
has garnered a passionate, cult-like following as he has toured
relentlessly across the U.S.
Never Shout Never is currently
co-headlining the 2010 AP and Warped Tours. |
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JOSHUA
HOMME AND JOHN PAUL JONES OF THEM CROOKED VULTURES SIGNS WORLDWIDE
ADMINISTRATION DEAL |
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L to R are: Greg Sowders (SVP, Head of A&R), John Paul
Jones, Joshua Homme, and Scott Francis (President WCM,
Chairman/CEO WCM US) | Warner/Chappell
Music has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with two members
of the newly-formed rock group, Them Crooked Vultures, renowned
artists John Paul Jones and Joshua Homme. As part of the agreement,
Warner/Chappell will administer Jones’ and Homme’s interests in the
compositions they create with Them Crooked Vultures, including songs
from the band’s self-titled debut album, as well as all future
compositions with the group. [READ
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WORLDWIDE
CO-PUBLISHING AGREEMENT WITH CHART-TOPPING SONGWRITER, CLAUDE KELLY,
EXTENDED |
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From
L to R are: Jason Boyarsk (SVP/GM NY),
Claude Kelly,
Michael "Make" Mentore, Lee Dannay (VP, A&R) and Ryan
Press (Sr. Director, Urban
A&R) | Warner/Chappell
Music has has extended its worldwide co-publishing agreement with
chart-topping songwriter, Claude Kelly. As part of the agreement,
Warner/Chappell Music will continue to co-publish on a worldwide
basis all of Kelly’s future compositions, as well as his catalog of
past work, including his shares of the hit songs “Party in the USA,”
(recorded by Miley Cyrus), “Circus,” (recorded by Britney Spears)
and “My Life Would Suck Without You,” (recorded by Kelly Clarkson)
as well as the current single, “In My Head” (recorded by Beluga
Heights/Warner Bros. Records’ Jason Derulo).
In making
the announcement, Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music,
and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S., said, “Claude is
an extraordinary talent who has, in just a few years, turned into
one of the industry’s go-to songwriters.
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DON
HENLEY'S PUBLISHING AGREEMENT EXPANDED FOR THE
WORLD
Warner/Chappell
Music expanded its worldwide agreement with GRAMMY Award-winning
performer and songwriter Don Henley, a founding member of the
Eagles. As part of the agreement, Warner/Chappell will now
administer worldwide publishing rights to Henley’s share of all
Eagles albums, marking the first time that a major music publisher
will administer Henley’s shares of the group’s catalog in the U.S.
Warner/Chappell Music began its relationship with Henley in 1993,
and will continue to administer his solo catalog and future
compositions worldwide, as well as his Eagles songs outside the U.S.
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URBAN
ROSTER SOLIDIFIED: WARNER/CHAPPELL EXTENDS LIL WAYNE, BRYAN-MICHAEL
COX, AMONG OTHERS |
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Drumma Boy, Lil Wayne, Lil Ronnie, Pleasure P, J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
League, and Brian-Michael Cox | Warner/Chappell
Music solidifies its urban roster with a series of key strategic
renewals including four-time GRAMMY Award-winning Lil Wayne, GRAMMY Award-winning
Bryan-Michael Cox, three-time
GRAMMY Award-nominated Pleasure
P, J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
League, Lil Ronnie and
Drumma Boy. Warner/Chappell
has extended its worldwide co-publishing agreement with four-time
GRAMMY Award-winning artist and BMI’s 2009 Urban “Songwriter of the
Year,” Lil Wayne. The music publishing company first signed Lil
Wayne in 2005 and will continue to co-publish his catalog of work,
including 2008’s, triple-Platinum certified and three-time, GRAMMY
Award-winning album, Tha Carter III as well as 2005’s
Platinum-certified album, Tha Carter II. In addition,
Warner/Chappell will co-publish his recently released, seventh
studio album, Rebirth, as well as his future works. [READ
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WORLDWIDE
PUBLISHING AGREEMENT EXTENDED WITH MICHAEL BUBLÉ AND ALAN
CHANG
Warner/Chappell
Music extends its worldwide publishing agreement with GRAMMY Award
and multiple Juno Award-winning Reprise Records recording artist
Michael Bublé. Warner/Chappell Music also announced an expansion of
its worldwide publishing agreement with songwriter, pianist and
Bublé’s musical director, Alan Chang. Originally signed in 2005,
Bublé will continue to publish his catalog of work through
Warner/Chappell, including a number of songs co-written by Chang
from Bublé’s multi-platinum hit albums, Michael Bublé, It’s Time and
Call Me Irresponsible as well as future compositions. [READ
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GREEN
DAY'S GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ALBUM, AMERICAN
IDIOT HITS BROADWAY
The
music of Warner/Chappell songwriters and Green Day band members,
Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt, will be making its
Broadway debut when Green Day’s seriocomic political punk-rock opera
concept album, American Idiot, opens on the Broadway stage at the
St. James Theatre on April 20th.
Proclaimed a “masterpiece”
by TIME magazine in January of 2005, American Idiot the album, was
awarded the “Best Rock Album” GRAMMY in 2004 and the “Record of the
Year” GRAMMY in 2005 and has sold more than 5.9 million copies in
the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. Upon its release in 2004,
American Idiot debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, spent 101
weeks on the chart and reached No. 1 on two... [READ
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NEW
LOOK UNVEILED FOR WARNERCHAPPELL.COM |
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 Warner/Chappell unveiled a new look for
warnerchappell.com and re-launched the site with a number of new
tools that make browsing through our award-winning catalog of music
easier than ever, including:
- Smart
search, for browsing the catalog using a single term or
phrase;
- Advanced
search, for searching songs by subject, genre and chart position,
among others;
- Go
local, view the web sites and directories of Warner/Chappell
offices worldwide;
- Variable
search function for exploring new releases, featured songs, chart
positions and thousands of songs from the Warner/Chappell catalog
by our roster of songwriters, producers, artists and
composers;
- Detailed
song information on song splits and details on writer- and
publisher-controlled shares;
- Purchase
sheet music directly through the web site; and
- Direct
licensing tool for requesting song licenses directly from the
site.
[VISIT
WARNERCHAPPELL.COM] |
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THE
ADDITION OF JUAN MADRID AND RYAN PRESS STRENGTHENS URBAN
TEAM |
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Madrid |
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Press | Warner/Chappell
Music has strengthened its Urban A&R team with the appointments
of Juan Madrid, Vice President, Urban A&R, and Ryan Press,
Senior Director, Urban A&R. Effectively immediately, Madrid will
be based in Los Angeles and report to Scott Francis, President,
Warner/Chappell Music, and Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music
U.S. Press, who is based in New York, will report to Jason Boyarski,
Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Company’s New York
office. Francis will oversee the Urban A&R team with Boyarski’s
support.
Both Madrid and Press will develop and further
bolster Warner/Chappell’s roster of Urban songwriters by signing
emerging and established songwriters, working to acquire songwriter
catalogs as well as marketing and promoting current and future
Warner/Chappell songs and songwriters to recording artists
throughout the industry. They will work closely... [READ
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NASHVILLE
STARTS OFF 2010 WITH KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
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Antebellum with the Warner/Chappell Music Nashville
Staff |
Warner/Chappell
Nashville ended 2009 in successful fashion and began 2010 with a
series of key industry awards and recognitions, as well as a number
of chart-topping successes, including:
* “Need You Now,” the
multi-chart, smash hit-single recently certified double Platinum and
co-written by Warner/Chappell songwriters Dave Haywood and Charles
Kelley, two-thirds of the recording group, Lady Antebellum. Not only
did the song reach No. 1 on the Country Songs charts but the single
crossed over and reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 Airplay and Adult
Contemporary charts. In addition, “Need You Now” has spent the past
19 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles charts where it reached No.
2 and also reached No. 2 on the Digital Songs as well as No. 3 on
the Adult Pop Songs charts. To date, “Need You Now” has sold more
than 2.7 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan;
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PHIL
MAY JOINS WARNER/CHAPPELL NASHVILLE |
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May | Phil
May has been appointed to the newly-created position of Vice
President and General Manager, Nashville. Effective immediately, May
reports to Scott Francis, President, Warner/Chappell Music and
Chairman and CEO, Warner/Chappell Music U.S.
A music
publishing veteran with more than 17 years of experience, May will
oversee business and administrative activities for Warner/Chappell
Nashville and will work closely with Tracy Gershon, Senior Vice
President of A&R, who continues to report to Scott Francis. His
responsibilities include the day-to-day business management of
Warner/Chappell’s Nashville office, as well as the contracts and
copyright administration departments. In addition, May negotiates
songwriter... [READ
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SIGNATURE
SERIES VOLUME 1 WRITER'S SPOTLIGHT: THE MUSIC OF SAMMY
CAHN
Over
the course of his career, Sammy was nominated for 26 Academy Awards,
Six Golden Globes and an Emmy. He has written iconic songs such as:
“Love and Marriage”, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, and
“Come Fly With Me.”
[VIEW THE
eSAMPLER] |
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KENNY
GAMBLE AND LEON HUFF ALONG WITH THOM BELL CREATED MIGHTY THREE
MUSIC
The
sound they created was pure Philly Soul. Together, with their
incredible staff of writers, they wrote and produced more than 100
Top 10 Pop and R&B hits. Their music was recorded by such iconic
artists as Harold Melvin & the Blues Notes, The O’Jays, The
Spinners, Patti LaBelle, Elton John, the Jacksons and many, many
more.” [VIEW THE
eSAMPLER] |
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WARNER/CHAPPELL
CAPS INCREDIBLE AWARDS SEASON WITH A "BEST SONG" TRIFECTA: OSCAR, GOLDEN
GLOBE AND GRAMMY AWARD 
