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Morgan Wallen has caused self-inflicted harm to his career at several turns, but has also sold big and won critical acclaim.

Hard 8 Working Group, Atlantic, Warner Music Malaysia, BrickHouse, Hallwood and more dominate this week's music industry executive news.

Big Machine and Hard 8 launch a record label and more music executive news, including the exit of a prominent Hipgnosis Songs Fund executive.

LJ Stoll was named GM/vp of A&R at The Hard Working Record Company, a new Nashville-based record label from Big Machine Label Group (BMLG) and management…

January 15, 2021, 10:00am EST In the spring of 2019, Nashville-based managers David Conway and Dirk Hemsath, along with New York-based Matt Feldman, decided to swap their annual getaway to Coachella for an excursion to the Walt Disney World Resort. It was a business trip: Multiple industry members were there to watch Tate McRae perform two songs in between acts during a hip-hop dance competition and try to ink a management deal with the teen phenom. “There were definitely a bunch of other awe...

Sony/ATV Signs Tate McRae to Worldwide Deal News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sony/ATV music publishing announced it has signed breakout singer, songwriter and dancer Tate McRae to a worldwide publishing deal. Tate is well known for crafting popular hits including "stupid" and "you broke me first," which currently has over 500 million streams worldwide and earned a Top 5 spot on Billboards Emerging Artist Chart and on the cove...