RECORDS + Sony Music Nashville
• RECORDS, a joint venture between Barry Weiss and Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Music Nashville announce a new partnership. Effective immediately, Arista Nashville promotion and Sony Music Nashville’s marketing and media teams will become actively involved with breakthrough singer/songwriter Matt Stell.
Arista Nashville will re-ship Stell’s debut single, “Prayed For You,” on May 6, with its official impact date set for May 28, continuing to work alongside Keith Gale and his Good Company Entertainment team. Making his debut Saturday on the Grand Ole Opry stage, Stell performed this song, which he co-penned with Ash Bowers and Allison Veltz. “Prayed For You” has already garnered over 44 million on-demand audio streams and over 374,000 consumption units. Matt Stell was brought to RECORDS by Ash Bowers and his Wide Open Music management team.
Pictured, seated, (l-r): Wide Open Music’s Ash Bowers, Matt Stell, RECORDS’ Barry Weiss and Sony Music Nashville COO/EVP Ken Robold. Standing, (l-r): SMN EVP A&R Jim Catino, RECORDS’ Sara Gil, Wide Open Music’s Brendan Rich, Good Company Entertainment’s Jamice Jennings, SMN VP Sales & Streaming Caryl Atwood and EVP, Promotion & Artist Development Steve Hodges, Arista Nashville VP of Promotion Josh Easler, Good Company Entertainment’s Keith Gale, RECORDS’ David Enriquez and Matt Stell’s SMN marketing lead Liz Cost. [Photo credit: Hunter Berry]
