HARDY Joins Spirit Music in New Publishing Catalog Partnership: ‘They Believe in the Songs I Write’

Spirit Music has acquired prime songs from singer-songwriter HARDY‘s euphony publishing catalog, portion besides signing the creator to a go-forward exclusive penning statement with Spirit Music Nashville.

“I’m pumped to beryllium joining the Spirit Music family,” HARDY said successful a statement. “They judge successful the songs I constitute and that means a batch to me. I’m excited to spot what we tin physique together.”

HARDY is present with Spirit Music Nashville for songwriting, though helium remains a spouse successful Relative Music Group arsenic a publisher, which antecedently had his catalog. Relative Music Group signed a woody with Sony Music Publishing successful 2021; Relative and/or Sony proceed to ain their portions of the prime HARDY compositions Spirit acquired, portion Spirit Music owns HARDY’s portion.

Mississippi autochthonal HARDY is simply a five-time ACM Award victor and a two-time CMA Award winner. As a songwriter, he’s won 3 CMA Triple Play Awards, 3 Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) songwriter of the twelvemonth accolades, and was named the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year.

HARDY is simply a co-writer connected his ain No. 1 Country Airplay hits including “One Beer,” and “Truck Bed,” arsenic good arsenic Dierks Bentley’s “Beers On Me,” which features BRELAND and HARDY. He is besides a writer connected his RIAA three-time platinum duet with Lainey Wilson, “Wait successful the Truck,” and has co-written songs recorded by Morgan Wallen (“More Than My Hometown,” “Sand successful My Boots,” “I’m A Little Crazy”), Jelly Roll (“Church”), Blake Shelton (“God’s Country”), Carrie Underwood (“Hate My Heart”), and has had songs recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Thomas Rhett, Dylan Scott, Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, Vince Gill and more.

“HARDY is a multi-genre unit of quality arsenic an artist, a world-class songwriter and a large quality being,” said Frank Rogers, chief originative serviceman of Spirit Music Group and CEO of Spirit Music Nashville, successful a statement. “Spirit could not beryllium much excited to welcome HARDY to the household and we are excited astir helping him physique connected his already legendary career.” 

“After years of making euphony together, I couldn’t beryllium much arrogant to commencement this caller section with my pal HARDY here astatine Spirit,” said Derek Wells, vp of A&R/Production astatine Spirit Music Nashville/2Mix. “Great euphony with large radical is the concern we privation to beryllium successful here, and HARDY hits that nail connected the head. He is genuinely a ‘1 of 1’ endowment and quality that elevates each country he’s in.”

HARDY released Quit!! in 2024 and saw the rubric scope No. 1 connected Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart. Last year, HARDY headlined a acceptable during CMA Fest, and collaborated with Fred Durst and Chad Smith. He’ll merchandise Country! Country! on Sept. 26 via Big Loud Records, spearheaded by tracks “Favorite Country Song,” “Bottomland” and the ERNEST collaboration “Bro Country.” The aforesaid week Country! Country! releases, HARDY volition marque his archetypal headlining amusement astatine Madison Square Garden connected his Jim Bob World Tour.

HARDY was represented successful the caller publishing woody by Scott Safford (Safford Motley PLC), portion Spirit was represented by Matthew Beckett and <...