“Songwriters are what make our roles so special,” declares SMPN topper Rusty Gaston. “Our team leans deeply into relationships with each songwriter on our roster, and it is our mission to leave no idea unattended when it comes to supporting and expanding opportunities for them.”

Biggest songs:

Cole Swindell’s “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”

Nate Smith’s “Whiskey on You”

Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown’s “Thank God”

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night,” and “You Proof,” co-written by Ashley Gorley and Charlie Handsome

Key signings:

Dierks Bentley

Megan Moroney

Chris Young

Jordan Minton

Awards and more:

Recently achieved third consecutive quarter as the #1 publisher on Country Airplay

SMP songwriters swept top awards at the 2023 ACM Awards, including Lainey Wilson, HARDY, Cole Swindell, Ashley Gorley, Tim Nichols and more

Wilson won Female Video of the Year at 2023 CMT Awards, as well as Collaborative Video of the Year (alongside HARDY). Kane Brown won Video of the Year

Last year the company won Publisher of the Year at the BMI Country Awards for the second year in a row and celebrated major songwriter wins like HARDY’s BMI Songwriter of the Year honor, Ashley Gorley’s ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award and Lainey Wilson’s CMA wins for Female Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year.