NASHVILLE, TN (January 17, 2025) – Leading independent music publisher BIG MACHINE MUSIC, a subsidiary of HYBE America, and Big Machine Records recording artist/Big Machine Music songwriter RYAN HURD announced today the signing of JOE CLEMMONS to an exclusive co-publishing agreement.
“Joe is a beloved writer in the community whose time has come!” said Mike Molinar, BMM’s President. “His growth as a commercial songwriter has him poised to breakout and we consider ourselves lucky to be his publisher partners for this chapter of his career.”
“Joe is my one of my most trusted co-writers. I truly believe he is about to breakout in a big way and I am so excited to continue supporting him as a publisher partner,” remarked Hurd.
Originally from East Texas, Clemmons began taking guitar lessons at age 15 from John DeFoore (Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Ryan Beaver) who first introduced him to songwriting. The now Nashville-based songwriter’s recent credits include “Goin’ Nowhere” (Hardy ft. Morgan Wallen), “Dark Night” (Warren Zeiders), “It Ain’t Austin” (George Birge) and “Rose Needs A Jack” (Gabby Barrett), among others. His song “Wish For The World,” co-written and recorded by Hurd, earned a 2020 AIMP Nashville Award nomination for Publisher’s Pick.
Clemmons shared, “Mike and his team have built an incredible culture of success at Big Machine Music and I’m honored to be a part of it, plus Ryan has always been one of my biggest champions making this a dream scenario. I couldn’t ask for a better team.”
Follow Joe’s journey @chokelemons on Instagram.
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ABOUT BIG MACHINE MUSIC: Nashville-based Big Machine Music is a full-service independent music publisher with a dynamic catalog of over 14,000 songs and 60 No. 1 radio hits including such recent smashes as “Lies Lies Lies” (Morgan Wallen), “High Road” (Koe Wetzel ft. Jessie Murph), “Mamaw’s House” (Thomas Rhett ft. Morgan Wallen), and “Halfway To Hell” (Jelly Roll), among others. BMM is also home to eight of the 25 most on-demand streamed Country songs of all time including four RIAA DIAMOND-certified hits “Beautiful Crazy,” “When It Rains It Pours,” “Hurricane” (Luke Combs) and “In Case You Didn’t Know” (Brett Young), 7X PLATINUM “Speechless” (Dan + Shay) and 4X PLATINUM “The Bones” (Maren Morris). The expansive catalog also includes GRAMMY® Awards Song of the Year-nominated “abcdefu” (GAYLE) and “A Beautiful Noise” (Brandi Carlile & Alicia Keys), plus multi-genre releases by Bad Bunny, Ariana Grande, The Kid LAROI, Diplo, Demi Lovato, Jessie Murph, Seventeen, Kelly Clarkson, ITZY and Monsta X, among others. Nominated as AIMP’s Nashville Publisher of the Year in 2024, BMM has placed as a Billboard Top 10 Hot Country Publishing Corp for every year since 2017 and a Billboard Top 10 Hot 100 Publishing Corp for five consecutive years. The catalog is also home to two ACM and CMA Awards for Song of the Year, BMI Pop and Country Song of the Year as well as six consecutive GRAMMY® Award nominations for Best Country Song and three consecutive nominations for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical in 2023 (Laura Veltz) and 2024/2025 (Jessie Jo Dillon). BMM’s current roster includes ACM Songwriter of the Year Dillon, Billboard’s 2022 Songwriter of the Year Veltz, Brett Young, Ryan Hurd, Matt Dragstrem, Geoff Warburton, King Henry, Jon Hume, Justin Moore, Maddie & Tae, George Birge, Matt Roy, Daniel Ross, Anna Vaus, Troy Cartwright, Lanie Gardner, Jordan Witzigrueter, and Laci Kaye Booth. Catalog writers include Luke Combs, Brandy Clark, Jonathan Singleton and Josh Thompson. For the latest information and more, follow @bigmachinemusic on Instagram.
