Big Loud is an American

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multi-sector

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company located in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

, United States. It consists of a

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also known as Big Loud, along with

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and

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divisions. Big Loud was founded in 2013 by

Craig Wiseman Craig Michael Wiseman is an American Country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, ...

Joey Moi Joey Moi is a Canadian record producer, audio engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician. He is known for his work with the rock groups Nickelback and My Darkest Days, and country music acts Chris Lane, Dallas Smith, Florida Georgia Line, Jake Ow ...

, Kevin "Chief" Zaruk, and Seth England. Artists who have recorded for Big Loud include

Florida Georgia Line Florida Georgia Line is an American country music duo founded in 2010 by Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. Their 2012 debut single " Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was ...

Morgan Wallen Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of ''The Voice'', originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated ...

, Chris Lane,

Dallas Smith Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the curr ...

, and Hardy.

History

Big Loud Records was established in 2015 by Nashville-based songwriter

and Canadian record producer

. Big Loud Records' first release was Chris Lane's " Fix". Lane released two albums for the label.

Jake Owen Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year. This ...

moved to Big Loud in 2018 after ending his contract with

RCA Records Nashville RCA Nashville is an American country music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is distributed by Sony Music Nashville which is part of Sony Music. Current artists *Kane Brown *Andrew Jannakos *Miranda Lambert *Niko Moon (RCA/River Hou ...

. His first single with Big Loud Records, "

I Was Jack (You Were Diane) "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" is a song recorded by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was written by David Ray, Tommy Cecil, Jody Stevens, Craig Wiseman, and John Mellencamp, with production handled by Joey Moi. It is Owen's first single ...

", which topped country music charts that year. The song was the first single from Owen's 2019 album '' Greetings from... Jake''. After signing to Big Loud Records,

achieved back-to-back No. 1 hits on the ''Billboard''

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chart with " Up Down" and "

Whiskey Glasses "Whiskey Glasses" is a song written by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, and recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was first included on his 2016 EP '' The Way I Talk'', and was released as the third single from his 2018 studio ...

". The Big Loud Records roster expanded to include singer/songwriter Hardy,

Mason Ramsey Mason Ramsey (born November 16, 2006) is an American singer. In March 2018, after gaining Internet fame from a viral video of him yodeling " Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams at a Walmart, Ramsey was signed to Big Loud. He is known for his singl ...

, and

Sean Stemaly Sean Stemaly is an American country singer and songwriter. He was previously signed to Big Loud Records, and released the album ''Product of a Small Town''. Biography Stemaly was born in Western Kentucky, and raised in Newburgh, IN. Prior to pu ...

. Stacy Blythe, vice-president of promotion, was awarded the SVP-VP/Promotion trophy at the 2019 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards. In 2021, Big Loud signed Canadian country artist

, the record holder for domestic number one hits on the

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chart, to the label. Additionally, Smith, producer Scott Cooke, partner Alex Seif, and Big Loud formed a joint venture, Canadian-based imprint Local Hay Records.

Shawn Austin Shawn Austin (born January 13, 1996) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. He is signed to Big Loud Records' joint venture Local Hay. Early life Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Austin elected to pursue a career in country ...

became their first signing to the new label.

Big Loud Records artists

Current roster

Lauren Alaina Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth (born November 8, 1994) is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the runner-up on the tenth season of ''American Idol.'' Her debut studio album, ''Wildflower,'' was released on Octobe ...

https://bigloudrecords.com *Ben Burgess *Ashley Cooke *Ashland Craft *

Ernest Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic languages, Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman ...

Larry Fleet Larry Fleet is an American country music singer. Signed to Big Loud in 2019, he has released three albums and three singles. Biography Larry Fleet was born and raised in White Bluff, Tennessee. His great grandfather and great-uncle had a blue ...

* Hardy *

*Griffen Palmer *

MacKenzie Porter MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released one self-titled album and achieved four Canada Country number ones with " About You", "These Days", " Seeing Other People", and " ...

*Lily Rose (Big Loud/Back Blocks/

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) *

(Big Loud/Republic) *Jake Worthington

Former artists

* Jillian Jacqueline *Madison Kozak * Chris Lane *

(Big Loud/

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) *

Big Loud Rock artists

*Blame My Youth *Letdown.

Local Hay artists

(Big Loud/Local Hay)

Songs & Daughters artists

Hailey Whitters Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American country musician originally from Shueyville, Iowa. Songwriting and music career Whitters has written songs for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson, and has written with Lori McKenna. ...

(Songs & Daughters/Pigasus)

Big Loud Publishing

Founded in 2003 by songwriter

, Big Loud Publishing, previously Big Loud Shirt, is a

music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers started to play a role in the management of the intellect ...

in the country format. Big Loud Publishing

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

s include Ashley Leone, Bren Joy, Chris Lane,

Chris Tompkins Christopher G. Tompkins (born Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is an American songwriter based in Nashville. Since 2002 he has co-written songs for pop, rock, and country artists Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, ...

, Craig Wiseman, Ernest Keith Smith, Griffen Palmer, Jacob Durrett, Jamie Moore,

, John Byron, Madison Kozak, Matt Dragstrem, Rocky Block,

Rodney Clawson Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others. Biography Clawson w ...

and Tiera. Big Loud Publishing has penned more than 90 singles, including Grammy Award winners "

Live Like You Were Dying ''Live Like You Were Dying'' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on August 24, 2004, by Curb Records and was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. It entered the ''Billboard'' 2 ...

" by Tim McGraw and "

Before He Cheats "Before He Cheats" is a song by American singer Carrie Underwood from her debut studio album, '' Some Hearts'' (2005). Written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear, it was released as the fourth single from the album. The song tells the story of a wo ...

" and " Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood. On August 17, 2020, Big Loud Publishing's " Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song was name BMI's 2019 Pop Song of the Year. Big Loud Publishing is responsible for more than 50 No. 1 hits for artists including

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...

, Florida Georgia Line,

Luke Bryan Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Reco ...

Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousi ...

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 with 1996's "Blue". She has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Chris ...

George Strait George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. In the 1980s, he was credited for ...

Faith Hill Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and actress. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Hill' ...

Kenny Chesney Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Coun ...

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, '' The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke an ...

Three Days Grace Three Days Grace is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario in 1992 originally as "Groundswell" and played in various local Norwood backyard parties and area establishments before disbanding in 1995 and regrouping in 1997. ...

Jason Aldean Jason Aldean (born Jason Aldine Williams; February 28, 1977) is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released ten albums and 40 singles. His 2010 ...

, and Chris Lane.

Big Loud Management

Big Loud Management, previously Big Loud Mountain, has focused on artist development in Nashville, Tennessee since 2011. Founded by the four Big Loud partners, the first act Big Loud Management signed was

, a

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duo that was the Academy of Country Music's first recipients of the ACM Breakout Artist of the Decade Award, ACM Single of the Decade Award and ACM Music Event of the Decade Award in 2019. Big Loud Management's roster includes Ben Burgess, Chris Lane, HARDY,

, Bren Joy, Blame My Youth,

and ERNEST. Big Loud Management partnered with

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in 2017.

Big Loud Capital

Launched in 2017, Big Loud Capital is a

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group that invests in

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, and lifestyle industries. It is owned by the four Big Loud partners,

, Kevin "Chief" Zaruk and Seth England. Among Big Loud Capital's portfolio is 100 Thieves,

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, Califia Farms,

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, 8i, Iris Nova, Kettle & Fire, LearnLux, Madefire,

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, Plus Capital,

Roli ROLI is a London-based music technology company known for its innovative high tech musical instruments, particularly the ROLI Seaboard, a MIDI controller with soft, rubbery keys and continuous, rather than discrete, pitches, and pitch-bending c ...

, Seed, Stem, Sweetgreen, and Tecovas.

Partners

Big Loud Record's

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is Seth England. He joined Craig Wiseman at Big Loud Publishing in 2007. England is a member of the Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM), and was recognized in ''Billboard''s Nashville Power Players issue in 2018 and 2019, as well as its 40 Under 40 feature in 2014. He was included in ''

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''s Music City Impact Report in 2017 and Hitmaker List in 2018.

Controversy

On February 3, 2021, Big Loud Records indefinitely suspended country artist

, after

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posted a video clip on February 2, 2021, that was recorded on January 31 showing Wallen using a racial slur with friends as they were entering his Nashville home.

Discography

References

{{Authority control American country music record labels American independent record labels Record labels established in 2015 Record labels based in Nashville, Tennessee