Spirit Music Acquires Stylesonic Catalog, Deal Includes Multiple Country Chart Toppers

Spirit Music Group has acquired StyleSonic, one of Nashville’s premier independent catalogs.

Through the deal, Spirit will add four No. 1 country hits to its portfolio, including SESAC Song of the Year “Drink To That All Night” by Jerrod Niemann, “Highway Don’t Care” by Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift, “Feel That Fire” by Dierks Bentley, and “It Felt Good On My Lips” by Tim McGraw. In addition to multiple No. 1 hits, the StyleSonic catalog also features over fifteen Top 20 country songs spanning the last decade as well as the music of some of Nashville’s most respected country songwriters, including Brad and Brett Warren (professionally known as The Warren Brothers) and Lance Miller, to name a few. Other key copyrights in the catalog include “Red Solo Cup” by Toby Keith, “If You’re Reading This” by Tim McGraw, “Beer with Jesus” by Thomas Rhett, “Nine Lives” by Def Leppard ft. Tim McGraw, “Shinin’ On Me” by Jerrod Niemann, “Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong” by Martina McBride, and “Teenage Daughters” by Martina McBride.

David Renzer, Chairman, Spirit Music Group commented: “The acquisition of the StyleSonic catalog fulfills multiple goals for Spirit, meeting the goal of helping build and strengthen our growing Spirit Music Nashville operation while also continuing our aggressive growth strategy via high quality catalog acquisitions. We couldn’t be more pleased.”

Daniel Hill, President, Spirit Music Nashville commented: “We are thrilled to add these StyleSonic hits to the Spirit Music Nashville catalog, and we are equally excited to add such a wealth of yet-to-be-recorded songs from some of the hottest songwriters in today’s country market.”

Spirit Music Group’s expansion into country music also includes the recent acquisition of the established and successful Nashville-based independent music publisher, production, and artist management company Cal IV Entertainment, which brings top writers, artists, and staff into the fold along with 25 number one copyrights and top ten singles. In addition to StyleSonic and Cal IV Entertainment, Spirit recently added leading contemporary Christian catalog West Main Music.