Sam Smith News

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with songwriter and artist Luis Fonsi whose hit “Despacito” is the most-streamed song of all time.

The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor and share the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul through the generations has announced multi-GRAMMY Award winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, to be honored with the third annual Les Paul Spirit Award at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.  The award will be presented to Rodgers on Saturday, June 9th, 2018, the same day Les Paul would have turned 103 years old. Previous recipients of the prestigious Les Paul Spirit Award were Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir (2016) and U2's The Edge (2017).

The one and only Sam Smith will return to Australia and New Zealand this November on his The Thrill Of It All World Tour. Tickets are proving to be in high demand, with additional shows already added in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland to accommodate the rush of excited fans.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has won Publisher of the Year at the BMI Pop Awards.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today completed the astonishing feat of having published or co-published the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. each week for an entire year.

Following the success of his residency at the world famous Metropolitan Room, NYC, new-breed vocalist John Minnock, known for putting modern twists on cabaret classics, is now proud to launch his 2018 John Minnock Series at Don't Tell Mama

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with songwriter and musician Geoff Warburton, one of Shawn Mendes' main collaborators.

Upon first listen, Jessie Baylin's new adult friendly children's record Strawberry Wind sounds like a wonderful new Baylin record and her trademark emotive retro-pop vocals shine through. After closer listens, one finds that there's more of a playful, carefree and delightfully childlike sensibility on the tracks that overflow with a sense of joy, wonder, and excitement for life that speaks well to children.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK has been crowned Publisher of the Year at the 2018 Music Week Awards.

Sony/ATV Nashville has added four new team members to its creative staff. Dane Schmidt joins Sony/ATV as Creative Director, Katie Kerkhover joins as Creative Manager, Stephen Denninger joins as Creative Coordinator, and Laura Castillo joins as A&R Assistant.

Fresh off performances on American Idol and the Late Late Show with James Corden, acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated Country star, Cam, announces today her first headline show at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The show, set for Wednesday, September 26th will include singer-songwriter, Lucie Silvas as the special guest. 

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a global sub-publishing agreement with independent publishing and record company ABIAH.

GRAMMY nominated artist, Cam continues to take the world by storm - bringing the excitement surrounding 'Diane' and her highly-anticipated sophomore album to new heights. After an appearance on Good Morning America, the California-country star headed across the pond where she headlined a SOLD OUT show at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on Sunday, April 8th and performed a duet with international superstar, Sam Smith. Cam joined Smith for all four nights of his sold-out show at London's famed O2 arena, performing 'Palace,' a song Cam co-wrote with Sam and Tyler Johnson. Cam recently released a video of her own soulful, acoustic rendition of 'Palace,' watch the video HERE.

The Remix Awards are produced by 'The Remix Top30 Countdown' (RT30) internationally syndicated radio mixshow and Digital Music Pool (DMP) global digital record pool. Leading pop and dance music artists drop-by this electrifying event, held annually in South Beach during Miami Music Week (MMW).

Swedish recording artist Tove Styrke has released a brand new single titled 'On The Low.' Listen to the song everywhere now here.

Music stars Alessia Cara, Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, John Legend, Little Big Town, Chris Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, and SZA celebrate the illustrious career of Elton John on the tribute special 'Elton John: I'm Still Standing-A GRAMMY® Salute,' to be broadcast Tuesday, April 10 (9-11 p.m., ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The concert showcases musicians from multiple genres performing classic songs from Elton John's impressive music catalog with longtime co-writer Bernie Taupin and features special appearances by Jon Batiste, Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Jackson, Anna Kendrick, Gayle King, Lucy Liu, Valerie Simpson, and Hailee Steinfeld.

After a run of her first-ever Australian shows, Styrke will join Katy Perry as direct support on a European run set to kick off May 23 in Cologne.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed fast-rising songwriter and rapper Lil Skies to a worldwide deal.

With their collaboration single climbing the charts worldwide, global hit-makers Sabrina Carpenter and multi-platinum selling UK DJ/producer/songwriter Jonas Bluehave unveiled the track's highly anticipated music video, which is available now exclusively on Apple Music - watch HERE. The music video will be available everywhere at 9pm PT tonight. Shot in London, the video was directed by Carly Cussen and mimic's the song's frantic search for reality and understanding within one's own emotions and relationships.

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