Nelly Joy Joins Warner/Chappell Nashville Roster

Pictured (Back row, L-R): BJ Hill, Will Overton, Phil May, Travis Carter, Katie Jelen, Matt Michiels. (Front row, L-R): Ryan Beuschel, Alison Junker, Nelly Joy, Ben Vaughn

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Nelly Joy has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Nashville.

Joy’s songs have been recorded by Kelly Clarkson, Big & Rich, Colbie Caillat, Jesse & Joy, The Mowglis, Rachel Wammack, and Tegan Marie. Most recently Joy was nominated for Song of the Year at the Latin Grammys for “Ecos De Amor” by Jesse & Joy, which has over 300 million streams worldwide.

Joy co-wrote ten songs on the JaneDear Girls’ first album that debuted at 10 on the Billboard Top Country Charts in 2011. She also has a CMT nomination, two ACM nominations, and has had songs featured on ABC’s GCB, NBC’s The Chase, The Today Show, CNBC and Bunheads. She also just received vocal engineering/production credit on “12 Days of Christmas” by Colbie Caillat featuring Aloe Blacc on the movie A Bad Mom’s Christmas.

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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