“Gone Too Soon” Hitmaker Andrew Jannakos Inks Sony Label Deal

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Top row (L-R): Steve Hodges, Sony Music Nashville EVP, Promotions & Artist Development; Randy Goodman, Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO; Andrew Jannakos; Andrew Cohen, Cohencidence Projects; Ken Robold, Sony Music Nashville EVP & COO; Jim Catino, Sony Music Nashville EVP, A&R. (Middle row, L-R): Caryl Atwood, Sony Music Nashville SVP, Sales; Dennis Reese, Sony Music Nashville SVP, RCA Nashville Promotions; Margaret Tomlin, Sony Music Nashville Director, A&R; Anthony Stone, Cohencidence Projects; Jennifer Way, Sony Music Nashville Sr. Director, Marketing; Tracy Fleaner, Sony Music Nashville VP, Creative. (Bottom row, L-R): Lauren Thomas, Sony Music Nashville VP, National Promotion; Angie Magill, Sony Music Nashville SVP, Legal & Business Affairs; Matt Cottingham, Ritholz Levy Fields LLP.

Former The Voice contestant Andrew Jannakos, singer-songwriter behind the recent viral hit “Gone Too Soon,” has inked a deal with Sony Music Nashville’s RCA Nashville imprint.

In July, Jannakos’ girlfriend (now wife) posted a video to TikTok of Jannakos singing along to “Gone Too Soon.” The video earned more than 250,000 likes overnight and brought him over half a million followers on the TikTok platform.

When it released in September, Jannakos debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Emerging Artist chart. The song also reached No. 12 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart, No. 1 on the Country Digital Song Sales Chart, and No. 2 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart. “Gone Too Soon” has earned nearly 14 million on-demand streams to date.

“I’m so excited to be starting this journey with Sony Music Nashville!” shares Jannakos. “I could not be more grateful to my team and my family, who have supported me from the beginning. It just goes to show that hard work and dedication pay off.”

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