Micah Sannan, Matt Wigton
Soundstripe, a Nashville-based company, is a leading provider of unlimited royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects.
It was founded by former touring musicians Micah Sannan (Co- CEO), Travis Terrell (Co-CEO), and Trevor Hinesley (CTO) looking for another way to use their musical talents to create an accessible revenue stream for musicians.
Sannan was a touring guitarist who had been working in live entertainment for nearly 10 years. Knowing that he didn’t want to make working on the road a lifelong career, he started working in the studio with his now business partner Terrell.
“We have this love for music, but we’ve also always had this love for business,” Sannan says. “SoundStripe came along when he and I were producing and pitching little 30 second jingles for big brands. We realized that an email from a music supervisor will go out to a thousand different producers composers saying, ‘Hey, we need this jingle.’ There’s only one spot, so what about the 999 other jingles? What happens to them?
“We were like, ‘There’s got to be all these really great tracks, even the 10 that were in the running that just didn’t make it. What if we could find an audience for those songs.”
Now Soundstripe is a one stop shop for creators needing music for their projects. Driven by a unique subscription model, Soundstripe lets content creators pay a fee for usage of all the media in its catalog, with a la carte licenses also available. This approach has led to over 6 million licenses being issued for tens of thousands of customers in over 140 countries since Soundstripe’s inception in 2016.
“Soundstripe is a service oriented company. We’re here not to be the stars of the show, but to be the supporting character, because truly that’s what we are,” Sannan says. “We’re a tool for your tool belt in order to hopefully increase the value of your productions. That’s the heart behind what we do.”
A wide swath of users make up Sounstripe’s customer base, ranging from independent filmmakers to massive companies. “Our most predominant users self identify as professional editors. These are people who work with advertising agencies [and other clients]. They are individual, independent filmmakers. We also have a lot of wedding videographers and social media content creators,” Sannan says. “Microsoft and Volkswagen are also customers, so it goes all over the place.”
Soundstripe has nearly 70 team members, nearly a third of which are musicians, producers, and engineers who make some of the music on the platform. “We have an internet company that has all the things an internet and technology company has: a marketing department, an engineering department, product department, and customer success department. On the other side we have, essentially, what is a record label/publishing company/distribution company, where we make an unbelievable amount of new songs every month,” Sannan says.
In 2020, Soundstripe was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list, where its growth rate of nearly 5,000% over the last three years placed it at No. 68 among the fastest growing private companies in the U.S., as well as No. 5 in the Media category and No. 1 in Tennessee. In addition, the company was named to the Tennessean’s Top Workplaces list for the second year in a row this year.
A lot of Soundstripe’s music is created by a slew of talented full-time, in-house musicians, producers and mixers.
Sannan explains, “If you look at what a software engineering department looks like, we did that, but with musicians. There’s people that are gifted at mixing, so we employ a handful of mixing engineers. There are people that are gifted at composing, so we employ a handful of those folks. There’s people that are great at producing. We put them together as a team.”
Soundstripe paid out over $2.5 million to music creators throughout 2020, including 75 unique artists from whom the service sourced content. While a majority of the music is sourced locally in Music City, some artists come from all over the world, spanning 18 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, and the U.S.
Matt Wigton was a touring musician for 20 years before he joined Soundstripe. “I’ve always been a composer my whole life. All the way back to when I was a little kid, tinkling on the piano and creating songs inspired by movies that I had just watched. So when the Soundstripe thing came to be, I was just starting to find my voice as a producer and they gave me a home to continue to grow and explore all these different avenues, sonically and genre-wise,” he says.
Wigton composes and produces music ranging from pop and low-fi hip-hop, to classical music, to world music.
Other than when a client approaches Soundstripe with a specific need, Wigton says he has the creative freedom to make the music he wants to make. “I generally try to use my best intuition and devote time to what I feel is going to be used. It’s almost like playing mind reader with our clients because you’re not scoring the picture, but your music will be more than likely used in picture, whether it be in like Instagram stories, YouTube videos, actual TV commercials, etc.”
He even has different monikers that he releases each style of music from, both on Soundstripe and on streaming platforms.
“Almost all of my monikers have presence on those platforms. It’s an interesting world because I’m not an artist, per se, but at the same time I treat my music as such. I feel like it is artistic and I put a lot of intention and time into that,” Wigton says. “I do actually have a fair amount of monthly listeners. For example, I like to produce lo-fi hip-hop music. That’s something that I usually do at least a couple of tracks a month, and that stuff is really popular with people’s study music. It’s a very interesting fine line balancing the world of our existence on our platform and our existence on all the DSPs.”
Wigton is thankful that he gets to work on a blank canvas every day.
“It was a dream of mine for a long time to exist as a musician in the studio world, like The Wrecking Crew days or Hitsville in Detroit, where your job is just to walk in the studio every day and you’re just recording record, after record, after record. And that does happen here in Nashville, I feel like Nashville is one of the last bastions of that type of existence,” Wigton says. “I feel like, in a weird backdoor entrance kind of a way, I have worked my way into a situation where I’m doing exactly that just not as a player, but as a composer and producer, which I’m very grateful for.
“This is like the best job ever, truly,” Wigton sums. “I just feel like to have a job like this through the current climate, I’m very fortunate and extremely grateful for that.”
Parmalee And Blanco Brown’s ‘Just The Way’ Tops The Charts
/by Lorie Hollabaugh“Just The Way,” Parmalee and Blanco Brown’s feel-good anthem, has reached the top of the Billboard and Mediabase country charts in the U.S. and Canada.
The track has garnered more than 150 million on-demand streams in the U.S. alone, and is the second No. 1 for Parmalee, following their Platinum smash “Carolina,” which was also co-written by the band’s Matt Thomas. It also marks Brown’s first No. 1 on country radio. The upbeat, celebratory tune racked up millions of on-demand streams overseas as well, and has already been certified Platinum in Canada and peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian Billboard and Mediabase charts.
Parmalee with Blanco Brown. Photo: Cody Heckber
“Having ‘Just the Way’ go No. 1 is amazing! As an artist or writer, all you can hope for is that your music connects with people and makes them feel something. We’re proud to be a part of something that has been able to spread positivity throughout the world, especially over the past year,” says Parmalee’s Thomas. “Thank you to our fans, country radio and everyone on all platforms who believed in us and have helped us spread the message behind this song.”
“I have to thank my Parmalee boys for believing in me, supporting me and allowing me to share my purpose with them—it’s been quite the journey but we did it, boys!!!,” says Brown. “This song and this message going No. 1 is another beautiful blessing, I am so grateful to all of you that helped lead me to this incredible moment.”
Parmalee and Brown also released an acoustic version of the song, stripping it down to create a more tender tune. Friends for several years, the bond between Parmalee and Blanco has only grown since teaming up for this song, and the band has been a constant source of support for Blanco throughout his recovery following his life-threatening accident last September.
Started By Musicians, Nashville-Based Soundstripe Grows Rapidly [Interview]
/by LB CantrellMicah Sannan, Matt Wigton
Soundstripe, a Nashville-based company, is a leading provider of unlimited royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects for use in videos, podcasts, and other media projects.
It was founded by former touring musicians Micah Sannan (Co- CEO), Travis Terrell (Co-CEO), and Trevor Hinesley (CTO) looking for another way to use their musical talents to create an accessible revenue stream for musicians.
Sannan was a touring guitarist who had been working in live entertainment for nearly 10 years. Knowing that he didn’t want to make working on the road a lifelong career, he started working in the studio with his now business partner Terrell.
“We have this love for music, but we’ve also always had this love for business,” Sannan says. “SoundStripe came along when he and I were producing and pitching little 30 second jingles for big brands. We realized that an email from a music supervisor will go out to a thousand different producers composers saying, ‘Hey, we need this jingle.’ There’s only one spot, so what about the 999 other jingles? What happens to them?
“We were like, ‘There’s got to be all these really great tracks, even the 10 that were in the running that just didn’t make it. What if we could find an audience for those songs.”
Now Soundstripe is a one stop shop for creators needing music for their projects. Driven by a unique subscription model, Soundstripe lets content creators pay a fee for usage of all the media in its catalog, with a la carte licenses also available. This approach has led to over 6 million licenses being issued for tens of thousands of customers in over 140 countries since Soundstripe’s inception in 2016.
“Soundstripe is a service oriented company. We’re here not to be the stars of the show, but to be the supporting character, because truly that’s what we are,” Sannan says. “We’re a tool for your tool belt in order to hopefully increase the value of your productions. That’s the heart behind what we do.”
A wide swath of users make up Sounstripe’s customer base, ranging from independent filmmakers to massive companies. “Our most predominant users self identify as professional editors. These are people who work with advertising agencies [and other clients]. They are individual, independent filmmakers. We also have a lot of wedding videographers and social media content creators,” Sannan says. “Microsoft and Volkswagen are also customers, so it goes all over the place.”
Soundstripe has nearly 70 team members, nearly a third of which are musicians, producers, and engineers who make some of the music on the platform. “We have an internet company that has all the things an internet and technology company has: a marketing department, an engineering department, product department, and customer success department. On the other side we have, essentially, what is a record label/publishing company/distribution company, where we make an unbelievable amount of new songs every month,” Sannan says.
In 2020, Soundstripe was named to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list, where its growth rate of nearly 5,000% over the last three years placed it at No. 68 among the fastest growing private companies in the U.S., as well as No. 5 in the Media category and No. 1 in Tennessee. In addition, the company was named to the Tennessean’s Top Workplaces list for the second year in a row this year.
A lot of Soundstripe’s music is created by a slew of talented full-time, in-house musicians, producers and mixers.
Sannan explains, “If you look at what a software engineering department looks like, we did that, but with musicians. There’s people that are gifted at mixing, so we employ a handful of mixing engineers. There are people that are gifted at composing, so we employ a handful of those folks. There’s people that are great at producing. We put them together as a team.”
Soundstripe paid out over $2.5 million to music creators throughout 2020, including 75 unique artists from whom the service sourced content. While a majority of the music is sourced locally in Music City, some artists come from all over the world, spanning 18 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, and the U.S.
Matt Wigton was a touring musician for 20 years before he joined Soundstripe. “I’ve always been a composer my whole life. All the way back to when I was a little kid, tinkling on the piano and creating songs inspired by movies that I had just watched. So when the Soundstripe thing came to be, I was just starting to find my voice as a producer and they gave me a home to continue to grow and explore all these different avenues, sonically and genre-wise,” he says.
Wigton composes and produces music ranging from pop and low-fi hip-hop, to classical music, to world music.
Other than when a client approaches Soundstripe with a specific need, Wigton says he has the creative freedom to make the music he wants to make. “I generally try to use my best intuition and devote time to what I feel is going to be used. It’s almost like playing mind reader with our clients because you’re not scoring the picture, but your music will be more than likely used in picture, whether it be in like Instagram stories, YouTube videos, actual TV commercials, etc.”
He even has different monikers that he releases each style of music from, both on Soundstripe and on streaming platforms.
“Almost all of my monikers have presence on those platforms. It’s an interesting world because I’m not an artist, per se, but at the same time I treat my music as such. I feel like it is artistic and I put a lot of intention and time into that,” Wigton says. “I do actually have a fair amount of monthly listeners. For example, I like to produce lo-fi hip-hop music. That’s something that I usually do at least a couple of tracks a month, and that stuff is really popular with people’s study music. It’s a very interesting fine line balancing the world of our existence on our platform and our existence on all the DSPs.”
Wigton is thankful that he gets to work on a blank canvas every day.
“It was a dream of mine for a long time to exist as a musician in the studio world, like The Wrecking Crew days or Hitsville in Detroit, where your job is just to walk in the studio every day and you’re just recording record, after record, after record. And that does happen here in Nashville, I feel like Nashville is one of the last bastions of that type of existence,” Wigton says. “I feel like, in a weird backdoor entrance kind of a way, I have worked my way into a situation where I’m doing exactly that just not as a player, but as a composer and producer, which I’m very grateful for.
“This is like the best job ever, truly,” Wigton sums. “I just feel like to have a job like this through the current climate, I’m very fortunate and extremely grateful for that.”
Tyler Hubbard Enters Top Five On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart
/by LB CantrellTyler Hubbard. Photo: John Shearer
Tyler Hubbard makes his way up to No. 5 on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart this week, with Florida Georgia Line’s “Long Live,” FGL’s collaboration with Nelly on “Lil Bit,” and Hubbard’s collaboration with Tim McGraw on “Undivided” fueling his ascent.
Josh Osborne remains at No. 1 this week, with co-writer credit on Darius Rucker’s “Beers And Sunshine,” Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots,” Sam Hunt’s “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s,” Rascal Flatts’ “How They Remember You,” and Carly Pearce’s “Next Girl.”
The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart uses algorithms based upon song activity according to airplay, digital download track sales and streams. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind.
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Weekly Register: Morgan Wallen Spends Ninth Week At No. 1
/by LB CantrellMorgan Wallen. Photo: John Shearer / Getty Images For Ryman Auditorium
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album is not slowing down. The project spends its ninth week at No. 1 this week with 78K album only and 5.8K song streams, according to Nielsen.
Dangerous: The Double Album is one of just four country albums ever to spend at least nine weeks in the top spot, along with Garth Brooks’ Ropin’ the Wind (18 weeks, 1991-92), Billy Ray Cyrus’ Some Gave All (17, 1992) and Taylor Swift’s Fearless (11, 2008-09).
Luke Combs takes the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the albums chart with What You See Is What You Get earning 28K total this week and This One’s For You earning 17K. Wallen reappears at No. 4 with If I Know Me, and Chris Stapleton rounds out the top five with Starting Over.
Wallen also tops the songs chart with “Wasted On You” earning 6.5 million streams, while his “Sand in My Boots” comes in third with 5.6 million according to Nielsen.
Gabby Barrett is at No. 2 on the weekly chart with “The Good Ones” garnering 5.8 million streams. Niko Moon‘s “Good Time” is at No. 4, and Combs is at No. 5 with “Better Together.”
Recording Academy Forms New Songwriters & Composers Wing
/by Lorie HollabaughThe Recording Academy has established a new Songwriters & Composers Wing to help foster recognition of all genres of songwriters and amplify their unique role in policy discussions that seek fair compensation for creators. The new wing will be dedicated to elevating, supporting, and advocating on behalf of music’s storytellers.
Songwriter and Recording Academy Los Angeles Chapter President Evan Bogart will serve as Chair of the Songwriters & Composers Wing; Ashley Gorley, Lamont Dozier, Kenny “Babyface“ Edmonds, Carole King, Jimmy Jam, Tania León, Gustavo Santaolalla, Valerie Simpson, Diane Warren, and Hans Zimmer will serve as honorary chairs; and Susan Stewart, Senior Director, South Region at the Recording Academy will serve as Executive Sponsor.
Currently, a third of the Recording Academy’s voting membership identify songwriting or composing as part of their craft, and these members will be automatically included in the new Wing. Those interested in joining can find membership information on the Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing page on grammy.com. Through educational offerings including panels, mixers, songwriting retreats, and mentorship, the Wing will provide opportunities for recognition, networking and collaboration and also spotlight emerging opportunities for song and scoring achievement within a variety of media globally.
“The musical process begins with our fellow songwriters and composers, and we’re thrilled to launch this Wing at the Academy that creates a home for music’s storytellers across the country,” says Harvey Mason jr., chair and interim president/CEO of the Recording Academy. “These creatives are essential to the music community and we look forward to collaborating with our industry colleagues to support, educate and empower the diverse members in these crafts.”
“The S&C Wing magnifies the presence of songwriters and composers throughout our membership body,” said Ruby Marchand, chief industry officer at the Recording Academy. “Many songwriters and composers are also producers, engineers, musicians, and recording artists. We look forward to celebrating their full array of talents and accomplishments.”
“Just as music begins with the song, music advocacy begins with the songwriter,” said Daryl Friedman, chief advocacy officer at the Recording Academy. “We are pleased to continue our fight for songwriters and composers’ rights, reenergized by the newly organized advocates of the Songwriters & Composers Wing.”
Jordan Gray Signs With Sea Gayle Music
/by LB CantrellPictured (L-R, top row): John Lytle, David Crow, Brandon Gregg; (L-R, middle row): Kim Wiggins, Emily Whitters, Chris DuBois; (L-R, bottom row): Marc Driskill, Jordan Gray, JD Groover
Artist-writer Jordan Gray has signed a global publishing deal with Sea Gayle Music.
Gray grew up in Lamar, South Carolina. In 2015 he released his first EP, West of The Pines, which helped him build a following on streaming and social media platforms. With the help of his song “Stay The Night,” he amassed 10 million streams, toured the southeast circuit, and moved to Nashville to pursue music full time.
Since arriving in Nashville, Gray has immersed himself in the Nashville songwriting community building relationships with several writers and publishers.
“I’ve known Jordan a long time. To watch him grow into the writer, artist, and human he is today is a pleasure. I am over the moon he chose us as his first publishing home in Nashville. Thank you Ward [Guenther] for letting me fill in at Whiskey Jam. This might not have happened!” says Sr. Creative Director at Sea Gayle Music, JD Groover.
Gray says, “Chris DuBois has an impressive background in the writing and publishing world and has helped many writers and artists develop successful careers in this industry. He has built a great team at Sea Gayle and I am excited to be a part of their writer’s group. I feel Chris, JD, and Sea Gayle will be a great developmental partner for me and I am looking forward to seeing what we can build together.”
John Lytle, Gray’s manager, adds, “We are thrilled to have Sea Gayle as a partner in Jordan’s career. It is a dream to find fervent believers like Chris and J.D. who see the potential in this young talent and have them join the crusade!”
Skillet Announce Spring 2021 Drive-In Tour Dates
/by Lorie HollabaughSkillet has announced its spring 2021 Drive In Theater tour. The fourth package of the 2021 series will feature Jordan Feliz and Colton Dixon on 21 dates beginning April 22 in Mitchell, Indiana and wrapping May 23 in Chaffee, Missouri with stops in Alabama, Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, and more along the way.
All dates on the Drive-In Theater Tour will comply with local guidelines related to COVID-19. Tickets for the tour will again be sold by the car load (up to six people per car) and are available for purchase now. Some dates on the tour will not be at a drive-in theater, and at these shows, billed as “An Evening Under The Stars,” seating may be sold in pods or other socially distanced configurations.
Skillet released their deluxe project, Victorious: The Aftermath (Atlantic) last October, featuring twelve original tracks plus eight additional tunes, including two brand new unreleased songs, and five reimagined songs. Last November the band released their second graphic novel, Eden II: The Aftermath, once again pairing Random Shock Studios with Skillet frontman John Cooper and artist Chris Hunt.
GrassRoots Promotion’s Scott Whitehead Passes
/by Lorie HollabaughScott Whitehead, business manager for Nashville-based GrassRoots Promotion and FanTheJam.com, passed away suddenly on March 12.
Whitehead and GrassRoots’ Managing Partner/co-owner Nancy Tunick recently celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. Whitehead was also a musician, songwriter (formerly signed to Acuff-Rose), producer, manager, and a former member of the country duo Hometown News, which scored two charting singles, “Minivan” and “Wheels,” on VFR Records in 2002. Prior to his music career, Whitehead served for eight years in the U.S. Navy flying the F/A-18 Hornet, including missions over Iraq. He is a graduate of the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun).
In addition to Tunick, survivors include the couple’s two teenage children, an adult son from a previous marriage, three grandchildren and Whitehead’s parents. No immediate funeral services are planned. The family hopes to host a celebration of his life in the summer or fall.
Bill Nowlin Announces New Book About Rounder Records
/by Steven BoeroBill Nowlin, a founder of Nashville’s Rounder Records, is set to release a new book about his career with the label called Venture Vinyl: My Fifty Years at Rounder Records.
The new book, out on April 6, tells stories of Nowlin’s life-long career building the independent label.
Nowlin has written many books, though most have been about his love of baseball. This book focuses on the early years up to and just through when Rounder evolved to a second stage. It goes through how a generational change kept the label healthy and flourishing while so many other cultural enterprises from the era have folded or gone dark.
Venture Vinyl: My Fifty Years at Rounder Records includes original photographs taken by the Nowlin or drawn from the Rounder Records archives. It’s the story of three people with no background in business who took an idea and, through hard work and passion, built something of lasting cultural significance.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts native, along with Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton Levy started Rounder Records in 1970, born out of a “hobby that got out of control,” in the Boston-area.
The now Nashville-based produced over 3,000 albums, specializing in roots music and its contemporary offshoots. Rounder won 56 Grammy awards and documented a swath of music that in many cases might otherwise never have been presented to a broader public. It’s arguably a quintessentially American success story.
The book is published by UK based Equinox Publishing and will be available in paperback and ePUB editions on April 6.
Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, Mickey Guyton Glow On Grammy Stage
/by LB CantrellPictured (L-R): Maren Morris and John Mayer perform onstage during the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Photo: Getty Images for The Recording Academy
While its number of performances were few, country music shined on the Grammy stage last night (March 14) at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards.
Miranda Lambert took home the only televised country award, Best Country Album, for her seventh studio album Wildcard. This is Lambert’s second win for Best Country Album, receiving the Award for her No. 1 album Platinum in 2014. She has also previously won Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “The House That Built Me.”
Miranda Lambert. Photo: Getty Images for The Recording Academy
In the pre-telecast, Dan + Shay were awarded Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their collaboration with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours.” The duo made history with this win, becoming first artist to win three times consecutively since the category’s inception. Dan + Shay won the category for the first time in 2019 with 6x Platinum smash “Tequila,” and again in 2020 with 5x Platinum hit “Speechless.”
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Lori McKenna won Best Country Song for their co-written “Crowded Table,” recorded by The Highwomen. Vince Gill was awarded his 22nd Grammy Award for his performance of “When My Amy Prays,” in the category of Best Country Solo Performance.
The awards were presented outside the Los Angeles Staples Center, with only a handful of masked, socially distanced nominees watching each presentation in an open-air tent. The majority of the performances took place inside. The indoor venue featured five stages in the round. Artists performed for each other before another set of artists replaced them after the performances wrapped.
Host Trevor Noah traveled from the outdoor presenting stage to the indoor performance stage.
The ceremony also featured music venue owners and employees from around the nation who have struggled immensely during the pandemic. Nashville’s Station Inn owner J.T. Gray presented Best Country Album to Lambert, via video. Venue employees from the Troubadour in Los Angeles and the Apollo in New York were a past of the broadcast, as well.
The In Memoriam tribute featured many artists and musical icons that we lost this past year, pulling out a few artists to feature more prominently. Lionel Richie gave tribute to Kenny Rogers by singing their iconic song, “Lady.”
Carlile did a superb job honoring John Prine. She sang “I Remember Everything,” the song that Prine posthumously won Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song for.
When it came time for the country round of performances, Mickey Guyton gave a stellar performance of her moving “Black Like Me.” With this performance, Guyton became the first Black female country artist to perform at the Grammys.
Once Guyton was through, she turned to a beaming Lambert to introduce her next performance. Lambert performed her No. 1 smash hit “Bluebird,” from her now Grammy awarded album Wildcard, under a chandelier of flowers.
Lambert then introduced the next country performer, Maren Morris, as “my Texas gal pal I’ve known since the honky tonk days.” Morris was joined by Joh Mayer playing guitar and singing harmonies on her pop crossover hit, “The Bones.”
There were a few historic moments throughout the telecast. Beyoncé set a new record for most wins by a female artist. Now with 28 Grammys, she surpasses Alison Krauss’ 27 wins. Beyoncé now ties for second most awarded artist at the Grammys with record producer Quincy Jones. Orchestral and operatic conductor Georg Solti holds the record with 31 awards.
Taylor Swift became the first female artist to win Album Of The Year three times for her win with Folklore. This feat ties her with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder as the only artist to win in that category three times.