Founded in 1995, Spirit Music has become one of the world’s top independent music publishers. Over the last three decades, Spirit has grown into a cohesive, global company with teams in Nashville, Los Angeles, London, Netherlands, Charleston and New York City.
Led by newly named CEO Frank Rogers, who joined the company in 2019 and rose to CCO in 2022, the veteran music industry executive and award-winning producer and songwriter is steering Spirit Music’s mission: Create value for our music and the people who make it. In addition to its historical presence in the music catalog business, Spirit Music, alongside its private equity arm, Lyric Capital Group, has been turning heads with its recent successes in new music.
“As Spirit Music continues to grow and evolve, we are actively expanding our presence in the new music space while blurring the lines between territories and genres,” shares Rogers. “With new offices in Nashville and Los Angeles and a growing roster in the UK, we are fostering a creative, productive environment for our songwriters, artists and producers. Our extremely talented, driven staff works together in a uniquely collaborative manner to support Spirit’s roster.”
The Spirit and Lyric catalogs have amassed over 100 Billboard No. 1 radio singles, 100+ songs that have achieved over One Billion streams and songs that reach over 300 Million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. Top streamed Spirit tracks of the last year include “Miles On It” (Kane Brown & Marshmello), “I Got Better” (Morgan Wallen), “Be Her” (Ella Langley), “House Money” (Baby Keem), “McArthur” (HARDY, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, Tim McGraw), and “Still Waters” (Leanna Crawford) plus Scotty McCreery’s “Bottle Rockets,” the first-ever chart topper for Grammy-winning group Hootie & The Blowfish, while Brooke Lee sings and stars in the new “See The USA in Your Chevrolet” national campaign. In the sync space, Spirit Music’s songs have recently scored campaigns by Volvo, Toyota, Nissan, Starbucks, Kroger and HP along with TV, film and sports placements in The Running Man, Ransom Canyon, The Dink, The Burbs, 2026’s NCAA March Madness Tournament promos and NFL Network’s Sunday Spotlight. Additional recent catalog syncs include campaigns by Nissan Pathfinder, Visit California, Uber, Frito Lay, Bank Of America, Centrum, Toyota, Dior and video games including Fortnite.
Spirit and Lyric’s combined roster boasts more than 60 active songwriters, artists and producers, while its repertoire includes hits recorded by such artists as The Weeknd, Marshmello, HARDY, Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Baby Keem, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Billy Gibbons, Jason Aldean, Five Finger Death Punch, The Black Crowes, Carrie Underwood, Salt-N-Pepa, Tom Petty, Morgan Wallen, ELO, Timbaland, Selena Gomez, Eric Carmen, Toby Keith, Pitbull, Rihanna, Jelly Roll, Scotty McCreery and more. The roster includes some of the hottest new talents like HARDY, Marshmello, Raul Cubina (OJIVOLTA), Ryan Beaver and Peter Lee Johnson in addition to consistent hitmakers The Black Crowes, David Garcia, Monty Criswell, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Lynne (ELO), Nick Gale (Digital Farm Animals) and many more. Recent signings like jayo, Jade Eagleson, Jason Vance Harris, Ely Rise, Camylio and Grace Bridie reflect the company’s commitment to developing young talent.
From legends to superstars to rising talent, Spirit strives to elevate all of its writers and artists and their music. Spirit Music’s diversely talented team, including Derek Wells (VP, A&R and Production, Nashville), AJ Burton (VP, Nashville), David Ryan Harris (VP, A&R), Lou Al-Chamaa (EVP A&R, Los Angeles), Jordan Buck (A&R, London), Elizabeth Lombardi (VP, Business and Legal Affairs) and Brian Bradford (GM/SVP Admin), nurture, celebrate, mentor and support their established and legacy songwriters’ creative visions.
While Spirit Music has a presence on two continents and six cities, all team members, regardless of location, will now have a centralized email address ending in @spirit.music. The company’s worldwide social media presence has also consolidated to @spiritmusic / @spiritmusicofficial.
With a legacy built on creative excellence and an eye firmly on the future, Spirit Music’s independent ideals and creative vision continue to shape the soundtrack of tomorrow.
