Country Publishers Quarterly: Warner Chappell Is On a (Jelly) Roll
Written by djfrosty on March 11, 2025
Warner Chappell continued to dominate the Country Airplay chart for a fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 of 2024 with a strong 33.67% market share and 71 songs on the chart. This includes the quarter’s No. 1 song “I Am Not Okay” by Jelly Roll, which was co-written by WCM Nashville/Tape Room Music’s Casey Brown and Taylor Phillips.
Sony Music Publishing comes in second with 19.57% market share, thanks to its 53 songs on the chart, also including “I Am Not Okay,” which was co-written by SMP talent, Ashley Gorley. Gorley, a longtime hitmaker in Nashville, is this quarter’s top songwriter too.
Universal Music Publishing Group holds the third spot, just as it did in the last quarter, with a 9.81% share of the chart and 26 ranked songs. Among its many Country Airplay hits is “Pour Me A Drink” by genre-bending star Post Malone which ranked as the second biggest song on the chart this quarter.
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Kobalt came in fourth place with a 6.83% market share and 19 songs on the chart. BMG arrives in fifth, up one spot from Q3 thanks to its share of songs like “I Am Not Okay.” In total, the Berlin-based company has shares of 14 songs on the Q4’s Country Airplay chart.
Concord, the fifth largest publisher on the Country Airplay chart, significantly grew its market share this quarter, from 2.51% in Q3 to 4.17% in Q4. Among its 13 songs on the chart is “Lies Lies Lies” by Morgan Wallen, the fourth biggest song of the quarter.
“Lies Lies Lies” was also a major contributor to Big Machine Music’s 3.53% market share this quarter, ranking them at No. 7. Reservoir Media came in eighth for Q4 with “Gonna Love You” by Parmalee bolstering its 1.85% share of the chart.
Pulse is a newcomer to the Country Airplay ranking this quarter at No. 9. Its top song was “High Road” by East Texas favorite Koe Wetzel, marking its official entrance to the upper echelon of Nashville publishers.
Finally, Hipgnosis rounds out the list at No. 10 with a 1.53% market share and 3 songs on the chart, including “4x4xu” by Lainey Wilson.