Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher shares are acquired
HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher share of select songs from country music duo Florida Georgia Line’s catalog. Big Loud Mountain Music, an independent publishing, management, and production company located in Nashville is credited as a key player in helping to successfully launch the duo’s career 12 years ago with Big Machine Label Group.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Country duo Florida Georgia Line, formed in 2010 by Florida-native Brian Kelley and Georgia-native Tyler Hubbard, has more than left its mark on the American country music space. With hit songs like “Meant To Be,” “You’re Country,” and “Simple,” the GRAMMY-nominated pair has sold over 26 million tracks and 3.5 million albums. Creating emotional songs which perfectly combine modern and traditional country styles, Florida Georgia Line received RIAA’s Diamond certification to celebrate 10 million sold copies of hit “Cruise” and additionally held the longest spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 50 straight weeks.
HarbourView Equity Partners has been extremely active since launching just nine months ago, acquiring nearly 40 catalogs to date. The firm’s distinctly diverse portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres and decades. Most recently the company acquired the catalogs of Brad Paisley, Lady A, Hollywood Undead, Dre & Vidal, and Luis Fonsi.
The duo recently wrapped their final set of tour dates as both Kelley and Hubbard focus on solo careers. Last year, they initially announced they would be releasing solo projects as they continued to release and perform as the chart-topping genre-bending duo.
“I think ‘taking a break’ is the proper term, as opposed to breaking up,” Hubbard says.
“We’re not going our separate ways,” Kelley adds. “We’re taking a break from recording our music. We’re being artists. We love creating. And so a couple years back, we started writing without each other and trying different writers, and now we’re both doing that with our music.”
Hubbard’s highly anticipated debut solo album will be released on January 27, 2023 via EMI Nashville. Kelley recently returned to Big Machine Label Group after releasing his solo effort, Sunshine State of Mind which was released via Warner Music Nashville after initially signing for solo music in March 2021. He backed the wave-making release with sold out shows on his Made by the Water Tour, after an unparalleled decade-plus as one half of GRAMMY-nominated duo Florida Georgia Line.
