{"id":78,"date":"2022-11-17T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2023-06-18T19:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T19:05:56","slug":"ashley-cooke-inks-co-venture-deal-with-big-loud-records-back-blocks-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/ashley-cooke-inks-co-venture-deal-with-big-loud-records-back-blocks-music\/","title":{"rendered":"ASHLEY COOKE INKS CO-VENTURE DEAL WITH BIG LOUD RECORDS \/ BACK BLOCKS MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"viewer-foo\">COOKE TEASES SUPERSTAR DUET WITH BRETT YOUNG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theashleycooke\/video\/7079936463466548522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>COMING SOON<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"http:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Ashley-Cooke-signing-credit-Chris-Hornbuckle-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo ID (L-R): Back Row \u2013 <strong>Drew Magid<\/strong> (Big Loud Management), <strong>Jeff Tanner<\/strong> (VP of Business and Legal Affairs, Big Loud Records), <strong>Rakiyah Marshall <\/strong>(Founder\/CEO, Back Blocks Music), <strong>Ashley Cooke<\/strong>, <strong>Patch Culbertson <\/strong>(SVP\/GM, Big Loud Records), <strong>Candice Watkins<\/strong> (SVP of Marketing, Big Loud Records), <strong>Eric England<\/strong> (VP of Data &amp; Analytics, Big Loud Records), <strong>Michael Giangreco<\/strong> (Sr. Director of A&amp;R, Big Loud Publishing). Front Row \u2013 <strong>Adam Romaine<\/strong> (Creative Director, Big Loud Publishing), <strong>Kennedy Murphy<\/strong> (Back Blocks Music), <strong>Kimberly Gleason<\/strong> (VP, Big Loud Publishing),<strong> Seth England <\/strong>(CEO\/Partner, Big Loud), <strong>Katie Flynn<\/strong> (Creative Director, Big Loud Publishing), <strong>Tori Johnson<\/strong> (VP of Creative, Big Loud Records<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-u9oe\">Ashley Cooke Signs with Big Loud Records | Image by Chris Hornbuckle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-cq99t\"><strong>NASHVILLE, TENN.<\/strong> \u2013 Breakthrough Country artist <strong>Ashley Cooke<\/strong> has signed a co-venture record deal with <strong>Big Loud Records \/ Back Blocks Music. <\/strong>Under the new deal, Cooke will be represented by Big Loud \/ Back Blocks Music for both label and publishing. The \u201cemerging country songstress\u201d (<em>Country Now) <\/em>has taken the country scene by storm since her 2021 debut project <em>Already Drank That Beer<\/em>, which has already racked up over 30M streams in seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-1kkl8\">\u201cFrom the second I walked into Big Loud, it felt like home. They met me where I was, recognizing all I had built independently while also showing me how they could pour gasoline on the fire that had already started,\u201d shares Cooke. \u201cGetting to partner with not only Big Loud but also my champion since day one, Rakiyah Marshall \/ Back Blocks, is an absolute dream team and I couldn\u2019t be more excited and confident to be joining the roster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-f71e7\">Cooke hit the ground running on TikTok in 2020 and has since amassed a stealthy following of over 885K followers and nearly 12M likes. In Aug. 2021, Cooke released her debut project titled <em>Already Drank That Beer <\/em>that included cuts from Nashville\u2019s hottest songwriters and a feature from 2021 ACM New Male Artist of the Year <strong>Jimmie Allen,<\/strong> garnering critical acclaim from <em>People, Rolling Stone, Taste of Country, Country Now <\/em>and more. Capturing the attention of industry and fans alike, Cooke has received continuous spins on <em>SiriusXM <\/em>The Highway, with \u201cNever Til Now\u201d entering the top five and climbing on the Top 30 Weekend Countdown, and has repeatedly topped the iTunes country charts with numerous releases like fan favorite \u201cGood Goodbye\u201d and standout track \u201cNever Til Now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-7upj6\">Kicking off 2022 on a high note, Cooke was tapped as one of Spotify\u2019s<strong> \u2018<\/strong>Hot Country Artist To Watch\u2019 and continues to perform throughout the U.S. on Cole Swindell\u2019s <em>Down To The Bar Tour<\/em>, with additional dates to be announced soon. Now, in partnership with Big Loud and Back Blocks Music, the \u201cpromising singer-songwriter\u201d <em>(Sounds Like Nashville)<\/em> prepares to release music throughout the year, recently teasing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theashleycooke\/video\/7079936463466548522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>all-new duet of \u201cNever Til Now\u201d<\/u><\/a> alongside country superstar <strong>Brett Young<\/strong>. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashleycooke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>www.ashleycooke.com<\/u><\/a> and keep up with her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theashleycooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Instagram<\/u><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theashleycooke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>TikTok<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/AshleyCooke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>YouTube<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COOKE TEASES SUPERSTAR DUET WITH BRETT YOUNG COMING SOON Ashley Cooke Signs with Big Loud Records | Image by Chris Hornbuckle NASHVILLE, TENN. \u2013 Breakthrough Country artist Ashley Cooke has signed a co-venture record deal with Big Loud Records \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/ashley-cooke-inks-co-venture-deal-with-big-loud-records-back-blocks-music\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashleycooke.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}