Warner Chappell Music renews partnership with hit songwriter Rick Boardman

Warner Chappell Music has renewed its partnership with multi-platinum-selling songwriter, Rick Boardman.

Boardman is the founding father of Manchester-based songwriting collective The Six.

Having written songs which have acquired greater than 5 billion streams on Spotify alone, Warner Chappell says Boardman stands as “one of the crucial prolific songwriters” worldwide.

Acknowledged for his frequent collaborations with the likes of Marshmello, he has co-penned international hits together with Depart Earlier than You Love Me that includes the Jonas Brothers, amassing over a billion streams, and Numb that includes Khalid, which has been streamed over 600 million instances. 

As well as, he’s credited with co-writing Marshmello’s newest launch, Dreaming, that includes Sting and P!nk.

Boardman has additionally written tracks for worldwide artists together with Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha’s Again To You, which has surpassed greater than a billion streams globally. He’s additionally behind Clear Bandit and Jess Glynne’s hit Actual Love and contributed to KSI and Tom Grennan’s Not Over But.

He’s additionally credited on greater than 60 songs for artists like Tom Grennan, Little Combine, Mimi Webb, and Khalid.

This yr alone, he has contributed to chart-toppers like Misplaced Frequencies’ This Feeling (No.1 on the German airplay chart), Venbee & Rudimental, and Pnau & Empire of the Solar.

Boardman initially rose to fame as a member of the indie dance band Delphic, with their debut album Acolyte securing a spot within the Prime 10 in 2010. In 2014, he based the Manchester-based songwriting collective The Six, comprising fellow hitmakers Danny Casio, Pablo Navarro, Sarah Blanchard, David Straaf, and Sakima.

He’s at the moment engaged on new music with French artist Jain and British singer Bea and Her Enterprise.

“Since streaming turned the dominant option to devour music, music has turn into extra international, and subsequently I’ve taken a way more international method to my writing.”

Rick Boardman

Broadman signed with Warner Chappell, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, in March 2019.

In response to the deal renewal, Rick Boardman, stated: “I’ve loved an important relationship with Warner Chappell Music from the day I began working with them, so I’m pleased to proceed our partnership collectively. Since streaming turned the dominant option to devour music, music has turn into extra international, and subsequently I’ve taken a way more international method to my writing. Working with the Warner Chappell staff I hope to proceed to collaborate with the world’s greatest artists and revel in extra international hits.”

Paul Smith, VP, A&R and Worldwide Songwriters, Warner Chappell Music UK, added: “Rick has loved an unbelievable few years, writing monster hits which have linked with followers all world wide. And he doesn’t look to be slowing down! He’s such a superb skilled and it’s a pleasure to place him in rooms with worldwide superstars and up-and-coming artists alike, as he instantly elevates any session he is part of.”

“Rick has loved an unbelievable few years, writing monster hits which have linked with followers all world wide. And he doesn’t look to be slowing down!”

Paul Smith, Warner Chappell Music UK

Over the previous yr, key signings at Warner Chappell embody English file producer, DJ and songwriter Nia Archives, Grammy-nominated producer Tommy Brown, the founding father of Champagne Remedy Music Group, and American singer-songwriter Amy Allen.

Elsewhere within the World, in Brazil, Warner Chappell not too long ago acquired a catalog from music publishing firm Deck.Music Enterprise Worldwide