Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with multiple Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and recording artist Rob Thomas.
This new extension extends Thomas’ 20-year relationship with the company that includes his entire catalogue of songs, including the Matchbox Twenty hits 3 am, Bent, Unwell, Push, If You’re Gone and How Far We’ve Come, three solo albums including hits Lonely No More, Some Day and This is How a Heart Breaks, and the multiple Grammy-winning Santana hit Smooth, which he co-wrote and performed on.
The deal also includes future works. Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Martin Bandier said: “I am so pleased that Rob has agreed to stay with Sony/ATV for the foreseeable future. I was fortunate enough to have been running the company when he signed his first publishing deal in 1996 and he and his songs have been part of my life ever since then as well as those of all his fans the world over.”
Having sold more than 80 million albums, Rob Thomas initially broke through as the frontman and main songwriter of the Orlando, Florida rock group Matchbox Twenty before launching a successful solo career,. He has written songs for or with acts including Mick Jagger, Santana, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt and Daughtry.
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