HoriPro’s Phil Barton is nominated alongside co-writer Johnny Bulford for Breakthrough Songwriter of the year at the 24th annual MusicRow Awards, earning recognition for their #1 song, “A Woman Like You.” The MusicRow Awards will be hosted by BMI at the organization’s offices on Wednesday, June 20, 2012.

HoriPro Entertainment Group is proud to announce the signing of Michael Gresham and Jill Spencer to an exclusive co-publishing deal through Gresham and Spencer’s company, Brand Music Group.

For the second consecutive quarter, HoriPro made the Billboard Top 10 Country Publishers Airplay chart, ranking in at #9.

Last night, The Recording Academy announced nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Amongst nominees is George Strait’s latest album, Here For a Good Time, up for Best Country Album, and “The Beautiful People (from Burlesque)” as featured in Burlesque, nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will air [...]

HoriPro ranks in at number 7 on Billboard’s Top 10 Country Publishers Airplay Chart, as featured in their November 19th issue.

BMI hosted their 59th Annual Country Awards last week, honoring the most performed songs in the BMI Repertoire for the period beginning April 1, 2010 and ending March 31, 2011. HoriPro writers Dean Dillon and Phil O’Donnell were recognized for the hits, “The Breath You Take” and “She Won’t Be Lonely Long.”

On Tuesday, August 30th, HoriPro and Frank Myers celebrated the No.1 status of Chris Young’s hit single, “Tomorrow,” which he co-wrote with Young and Anthony Smith. The official party was held in honor of the number one song and Young’s 2009 album,”The Man I Want To Be,” reaching gold status.

On July 12, HoriPro’s Dean Dillon co-hosted the Tough Enough To Wear Pink Breast Cancer Benefit in Gunnison, Colorado, along with Scotty Emerick, Jaclyn North, and Bob DiPiero. The event was comprised of a benefit concert and a silent auction, which raised $60,000 for the American Cancer Society.

This past weekend, Dance 4 Oceans (an environmental nonprofit group) hosted four flash mob events to raise awareness about the continued need of support for mothers and children in Japan’s disaster zones. Close to 400 people registered to participate in the charitable events. Dancers joined together in Redondo Beach, Huntington Beach, Las Vegas, and Tokyo [...]

HORIPRO songwriters Matt Palmer and Pascal Guyon collaborated to write “Be Strong.” – an uplifting tribute to the mothers and children affected by Japan’s recent earthquake and tsunami. A few weeks later, children from HORIPRO Music Academy joined to add their voices to the message of strength and hope to the people of Japan. The [...]