Warner Chappell Music (WCM) Nashville has renewed its global publishing deal with country superstar Riley Green. This comes on the heels of a standout year for Green, who took home Single, Song, and Music Video of the Year for his hit collaboration with Ella Langley, “you look like you love me,” at the 2025 CMA Awards.
Green is also up for four ACM Awards, including his first-ever nods for Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and his first American Music Award nomination for Best Male Country Artist – further cementing Green’s status as one of the biggest country music artists today.
“When I was playing bars around northeast Alabama, I thought my career would end up as being a songwriter,” said Green. “Warner Chappell was the first on my team and brought me to Nashville. I’m really excited to continue with them.”
Building on that momentum, Green kicked off 2026 scoring back-to-back No. 1 hits for “Don’t Mind If I Do” with Ella Langley and “Worst Way.” The latter earned him his sixth career chart-topping song and made him the first country music artist to achieve consecutive solo-written No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart since Taylor Swift.
Austen Adams, President, WCM Nashville, added: “Riley has a natural gift for storytelling, writing songs that pull on your heartstrings from the very first note. Warner Chappell has been a part of his journey for a while, and we knew we wanted to continue building on this incredible momentum. He is a rare special talent, and our team looks forward to continuing to champion his music on a global scale.”
An Alabama native, Riley Green released his debut album, Different ‘Round Here, in 2019, which catapulted him into the spotlight. The 14-track project featured the 3x Platinum-certified song “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” and 2x Platinum hit “There Was This Girl.” The following year, he took home Best New Male Artist of the Year at the ACM Awards and was named MusicRow‘s Breakout Artist of the Year. In 2024, he released his third studio album, Don’t Mind If I Do, featuring key collaborations with country music royalty Luke Bryan and Ella Langley. A deluxe version followed in 2025, adding six new tracks including the duet “I Just Need You” with Hannah McFarland.
A multiple CMA and ACM Award winner, Green has collaborated with industry titans, including Luke Combs on the Platinum No. 1 single “Different ’Round Here” and Thomas Rhett on the chart-topping hit “Half Of Me.” Most recently, Green released “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay” with songstress Carly Pearce, and is currently on his 2026 ‘Cowboy As It Gets Tour’ across the country.
