Carnival Music Company is an independent music publishing company located in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

. Carnival was founded in 1997 by Travis Hill and

Frank Liddell Frank Austin Liddell III (born November 13, 1963) is an American record producer. A former artists and repertoire director at Decca Records, he founded Carnival Music in 1999. Liddell is also married to singer Lee Ann Womack, for whom he has p ...

(Liddell produced albums for

Miranda Lambert Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music, country singer. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place ...

David Nail David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter and country music artist. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed with MCA Nashville, fo ...

Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack (; born August 19, 1966) is an American singer and songwriter. She has charted 23 times on the American ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts; her highest peaking single there is her crossover signature song, " I Hope You Dance" ...

Brandi Carlile Brandi Marie Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans different genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. Throughout her career, she has received eleven Gramm ...

, Charlie Worsham,

Jack Ingram Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Alt ...

, the

Eli Young Band Eli Young Band is an American country music band from Denton, Texas. The band consists of Mike Eli (lead vocals, guitar), James Young (guitar), Jon Jones (bass guitar), and Chris Thompson (drums). They released their self-titled debut album in 2 ...

, and

Kellie Pickler Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music singer, actress and television personality. Pickler gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of ''American Idol'' and finished in sixth place. In 2006, she signed to ...

). Carnival celebrated its fifteenth #1 song in 2017 with

Darius Rucker Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carol ...

's For The First Time. Carnival Music is the parent company to the record label, Carnival Recording Company.

Current writers

* Adam Wright * Aubrie Sellers *

Brent Cobb Brent Cobb (born August 1, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter and artist. Cobb has released six studio albums and one EP. His most recent album, ''Southern Star'', was released on September 22, 2023. ''Providence Canyon'' was h ...

Derik Hultquist Derik Hultquist is an American singer/songwriter from Alcoa, TN. He is currently a staff writer for Carnival Music in Nashville, TN. Derik has also released three Extended play, EP's with Carnival Recording Company; ''Whether Report'' (2012), '' ...

* Dustin Christensen *

Gretchen Peters Gretchen Peters is an American singer and songwriter. Early life Peters was born in Bronxville, New York on November 14, 1957. She wrote her first song with her sister at the age of 5. In 1970, her parents broke up, and Peters moved with her ...

* Jedd Hughes * Marla Cannon-Goodman *

Waylon Payne Waylon Malloy Payne (born April 5, 1972) is an American country singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of the country singer Sammi Smith and guitarist Jody Payne. Early life Payne was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of guita ...

Number one songs

Other hits

Other notable cuts

Past writers

Adam Hood Adam Hood is a singer-songwriter from Opelika, Alabama. Career Hood's 2007 album ''Different Groove'' was produced with Pete Anderson. In 2007, Hood opened for Taylor Hicks, performed at Diversafest in Tulsa and at the Austin City Limits Mus ...

* Annie Tate * Blu Sanders * Brent Rodgers *

Bruce Robison Bruce Ben Robison (born June 11, 1966) is an American Texas country music singer-songwriter. Bruce and his brother, fellow singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, grew up in Bandera, Texas, near San Antonio. His self-titled debut album was released ...

* Carter Wood * Charlie Pate * Clint Ingersoll * Craig Dillingham * Dan Colehour *

David Grissom David Grissom is an American guitarist who has played and toured with several of America's leading bands and recording artists. He is best known for his work with John Mellencamp. He has released four solo albums: ''Loud Music'', ''10,000 Feet ...

* Eric Wilson *

Hailey Whitters Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American country music singer originally from Shueyville, Iowa. Songwriting and music career Whitters has written songs for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson, and has written with Lori McKe ...

* Heather Little * Luke Reed *

Mando Saenz Mando Saenz is an American singer-songwriter living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released four albums, all on the Carnival Music label: ''Watertown'' (2005), ''Bucket'' (2008), ''Studebaker'' (2013) and ''All My Shame'' (2021). Saenz's song ...

Mark Irwin Mark Irwin (born August 7, 1950) is a Canadian cinematographer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied political science at the University of Waterloo and filmmaking at York University. He is widely known for his early collaborations ...

Natalie Hemby Natalie Nicole Hemby Wrucke (born March 24, 1977) is an American country music songwriter and singer. She has written songs for Lee Ann Womack, Eli Young Band, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Sunny Sweeney, Little Big Town, Jon Pardi, Kacey Musgr ...

* Phillip Coleman * Rick Brantley * Roman Candle * Sam Tate * Scooter Carusoe * Shane Stockton * Stephanie Lambring * Madeleine Slate *

Rob Baird Rob Baird is an Americana and country music singer-songwriter, producer, and musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He released his debut album, ''Blue Eyed Angels'' (Carnival Recording Company), in 2010 and his sophomore effort, ''I Swear It's the ...

* Troy Jones

References

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* http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/03/19/publisher-and-producer-frank-liddell-talks-songwriting-of-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20140314234651/http://members.nashvillesongwriters.com/news.php?viewStory=3369

External links

carnivalmusic.net
* http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/03/19/publisher-and-producer-frank-liddell-talks-songwriting-of-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow/ Music publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies established in 1999 Companies based in Tennessee 1999 establishments in Tennessee Music of Nashville, Tennessee