Thirty Tigers is an American music marketing, distribution and management company for independent artists, based in

Nashville 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 ...

History

The company was founded in 2002 by David Macias and Deb Markland and is distributed by The Orchard. In 2014, Thirty Tigers entered into a strategic partnership with

Sony Music Nashville Sony Music Nashville is the country music branch of the Sony Music, Sony Music Group. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Sony Music Nashville includes its three country recording labels Arista Nashville, Columbia Records#Columbia Nashville, Colu ...

to promote

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's single " Ready Set Roll" and album '' Ignite the Night''. This was possibly the first time in country music that a major label paid only for radio promotion. In 2016, Thirty Tigers partnered with Triple 8 Management and

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to create the country-music label Triple Tigers. Triple Tigers signed

Russell Dickerson Russell Edward Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released three albums through Triple Tigers, and has had four number one singles on the ''Billboard'' Country Ai ...

and

Scotty McCreery Scott Cooke McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American country singer. He rose to fame after winning the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in May 2011. His debut studio album, '' Clear as Day'', was released in October 2011 and was certifi ...

as its first acts. In 2024, The

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launched its label in conjunction with Thirty Tigers.

Overview

Thirty Tigers is not a record label, but releases around 100 albums per year for artists who retain ownership and control of their music and career choices. Thirty Tigers has significant influence in the Americana music community, but works with artists from a wide range of genres including folk, indie rock, R&B, hip hop, and country.

Roster

The company's roster includes the following artists.
''Alphabetical by first letter'' *

Aaron Watson James Aaron Watson (born August 20, 1977) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1999, Watson has recorded several independent albums in his career. His 2015 album '' The Underdog'' reached No. 1 on Top Country Al ...

* Adeem the Artist * AHI *

Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, she became a cultural phenomenon during the mid 199 ...

* American Aquarium *

Angaleena Presley Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the country trio Pistol Annies, which was formed in 2011 with Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe, and has released two s ...

* as1one *

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Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...

* Charley Crockett *

* Chris Knight *

Colter Wall Colter Wall (born June 27, 1995) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for his deep, gruff baritone voice and narrative songwriting, Wall's music encompasses Country music, country, Canadian folk music, folk, and Western music (No ...

* Darlingside *

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* Hembree * Illiterate Light * Jamestown Revival * Jason Eady *

Jason Isbell Michael Jason Isbell ( ; born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. One of the most celebrated contemporary songwriters in his genre, his lyrics are defined by their raw emotional honesty. Isbell began his career as a me ...

* Jordan Fletcher *

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, ''Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album), Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (198 ...

Lupe Fiasco Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco ( ), is an American rapper, record producer and Music education, music educator. Born and raised in Chicago, he gained mainstream recognition for his gue ...

* Lucero * Melissa Carper *

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* Morgan Wade * Parker Millsap * Patty Griffin *

* Ryan Bingham * Shelby Lynne and

Allison Moorer Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972) is an American Country music, country singer-songwriter. She signed with MCA Nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Country Chart with the release of her debut single, "A Soft Place to F ...

* Son Volt * St. Paul and The Broken Bones *

Strand of Oaks Strand of Oaks is the rock project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter (born July 20, 1982). Originally from Indiana, he currently resides in Austin, Texas. His music has been classified as Rock music, rock and folk music, folk, as well a ...

* Sturgill Simpson *

The Avett Brothers The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band from Concord, North Carolina. The band is made up of two brothers, Scott Avett (banjo, lead vocals, guitar, piano, kick-drum) and Seth Avett (guitar, lead vocals, piano, hi-hat) along with Bob Cr ...

* The Gaslight Anthem * The Red Clay Strays *

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References

External links

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