Bossy Songs, the music publishing company founded by Barry Weiss, has extended its partnership with Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Under the extension, SMP will continue to support and administer Bossy Songs.
A press release issued on Tuesday, November 10, announced the arrangement. Weiss is also chief executive officer and co-founder of RECORDS and RECORDS Nashville, which operate in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. Bossy Songs has an office in New York, with staff in Los Angeles and Nashville.
Weiss on the partnership#
Weiss said: “I’m thrilled to be continuing our work with Sony Music Publishing, who have been incredibly supportive of our development.”
He added that Bossy Songs supports emerging songwriters Austin Corona and Charlie Ziman, and will search for new writers to join its selective boutique roster.
On the relationship between the two companies, Weiss said: “We’re all under one roof with the label (RECORDS) and publishing company (Bossy Songs). As such, there’s lots of cross-pollination between both companies within Sony.”
Katie Welle, president and head of US artists and repertoire (A&R) at SMP, said: “Barry and team have a proven track record of identifying and championing exceptional talent at Bossy Songs, they’ve built [an] incredible foundation for future success. We are delighted to continue our partnership.”
Weiss also said: “Plus, Jon Platt [SMP Chairman and CEO] and our key contact folks Katie Welle and Georgia Wolf [Senior Manager, A&R] are best in class at their craft. It’s no accident how dominant a force Sony Music Publishing is in the marketplace.”
Recent work and roster#
Austin Corona, a songwriter, producer and instrumentalist, is credited as a writer and producer on “brand new chanel$”, the July single by Slayyyter. The track gave Slayyyter her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, at No. 98. Bossy Songs says Corona was also a primary collaborator on Slayyyter’s album WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, released in March. Slayyyter releases her music via RECORDS and Columbia Records.
Charlie Ziman has been a key writer and producer across Malcolm Todd’s catalog, according to Bossy Songs. The company credits Ziman on Todd’s “Earrings”, which it says reached No. 1 on Spotify’s global chart, and on “Obsessica”, from Todd’s latest album, Do That Again.
On what he looks for when signing a writer or producer, Weiss said: “Out of the box approach to writing (like [Cheyenna] with Austin by Dasha), state-of-the-art production (like Austin Corona with Slayyyter), and/or a creative closely aligned with a great artist (like Charlie Ziman with Malcolm Todd).”
Other writers and producers on the Bossy Songs roster include:
- Cheyenna, whose credits include Dasha’s “Austin”
- Michael Sonier (Noah Cyrus, Maggie Rogers, Ella Henderson)
- Cody Tarpley (Megan Thee Stallion, Chris Brown, Maggie Lindemann)
- IDA (Alan Walker, Sigala, Becky Hill)
- Dan Gleyzer (BTS, Meghan Trainor, CIL)
Background and Sony publishing results#
Weiss launched Bossy Songs in partnership with SMP in December 2023, naming Gleyzer as its first signing. The company was previously known as TwentySeven Music Publishing. RECORDS was established in 2015 through a partnership between Weiss and Sony Music Entertainment.
In July, SMP agreed to support and administer Alta Publishing worldwide, the publishing division launched by former Spotify executive Jeremy Erlich’s Alta Music Group. SMP is led by Chairman and CEO Jon Platt.
Sony’s global music publishing operation, led by SMP, generated $744.8 million (US dollars) in the three months to the end of September 2026, up 3.8% year over year.
