Warner Music Nashville A&R Executive VP Scott Hendricks Announces Exit From Label

Scott Hendricks, who currently serves as executive vice president of A&R and creative advisor for Warner Music Nashville, is leaving the label at the end of the month.

After nearly 16 years overseeing the label’s country music releases, Hendricks will exit his current post and continue working as an independent producer. His work as a producer will continue for two of Warner Music Nashville’s biggest artists, Blake Shelton and Dan + Shay. (A single he co-produced for the latter duo, “Save Me the Trouble,” is currently in the country top 10.)

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“Scott has been a friend, a mentor, a brother and an always generous teacher from the day I met him as a publisher almost 30 years ago,” said Warner Nashville’s co-chair and co-president Cris Lacy. “His unparalleled expertise in the studio and his willingness to share the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of everything he does – whether as a label head, producer or A&R person – makes him irreplaceable. His quintessential stories will live on, and we look forward to hearing and co-creating many more of them as we work together on projects now and in the future.”

Added Hendricks, “With Ben and Cris now leading the charge, Warner Music Nashville is in good hands moving forward.”

Throughout his tenure, Hendricks helped move 95 No. 1 singles on the country airplay charts and claims 78 chart-topping hits as a producer. He is also responsible for signing and managing the A&R for artists including Hunter Hayes, Brett Eldredge and Dan + Shay, with whom he co-produced the Grammy-winning “Tequila” – named both song and single of the year at the 54th ACM Awards in 2019 – as well as its follow-up, the Grammy-winning “Speechless.”

Hendricks additionally shepherded Hayes to a new artist of the year win at the 2012 CMA Awards, with Eldredge taking home the same award just two years later.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 16 years since I joined the Warner team,” said Hendricks. “I’ve been a part of countless great memories in those years. It’s been an honor and a privilege to collaborate with so many talented people, as well as the artists we served. I am thankful for each and every one.”

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