Artist Information
Ashley Gorley has written a record 67 #1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Carly Pearce, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Bon Jovi, Weezer, and more. In 2023, he celebrated multiple weeks as Billboard’s Number One Hot 100 Songwriter, all-genre. His hit “Last Night” has continued to reign as the number one Hot 100 Song for over 15 weeks, proving to be one of the biggest country crossover hits of all time. Other recent hits, “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell and “You Proof” by Morgan Wallen topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts for 14 combined weeks in 2022 - leading to a record- breaking 10-week number one for Wallen. Gorley has been honored as ASCAP Songwriter of the Year an unprecedented nine times. He is a six-time Billboard Top Country Songwriter of the Year, six-time NSAI Songwriter of the Year, and 2021 iHeart Radio All-Genre Songwriter of the Year, landing the nomination again in 2022 and 2023. He has multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM nominations and was awarded ACM Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year with Swindell’s “Heads Carolina” at the 2023 awards.
In 2022, he signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing and Domain Capital Group. Gorley attended Belmont University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1999. Since graduating, he has continued to give back to the University through leading seminars and mentoring students, as well as serving as a professor of Music Publishing from 2006-2008. Ashley is a champion of the songwriting community. He has met with Senators and The Library of Congress to promote songwriters’ rights and bills such as the Music Modernization Act.
In 2011, Gorley formed his own publishing and artist development company, Tape Room Music. Writers for Tape Room have already celebrated nearly 40 #1 songs, including 2018 ASCAP Country Song of the Year, “Body Like A Back Road” and 2021 ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC Country Song, “One Of Them Girls.”
