Warner Music Nashville has tapped Stephanie Wright, who joined the company as a consultant in October, as SVP of A&R. She will report to WMN Co-Chair/Co-President Cris Lacy.

Wright joins WMN from UMG Nashville, where she spent more than 23 years in A&R and signed and worked with the likes of platinum chart-toppers Jordan Davis, Sam Hunt, Parker McCollum and Grammy-winner Kacey Musgraves.

Prior to that, Wright began her career as an assistant at Capitol and worked her way up to SVP. The Salt Lake City native came to the biz through her cousins—the platinum-selling sibling trio SHeDAISY.

Since then, she’s been instrumental in albums like Lee Ann Womack's Call Me Crazy, Musgraves' Same Trailer Different Park and Hunt's Montevallo.

“Ben [Kline] and I have known and respected Stephanie for many years – quite often we've been on the other side of her at another label, actively battling it out to sign an artist,” said Lacy. “Her reputation and long-standing relationships will strengthen our incredible A&R team exponentially.”

“Over the course of my 23 years in A&R, I’ve known Cris [Lacy] as a friend, passionate label competitor and overall industry leader. Likewise, I’ve known Ben my entire career, starting when we worked together for Mercury Nashville. When the opportunity to join Cris, Ben and the WMN team arose, the decision was easy,” added Wright. “Great talent knows no boundary and I’m grateful, and excited, to be in this new home that puts the artist’s story first.”

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