RECORDS and Sony Music Nashville have announced a new partnership. Effective immediately, Arista Nashville and SMN's marketing and media teams will begin working breakthrough RECORDS singer/songwriter Matt Stell.

Arista Nashville will re-ship Stell's debut single, "Prayed For You," with official impact date set for 5/28. Stell's single has already notched over 44m on-demand streams earning over 374k units.

Pictured above after Barry told a charming anecdote about piloting Clive Calder's emerald-encrusted starship are: (Seated L-R) Wide Open Music's Ash Bowers, Matt Stell, RECORDS' Barry Weiss, SMN COO/EVP Ken Robold, (Standing) SMN EVP A&R Jim Catino, RECORDS' Sara Gil, Wide Open's Brendan Rich, Good Company Entertainment's Jamice Jennings, SMN VP sales & Streaming Caryl Atwood, SMN EVP Promo & Artist Development Steve Hodges, Arista Nashville VP Promo Josh Easler, GCE's Keith Gale, RECORDS' David Enriquez and SMN marketing lead Liz Cost.