Universal Music Publishing Signs Glass Animals' Dave Bayley To Global Publishing Deal

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UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP (UMPG) has signed GRAMMY-Award winning GLASS ANIMALS' DAVE BAYLEY (POLYDOR/REPUBLIC RECORDS) to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. BAYLEY is lead singer, songwriter and producer for the critically acclaimed, global band whose album ‘Dreamland’ (2020) became their highest-charting ever. With more than 1.5 billion global streams, the album reached No. 2 in the UK and climbed into the US top ten. The group’s latest single “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)” has earned more than 30 million global streams. Also, recently, GLASS ANIMALS was named Group of the Year at VARIETY HITMAKERS. They were also nominated for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards’ Best New Artist and BRIT Awards for Song of the Year (“Heat Waves”) and Best Rock/Alternative Act. 

 BAYLEY said: “There’s so much I want to learn and so much music I want to make in so many different areas - from GLASS ANIMALS records, to pop songwriting, to experimental sound design, to scoring. When it came time to re-sign my publishing, there were so many wonderful people, ideas and opportunities around that I began to feel a bit lost, but UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING and the incredible team of people there had drawn a long and clear path for me through those ideas… it just felt like a journey I wanted to take. I can’t wait to see what the future holds!”

 Chairman and CEO/UMPG JODY GERSON added, “I am a GLASS ANIMALS fan and I am especially delighted to work closely with UMPG’s global creative teams to amplify DAVE BAYLEY’s talents as a writer and producer, not only for his band but also for other artists who inspire and excite him.”

GLASS ANIMALS’ manager AMY MORGANS/SEPTEMBER MANAGEMENT said: “After the success of 'Heat Waves' and ‘Dreamland,’ the next chapter for DAVE is going to be a really important one. There is so much to explore for him both as an artist and as a writer/producer and I'm really looking forward to working with JODY, MIKE (McCormack, Managing Director of UMPG UK), and the team at UMPG to help develop all these strands of his career.”

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