Since they took over Warner five years ago, Corson and Bay-Schuck have scored six best new artist Grammy nominations, including 2023 nominees Anitta, Omar Apollo and Molly Tuttle. “That is a real testament not only to the high quality of artists we have signed, but a true recognition of the artist development-minded focus we have,” Bay-Schuck says. The label’s surprise success story, though, is Zach Bryan, who signed with Warner through his own Belting Bronco label and landed his single “Something in the Orange” at No. 2 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. The track had generated more than 432 million overall U.S. streams at the end of 2022. And Bryan’s album American Heartbreak was No. 8 on Billboard’s year-end Top Country Albums chart, in the company of Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton and Luke Combs. Bryan’s “immense fan base in such a relatively short time,” Corson says, “is beyond impressive.”