{
  "id": 12451515,
  "title": "Signed: Thomas Rhett Strikes New Deal With HYBE AMERICA’s Blue Highway; HARDY Inks TRIPPP-y Trio",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/signed-thomas-rhett-strikes-new-deal-with-hybe-americas-blue-highway",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T19:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/lists/blake-whiten-caa-ruby-rose-turner-atlantic-signings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thomas Rhett has inked a new deal with HYBE AMERICA's Nashville-based Blue Highway Records. The partnership, known as Fifty-One/Forty-Nine Records, is centered around long-term ownership, creative independence, and artist development. Rhett expressed his desire to build something that reflects his music's legacy and future.\n\nBlue Highway Records CEO Jake Basden praised Rhett's musical fluidity and his ability to merge different genres with his roots in Nashville. Rhett's musical style is characterized by his honest country lyrics that touch people's lives. Blue Highway Records also houses artists like Brett Young, Midland, Justin Moore, Jackson Dean, Preson Cooper, and Mae Estes.",
  "summary": "Other recent artist signings include Blake Whiten, Jesse Jo Stark, Ruby Rose Turner, Hudson Freeman, Baby Rasta & Gringo and serpentwithfeet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}