Mark Wright
Hit Country Songwriter / Producer Mark Wright has to his credit more than 30 million units in sales and 54 number one singles that he’s written, published or produced. As a songwriter, he has won 12 BMI Awards (seven of them Million-Airs) including Mark Chesnutt’s “Goin’ Through The Big D,” the Oak Ridge Boys’ “Lucky Moon,” and “Today My World Slipped Away,” cut by both George Strait and Vern Gosdin. As a producer, he’s shaped hit records for artists including Chesnutt, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Trisha Yearwood, Gary Allan, Montgomery Gentry, Joe Nichols and Rhett Akins.
One of his greatest accomplishments is Lee Ann Womack’s dazzling hit “I Hope You Dance,” which earned the 2000 CMA Single of the Year honor, a Grammy nomination and the 2001 BMI Country Song of the Year trophy.
Wright is currently President of Universal Records South.