BMI’S HUDSON WESTBROOK HOSTS FIRST-EVER NO. ONE PARTY FOR “HOUSE AGAIN”
BMI’s River House Artists/Warner Records Nashville artist Hudson Westbrook celebrated his first-ever chart topper “House Again” at BMI’s Nashville office yesterday (5/06). Written by Westbrook, Dan Alley (BMI) and Neil Medley (ASCAP) and produced by Lukas Scott and Ryan Youmans, the vulnerable hit stems from the ACM nominee’s debut album, Texas Forever. During the celebration, Warner Records Nashville presented Westbrook with a plaque announcing that the single had been RIAA certified 2x PLATINUM.
Hosted by BMI and ASCAP and emceed by BMI’s Mitch Ballard, Westbrook, co-writers and producers all shared stories behind crafting the country hit. To commemorate both Westbrook and Alley’s first No. One party as BMI songwriters, Ballard gifted each with a custom Taylor 210e DLX guitar. Sponsored by Studio Bank, Ron Cox made a special donation presentation on behalf of Westbrook and the songwriters in support of the Stephenville High School FFA Chapter. The official whiskey sponsor of BMI No. One parties, Green River Whiskey, gifted the “House Again” creatives each with a commemorative bottle of single barrel bourbon in honor of their chart topper.
ABOUT HUDSON WESTBROOK:
Hudson Westbrook “is on the cusp of bona fide country music stardom” (Rolling Stone). A son of Stephenville, Texas, Westbrook was baptized by Red Dirt and raised on George Strait, Turnpike Troubadours, Parker McCollum, Koe Wetzel, and Tracy Lawrence. After a 2024 splash debut with first-ever release, “Take It Slow,” Westbrook strung together a series of grassroots hits while still enrolled at Texas Tech University, including Texas radio chart-topper, “Two Way Drive,” and chart-topping debut single to country radio, “House Again.” Revitalizing the organic country he was raised on while refusing to be held down by his roots, Westbrook’s “traditional country sounds and timeless songwriting” (Billboard) have become his calling card, fully realized on his Top 10, 17-track debut album, Texas Forever, and expanded upon on follow up EP, Exclusive, out now. Taking the spirit of Texas country music far beyond state lines, Westbrook is headlining sold-out tours nationwide, alongside opening gigs with George Strait, Parker McCollum, Morgan Wallen, Bailey Zimmerman, Midland, Ian Munsick, and many more. Amassing nearly 1.5 billion global streams in two years of releasing original music, Westbrook is an ACM nominee and a member of the 2026 Opry NextStage Class. He was named a Billboard Country Rookie of the Month, a 2025 Artist to Watch by Spotify, Country Now, Holler, The Country Wire, and a SiriusXM all-genre Five for 2025. Country Central predicts: “Westbrook’s rise shows potential to lead a new generation of artists in the Texas country realm.”
ABOUT BMI:
Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, BMI® is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in over 25 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.4 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The Company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door policy becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and represent the creators of blues, jazz, country, and American roots music. Today, the musical compositions in BMI’s repertoire, from chart toppers to perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed hits of the year.