Michael Knox (record producer)

Michael Knox
Background information
Born Nashville, Tennessee
Genres Country
Occupation(s) record producer
Years active 1990s–present
Associated acts Jason Aldean
Website musicknox.com

Michael Knox (born in Nashville, Tennessee[1]) is an American record producer.

Knox is best known for discovering Jason Aldean[2] and producing all of his albums.[3] He also helped Crossin Dixon sign to Broken Bow Records, the same label to which Aldean is signed, after a friend of his saw the band perform.[4] Other artists whom he has produced include Montgomery Gentry and Trace Adkins.[5]

Before working as a producer, Knox was an executive at Warner/Chappell Music.[6] His first production credit was Danni Leigh's 29 Nights.[7] Knox worked as a song plugger.[5]

In 2010, Knox won two Academy of Country Music awards for Aldean and Kelly Clarkson's "Don't You Wanna Stay".[8]

The next year, he received an Album of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association for his production on My Kinda Party.[6]

Family

He is the son of Rock 'n' Roll singer Buddy Knox.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buddy Knox | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". lubbockonline.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2011-04-02). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 10–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/news/cmt-offstage/1666092/offstage-jason-aldean-was-michael-knoxs-write-off.jhtml
  4. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (23 June 2007). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 69–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. 1 2 http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2012/countryupdate1112.pdf
  6. 1 2 3 http://www.nashville.com/music/2011/09/super-producer-michael-knox-gets-1st-cma-nomination/
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140422232832/http://www.rama-info.com/home/bio2.html. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Producer Michael Knox Wins Two Academy of Country Music Awards - Music News Nashville". Music News Nashville. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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