Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has signed a worldwide publishing take care of three-time Grammy-nominated R&B songwriter and producer, Andre “Dre” Harris.
Harris, whose profession spans greater than three a long time, is finest recognized for writing and producing for artists together with Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Usher, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, and Robin Thicke, contributing to greater than 200 million data bought worldwide.
His catalog options Billboard Scorching 100 hits comparable to Caught Up (Usher), Yo (Excuse Me Miss) (Chris Brown) and Oh (Ciara).
The deal follows a commercially robust interval for Harris, who’s at present credited on Kehlani’s Folded. The observe has reached No.1 on Mediabase’s City Radio chart and Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and has spent seven non-consecutive weeks contained in the Billboard Scorching 100 prime 10 since its launch in October.
Folded is nominated for Greatest R&B Music on the upcoming GRAMMY Awards.
“I’m very excited to signal with Warner Chappell!! It feels good to have a group that sees my imaginative and prescient, and understands me as a inventive. I’m trying ahead to constructing one thing new with my Philly household – Ryan Press and X (Champagne).”
Andre ‘Dre’ Harris
Ryan Press, President, North America at Warner Chappell Music, commented on the deal: “For over 20 years, Dre has continued to show how grasp creators stand the take a look at of time, most lately by serving to craft one among final yr’s most impactful international songs. Having recognized him for years, I’ve seen him cement his legacy as a real visionary – shaping the sound of a technology hit after hit.”
He added: “Pushed by relentless innovation and a expertise for creating timeless, boundary-pushing data, he’s impressed numerous artists, from Chris Brown to Usher and Alicia Keys. Rooted in Philly however leaving an enduring mark worldwide, Dre’s impression continues to develop, and we’re proud to help his daring, inventive imaginative and prescient.”
Dre Harris shared: “I’m very excited to signal with Warner Chappell!! It feels good to have a group that sees my imaginative and prescient, and understands me as a inventive. I’m trying ahead to constructing one thing new with my Philly household – Ryan Press and X (Champagne).”
Xavier Champagne, Senior Director of City A&R at Warner Chappell Music, described Harris as a long-standing contributor to the evolution of R&B. He stated: “It’s exhausting to overstate Dre’s impression on R&B music. For the previous 30 years, he’s been one of many pillars who’s formed and pushed the style ahead, and I’m extremely honored that we get to associate and carry that legacy additional collectively.”
Harris started his profession within the early Nineteen Nineties inside Philadelphia’s neo-soul scene alongside producer DJ Jazzy Jeff. Throughout this time, he contributed to initiatives for artists together with Michael Jackson, Will Smith, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, and Floetry.
“For the previous 30 years, he’s been one of many pillars who’s formed and pushed the style ahead, and I’m extremely honored that we get to associate and carry that legacy additional collectively.”
Xavier Champagne, Senior Director of City A&R at Warner Chappell Music
In 2000, he shaped the songwriting and manufacturing duo Dre & Vidal with producer Vidal Davis. The partnership contributed to initiatives together with Usher’s Confessions and Alicia Keys’ The Diary of Alicia Keys, each of which acquired GRAMMY Album of the Yr nominations in 2005.
Each initiatives secured class wins: Usher’s Confessions for Greatest Up to date R&B Album and Keys’ album for Greatest R&B Album
Dre & Vidal additionally labored on Mary J. Blige’s Rising Pains, which received Greatest Up to date R&B Album on the GRAMMY Awards in 2009. Along with their award-winning data and Scorching 100 hits, the duo produced tracks for artists together with Mariah Carey, Future’s Little one, and Musiq Soulchild.
“Pushed by relentless innovation and a expertise for creating timeless, boundary-pushing data, he’s impressed numerous artists, from Chris Brown to Usher and Alicia Keys. Rooted in Philly however leaving an enduring mark worldwide”
Ryan Press, President, North America at Warner Chappell MusiC
Since transitioning to solo manufacturing work within the 2010s, Harris has continued to collaborate with a broad vary of artists throughout R&B, pop, and hip-hop, together with Justin Bieber, Burna Boy, Kanye West, Melanie Fiona, Mali Music, and Pharrell signee Cris Cab. He additionally co-executive-produced Jill Scott’s Lady, which debuted at No.1 on the US albums chart.
In December 2025, Warner Chappell Music Nashville signed a international publishing settlement with singer-songwriter Margo Value.
That information adopted the October signing of award-winning French composer Victor Le Masne, and the September acquisition of a long-term, worldwide publishing settlement with Eagles founding member Bernie Leadon.Music Enterprise Worldwide
