Atlantic Records UK has today announced the signing of DJ/producer, Joel Corry to a long-term artist deal.

The news follows Atlantic’s mighty success with Joel Corry’s UK No.1, ‘Head & Heart’ feat. MNEK – which has spent five consecutive weeks at No.1 (OCC), making it the longest-running continuous No.1 of the year so far.

Corry’s last three singles ‘Sorry’, ‘Lonely’ and ‘Head & Heart’ have accumulated more than 2.7 million worldwide sales to date.

Briony Turner, Co-President, Atlantic Records UK: “We are delighted to welcome Joel to the Atlantic roster. He is a hugely exciting breakthrough act who is enjoying amazing success at the moment. I would like to congratulate Kevin Christian-Blair on this fantastic signing and Charlie, Michael, Neil and George at Tileyard Music for the brilliant job they are doing: we couldn’t be more thrilled that Joel has signed to a long-term deal.”

Ed Howard, Co-President, Atlantic Records UK said: “Joel has become one of 2020’s biggest success stories off the back of a string of hit singles, including the UK No.1 ‘Head & Heart’, which is testament both to his undeniable artistry and work-ethic and to the label’s passion for developing and breaking artists, even in the challenging circumstances that we find ourselves in. I’d like in particular to shout out the amazing job done by Adam Griffin and Rob Davies at Perfect Havoc over the past two years.”

Atlantic has enjoyed a hugely successful partnership with Corry, who was originally signed in 2018 to Perfect Havoc which is affiliated with Warner Music’s ADA. Achieving two platinum singles in a little over a year, Joel reached new heights last month after landing his first-ever UK No.1 with ‘Head and Heart’ feat. MNEK. Spending five weeks at the top of the UK’s Official Singles Chart, and with the support of Atlantic UK’s A&R, Marketing, Promotions and Publicity teams, Corry has quickly become one of 2020’s biggest success stories.

Last April, Atlantic licensed Corry’s breakout single ‘Sorry’ which broke the record for the most Shazamed track in one 24-hour period with more than 41,000 tags. Soon after, the song rocketed up the UK charts after a sync placement on ITV 2’s Love Island, eventually peaking at No.6. Corry’s second single under Atlantic, ‘Lonely’, was released at the start of 2020 and climbed to No.4 in the OCC - the track also broke into the Top 10 in four other countries.

Atlantic will continue to work with Perfect Havoc on Corry’s next two singles.