Ashley Gorley

Ashley Gorley

Founder • Owner

With an unprecedented 85+ No. 1 radio singles to his name, hit songwriter Ashley Gorley has written career hits with artists like Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, and countless others. In 2025, the Kentucky-native was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York, joining music’s biggest songwriting legends. He is ASCAP’s 2025 Country Songwriter of the Year and has been honored with the award 12 times. In recent years, Gorley has held the number-one spot on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 Songwriter chart for multiple weeks and earned GRAMMY, CMA, and ACM Award honors, including Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year. He was named Songwriter of the Decade for 2010-2019 at the Nashville Songwriter Awards and has earned all-genre Songwriter of the Year honors from Variety and iHeart Radio. His hit “I Am Not Okay,” released by Jelly Roll, has served as a platform for important conversations about mental health, sparking an initiative cultivated by Gorley that created songwriter-specific therapy programs at Onsite in Nashville, TN. The program has already served over 50 Nashville songwriters with mental health services at no cost. Gorley started Tape Room Music in 2011, where he signs and mentors writers with his staff. The company has amassed over 60 No. 1 radio hits with more to come.