About

Regarded among Nashville’s most accomplished, thoughtful, and dynamic music industry executives, Barry Coburn heads Ten Ten Music Group, a prominent music publisher contributing significantly to the success of numerous top artists. With vast international experience, Coburn is widely known as being at the forefront of successfully exploiting repertoire across a range of genres in the US and internationally.

Ten Ten Music Group’s repertoire includes the catalog of Boudleaux and Felice Bryant, as well as songs by Angaleena Presley (Pistol Annies), Bobby Huff, Richard Bennett, Dan Tyminski, Harley Allen, Scott Stepakoff, David Lee, Tia Sillers, Angela Kaset, Chuck Mead, Tim Nichols, and others.

Among the company’s biggest successes has been the development of Keith Urban’s songwriting career from 1991 to 2005, including many hit songs. Barry also developed and published Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House. The company has had singles success on the charts for 35 years and is currently having a lot of sync success with film, television, and ad placements.

With a continuous commitment to publishing since 1984, Coburn’s career also encompasses record company executive management, artist management, and concert promotion. He has served as President/CEO of Atlantic Records’ Nashville division and previously helmed Ten Ten Management. He took newcomer Alan Jackson and secured a record deal for him with Arista Nashville. Over the next six years, Coburn developed and promoted Jackson’s career, resulting in countless major awards, 13 #1 singles, and sales of more than 13 million albums.

Coburn, who moved to the United States from Australia in 1984, brought considerable publishing experience with him in addition to having promoted major concert tours for Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond, Black Sabbath, Eagles, Duke Ellington, Emmylou Harris, Chuck Berry, Roger Miller, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Roxy Music, and many others.