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Chris DuBois

Chris DuBois
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Songwriter
Music Publisher
Record Label Executive
Years active 1999-present
Associated acts Brad Paisley, Brent Anderson, Jerrod Niemann

Charles Christopher "Chris" DuBois is a songwriter and music publisher based out of Nashville, Tennessee. DuBois began his music career as ASCAP Director of Membership in 1993. He left ASCAP in 1999 to form Sea Gayle Music with business partners Brad Paisley and Frank Rogers. Since that time, Sea Gayle has become one of the most successful independent publishing companies in all of music. In 2010 and 2011, Sea Gayle was named ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year. It was the first time since 1982 that an independent publishing company had won that award. In 2009, Sea Gayle Music launched Sea Gayle Records as an imprint of Sony Music Nashville.

As a songwriter, DuBois has had more than 25 Top 20 singles including 15 songs that have reached #1. DuBois has been the recipient of 27 ASCAP awards and in 2004 was named ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year. DuBois was also named NSAI Songwriter of the Year for 2010 and 2011.

DuBois began serving as Paisley’s executive producer in 2005 on the album Time Well Wasted which won ACM and CMA awards for Album of the Year. DuBois has continued his role as executive producer for the Paisley albums 5th Gear American Saturday Night, This is Country Music, Wheelhouse and Moonshine In The Trunk. In 2015, Chris co-produced the breakout WB debut album for Chris Janson


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