Luke Combs, Zac Brown Band, Warren Zeiders + more - Songwriter Royalties

In April 2020, with tours cancelled and the country shut in, Luke Combs sat down and wrote “Six Feet Apart.” He played it for fans online the next day, and the studio version followed two weeks later. That song anchors a catalog of five Combs recordings spread across four albums, from “Dear Today” in 2019 to “Front Door Famous” and “Plant a Seed” in 2024. Cuts by Zac Brown Band, Warren Zeiders and Tim Montana round it out. 

Streaming drives 83.5% of the last twelve months, led by Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora and Amazon. The US accounts for 75.4% of earnings, the UK and Canada add 20.2% between them, and income arrives from 54 countries in all. Live concerts add 4.2%, and one 2025 distribution from Combs’ Australian performances of “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” added $1,665 on its own. The rest comes from SiriusXM, radio and television. Fox News uses of “Six Feet Apart” and “Burn It Down” added $259 in television income over the last twelve months.

Combs' recordings earn 72.7% of the last twelve months, and “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” alone earns 32.3%. That song opened Combs’ 2023 album Gettin’ Old and paid $23,772 in its first year, then settled to between $661 and $810 per quarter. That settling is the main reason earnings are softening about 35% against the prior twelve months. The 2024 cuts look steadier: “Front Door Famous” has paid between $276 and $378 every quarter since late 2024.

The artists behind these songs are still working at full speed. Combs’ 2026 album The Way I Am debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, and his 2026 stadium tour sold 1,371,329 tickets. Zac Brown Band released its eighth album, Love & Fear, and spent the second half of 2026 on a 27-city US tour. Warren Zeiders followed a January 2026 live album with his new studio album, No Brakes, in September. The catalog is backed by three working careers, and every release and tour date puts these songs back in front of listeners.

These songs come from the heart of modern country: an arena headliner, a Grammy-winning band, and rising acts who built their audiences online.

Luke Combs is a two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and one of the genre’s biggest stars of his generation. The catalog spans four of his albums. “Dear Today,” registered under its working title “Sincerely Tomorrow,” appears on What You See Is What You Get (2019). “Six Feet Apart” (2020) was released as a promotional single during the pandemic and is RIAA-certified. “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” opens Gettin’ Old (2023), the companion album to Growin’ Up. “Front Door Famous” opens Fathers & Sons (2024), which also includes “Plant a Seed.”

Zac Brown Band released “Two Blue Chairs & You” as a single through Warner Music Nashville in August 2024, from the No Wake Zone EP. The beach-themed track was co-produced by Zac Brown and Ben Simonetti.

Warren Zeiders, a Pennsylvania singer who rose to fame on TikTok, released “Burn It Down” in January 2022, days before signing with Warner Records. The song later appeared on 717 Tapes Vol. II and 717 Tapes the Album (2022), and the catalog holds both versions.

Tim Montana’s “Devil You Know” (2023) marked his move into rock. It charted on Billboard’s rock airplay charts, and Loudwire named it one of the best rock and metal songs of 2023.