March 20, 2025

Combustion Music & Story House Collective extend deal with AJ Pruis

Combustion Music has extended its publishing deal with AJ Pruis in conjunction with Story House Collective. Pruis celebrated his eighth #1 single as a writer with Tasha Layton and Chris Brown's "Worship Through It". AJ Pruis seamlessly weaves himself between the country, pop and Christian writers’ rooms, with cuts from artists ranging from Newsboys, Matthew West, and Sanctus Real to Megan Moroney, Max McNown and Corey Kent to FLETCHER, Colbie Caillat and Hey Violet. Pruis co-wrote and co-produced multiple tracks on Matthew West's 13th studio album, Don't Stop Praying, including his current Top 15 single, “Unashamed”. Pruis's recent cuts include "Break Like That" by Corey Kent, "Justify” by Reyna Roberts, “The Right One” by Spencer Crandall, “Somebody Say Amen” by Rhett Walker, LOYALS’ “Give To Me”, Olivia Lane’s “Who God Says You Are” and more. AJ has had cuts with Ingrid Andress, Jordan Feliz, Alana Springsteen, Casting Crowns, Anne Wilson, LOCASH, Scotty McCreery and more.

 

Combustion Music President Chris Farren said, “Couldn’t be happier to extend our partnership with Matthew West and AJ Pruis. AJ continues to excel and win in multiple formats. We are so pumped to continue winning together.”

 

AJ Pruis stated, “Feeling incredibly blessed to keep working with Story House Collective and Combustion Music. They’ve been an amazing team for the past decade, and I can’t wait to see what we do together in the coming years!”

 

Story House Collective’s Matthew West stated, “It has been such an honor to partner with AJ and to have a front row seat to watch his journey unfold, and I’m excited to announce the continuation of our partnership. He’s writing and producing one great song after another and there’s no doubt in my mind he’s got a bright future ahead of him. The music industry has discovered what a unique talent AJ is and I have no doubt that the best is yet to come.”

 

Pictured L to R: Combustion Music's Keithan Melton, Combustion Music's Falcon, Story House Collective’s Matthew West, AJ Pruis, Combustion Music's Chris Farren, Combustion Music's Kelly Lyons, Combustion Music's Blake Duncan Photo: Melissa Pruis