Wednesday, July 20, 2022

MUSICROW ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 34TH ANNUAL MUSICROW AWARDS

Congratulations to this year's nominees for the 34th Annual MusicRow Awards. These awards showcase the songwriting community and the talent that lives there. These are some of the best in the business and we should not only thank them for what they do for music but also thank MusicRow for shining a light on everything and everyone involved in creating the songs that change lives.


PRODUCER OF THE YEAR


Zach Crowell 

Artists produced include: 

Chris Janson, Cole Swindell, Conner Smith and Dustin Lynch.


Dan Huff 

Artists produced include:

 Dillon Carmichael, Kane Brown, Lady A, and Thomas Rhett.


Jay Joyce

Artists produced include:

 Brothers Osborne, Chase Rice, Eric Church and Lainey Wilson.


Shane McAnally

Artists produced include:

 Carly Pearce, Midland, Old Dominion and Walker Hayes.


Joey Moi

Artists produced include:

 Jake Owen, ERNST, Larry Fleet and Morgan Wallen.


Jon Randall

Artists produced include:

 Miranda Lambert, Chase Bryant, and Parker McCollum.


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LABEL GROUP OF THE YEAR

BBR Music Group

Big Loud

Big Machine

Sony Music Nashville

Universal Music Group  (UMG) Nashville

Warner Music Nashville



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TALENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR


CAA

Kinkead Entertainment Agency

Reliant Talent Agency

UTA

Wasserman Music

WME



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BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR


Brinley Addington (Spirit Music Nashville / BMI)

“Chasing After You” - Ryan Hurd / Maren Morris


Cameron “Cambo” Bartolini (Warner Chappell / ASCAP)
 
“Fancy Like” - Walker Hayes


Nick Columbia (Reservoir / ASCAP)
  
"My Boy" - Elvie Shane


Cale Dodds (Spirit Music Nashville/Fluid Music Revolution, ASCAP)

"Drinkin' Beer, Talkin' God, Amen" - Chase Rice with Florida Georgia Line


Levon Gray (Verse 2 Music/Sony Music Publishing, BMI)

"One Mississippi" - Kane Brown


Kat Higgins (BMG/Pompano Run Music, BMI/SOCAN)

"Knowing You" - Kenny Chesney


Adam James (UMPG/BMI)

"Knowing You"- Kenny Chesney


Josh Jenkins (SMACK / SESAC)

"Buy Dirt" - Jordan Davis / Luke Bryan

"Fancy Like" - Walker Hayes


Jason Nix (Jody Williams Songs/Warner Chappell, BMI)

"Things A Man Oughta Know" - Lainey Wilson


Brandon Paddock (Real Johnson/Warner Chappell, ASCAP)

"Like A Lady" - Lady A


Jenn Schott (RED Creative Group/Anthem Entertainment, BMI)
  
"7500 OBO" - Tim McGraw


Nathan Spicer (RED Creative Group/Anthem Entertainment, ASCAP)

"7500 OBO" - Tim McGraw


Lee Starr (Sony Music Publishing, BMI)

"My Boy" - Elvie Shane


Russell Sutton (Sony Music Publishing, BMI)

"My Boy" - Elvie Shane


Brett Tyler (Combustion, BMI)

"Cold Beer Calling My Name" - Jameson Rodgers with Luke Combs


 Lydia Vaughan (Cornman Music/Warner Chappell, BMI)

"If I Didn’t Love You" - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood



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BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST-WRITER OF THE YEAR


Priscilla Block 

"Just About Over You" - Priscilla Block


BRELAND 

"Beers On Me" - Dierks Bentley, HARDY and BRELAND


Martin Johnson 

"Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)" - Elle King & Miranda Lambert

"Like A Lady" - Lady A


John Morgan 

"If I Didn’t Love You" - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood

"Trouble With A Heartbreak" - Jason Aldean


Elvie Shane 

"My Boy" - Elvie Shane


Lainey Wilson 

"Things A Man Oughta Know" - Lainey Wilson



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MALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR


Rhett Akins (Warner Chappell, BMI)

"What’s Your Country Song" - Thomas Rhett

"Your Bartender" - Morgan Wallen

"Tequila Little Time" - Jon Pardi

"To Be Loved By You" - Parker McCollum

"Slow Down Summer" - Thomas Rhett


Jesse Frasure (Warner Chappell/Rhythm House/Roc Nation, BMI)

"Almost Maybes" - Jordan Davis

"Whiskey And Rain" - Michael Ray

"What’s Your Country Song" - Thomas Rhett

"Minimum Wage" - Blake Shelton

"One Mississippi" - Kane Brown

"If I Was A Cowboy"- Miranda Lambert

"Slow Down Summer" - Thomas Rhett


Ashley Gorley (Sony Music Publishing/ Domain Capital Group, ASCAP)

"Single Saturday Night" - Cole Swindell 

"Give Heaven Some Hell" - HARDY

"What’s Your Country Song" - Thomas Rhett

"You Should Probably Leave" - Chris Stapleton

"Sand In My Boots" - Morgan Wallen

"Warning" - Morgan Wallen

"Country Again" - Thomas Rhett

"Beers On Me" - Dierks Bentley with BRELAND and HARDY

"Take My Name" - Parmalee

"New Truck" - Dylan Scott

"Slow Down Summer" - Thomas Rhett



Shane McAnally (SMACK/Warner Chappell, GMR)

"Half Of My Hometown"- Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney

"I Was On A Boat That Day"- Old Dominion

"23"- Sam Hunt

"Never Wanted To Be That Girl"- Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde

"AA"- Walker Hayes

"No Hard Feelings"- Old Dominion

"Everyone She Knows"- Kenny Chesney


Josh Osborne (Sony Music Publishing/SMACK, ASCAP)

"Sand In My Boots"- Morgan Wallen

"I Was On A Boat That Day"- Old Dominion

"My Masterpiece"- Darius Rucker

"23"- Sam Hunt

"Everyone She Knows"- Kenny Chesney


Hunter Phelps (Warner Chappell/Tape Room Music, ASCAP)

"Cold Beer Calling My Name" - Jameson Rodgers and Luke Combs

"Give Heaven Some Hell" - HARDY

"Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen." - Chase Rice and Florida Georgia Line

"That Ain’t Me No More" - Matt Stell

"Thinking ‘Bout You" - Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter

"New Truck" -Dylan Scott

"Best Thing Since Backroads" - Jake Owen



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FEMALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 



Jessi Alexander (Warner Chappell/ASCAP)

"Never Say Never" - Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson

"Sunrise Tells The Story" - Midland

"Don’t Think Jesus" - Morgan Wallen


Nicolle Galyon (Warner Chappell/BMI)

"Gone" - Dierks Bentley

"Minimum Wage" - Blake Shelton

"Half Of My Hometown" - Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney

"I Quit Drinking" - Kelsea Ballerini and LANY

"Beers On Me" - Dierks Bentley with BRELAND and HARDY

"Thought You Should Know" - Morgan Wallen


Kat Higgins (BMG/Pompano Run Music/BMI/SOCAN)

“Knowing You" - Kenny Chesney


Jennifer Schott (RED Creative Group/Anthem Entertainment/BMI)

"7500 OBO" - Tim McGraw


Alysa Vanderheym (Rhythm House/Warner Chappell/SESAC)

"Cold Beer Calling My Name”- Jameson Rodgers and Luke Combs

"No Sad Songs" - Niko Moon


Lydia Vaughan (Cornman Music/Warner Chappell/BMI)

"If I Didn’t Love You" - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood


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SONG OF THE YEAR


“Circles Around This Town” - Maren Morris

Songwriters: Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins

Publishers: Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Heroes And Halos Music, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/The Buffalo Catalogue, BMI/I’ve Got Issues Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/ Muse Magic, ASCAP


"Doin' This" - Luke Combs

Songwriters: Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford

Publishers: Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Bootleg Lyrics, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Works Of RHA, BMI/Oak Tree Swing Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sagequinnjude Music, BMI/ Chifforobe Songs, 
BMI/Songs Of TriScore, BMI/Free Dive Music, BMI/Smothered And 
Covered Music, ASCAP


"Down Home" - Jimmie Allen

Songwriters: Jimmie Allen, Rian Ball, Cameron Bedell, Tate Howell

Publishers: Endurance Juliet, SESAC/Sony Lakeview, SESAC/Rian Ball Music, ASCAP/Shut The Red Door, ASCAP/ WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Cameron Bedell Music, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sony Timber Publishing, SESAC/ Bettie James Music, SESAC


"Flower Shops" - ERNST and Morgan Wallen

Songwriters: Ben Burgess, Mark Holman, Ernest Keith Smith

Publishers: Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Ern Dog Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/This Songs For You Pops, 
BMI/Jett Wilde Songs, BMI


"Never Wanted to Be That Girl" - Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde

Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce

Publishers: BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/ Redfeather Publishing, ASCAP/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo Investments-Smack Hits, GMR/ Smackwood Music, GMR/WarnerTamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Songs Of Harpeth Valley, BMI/ Canned Biscuit Songs, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP


"Til You Can't" - Cody Johnson

Songwriters: Matt Rogers, Ben Stennis

Publishers: Anthem Canalco Publishing, ASCAP/Dead Aim Music, BMI/
Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/The Stennis
Mightier Music, BMI


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DISCOVERY ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Dalton Dover

Droptine Recordings
Sony Music Publishing
Underscore Works
UTA


Tiera Kennedy

Big Machine Label Group (Valory Music Co.)
Songs & Daughters/Warner Chappell/Big Loud, 
OH Creative
WME
 BMI


MacKenzie Porter

Big Loud Records
Sony Music Publishing (Canada)
Big Loud Management
WME
SOCAN


Nate Smith 

Sony Music Nashville
Sony Music Publishing
The CORE Entertainment
CAA
ASCAP


Brittney Spencer

Activist Artists Management
UTA
BMI


Bailey Zimmerman

Warner Music Nashville/Elektra Music Group
Warner Chappell
The Core Entertainment/10th Street Entertainment
WME
BMI


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BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR


Priscilla Block

UMG Nashville (Mercury Nashville)
Warner Chappell
Underscore Works
CAA
BMI


Zach Bryan

Warner Records
Warner Chappell
WME
BMI


ERNEST

Big Loud Records
Big Loud Publishing/UMPG
Big Loud Management
The Neal Agency
BMI


Ryan Hurd

Sony Music Nashville (Arista Nashville)
Big Machine Music
House of 42/Red Light
WME
BMI


Elvie Shane

BBR Music Group (Wheelhouse Records)
Warner Chappell/Rome Phrey
Maverick
UTA
BMI


Lainey Wilson

BBR Music Group (Broken Bow Records)
Sony Music Publishing
Red Light Management
WME
ASCAP


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ARTIST OF THE YEAR



Kane Brown

Sony Music Nashville (RCA Nashville/Zone 4)
Sony Music Publishing
Neon Coast
WME
BMI


Eric Church

UMG Nashville (EMI Records Nashville)
Sony Music Publishing/Little Louder
Q Prime South
WME
BMI


Luke Combs

Sony Music Nashville (River House Artists/Columbia Nashville)
UMPG
Make Wake
WME
BMI


Walker Hayes

Monument Records
SMACK (Publishing)
SMACK (Management)
WME
BMI


Miranda Lambert

Sony Music Nashville (Vanner Records/RCA Nashville)
Sony Music Publishing
ShopKeeper Management
WME
BMI


Carly Pearce

Big Machine Label Group (Big Machine Records)
BMG
Starstruck Management
CAA
ASCAP

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