Ashley Gorley | |
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Background information | |
Born | April 29, 1977 |
Origin | Danville, Kentucky, United States |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Website | www |
Ashley Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written more than 75 number 1 songs and has over 400 songs recorded by artists including Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Bon Jovi, Nate Smith, Thomas Rhett, Jason Derulo, Kelsea Ballerini, Morgan Wallen and Dan + Shay.
Gorley was born in Danville, Kentucky, the son of Glenn and Sandra Gorley ( née Alexander). [1] Gorley graduated Belmont University in 1999 with a Music Business degree. [2] He has continuously given back to the university through teaching music publishing (from 2006 to 2008), speaking at seminars, and mentoring current students. [3] In 2022, Gorley signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing & Domain Capital Group. [4]
Outside of songwriting, Gorley has fought for songwriter rights by meeting with The Library of Congress and promoting the Music Modernization Act. [5]
Year | Awards |
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2009 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [6] |
2013 | Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year |
2014 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [7] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [8] |
2015 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [9] |
2016 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [10] Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year |
2017 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [11] Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year [3] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [8] |
2018 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [12] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [8] |
2019 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [13] |
2020 | ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [14] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [15] |
2021 | iHeart Radio Songwriter of the Year [16] |
2022 | NSAI Songwriter of the Decade (2010–2019) [17] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [18] ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [19] |
2023 | ACM Songwriter of the Year [20] ACM Song of the Year [20] ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [21] NSAI Songwriter of the Year [18] |
2024 | MusicRow's CountryBreakout Songwriter of the Year [22] iHeartRadio Award's Songwriter of the Year [23] ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year [24] |
In 2011, Gorley created Tape Room Music, a publishing company with a focus on artist development. Writers for Tape Room have already celebrated 40 No. 1 songs, and eight Top 10 singles by artists such as Florida Georgia Line, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jason Derulo, Kane Brown, and Sam Hunt, including the 2018 ASCAP Country Song of the Year, “Body Like A Back Road.” [25]
Discography | |||||
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Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes |
2004 | Joe Nichols | Revelation | "I Wish That Wasn't All" | Chris DuBois | |
2005 | Jace Everett | Jace Everett | "Everything I Want" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | |
Brad Paisley | Time Well Wasted | "Time Well Wasted" | Kelley Lovelace | ||
George Strait | Somewhere Down in Texas | "If The Whole World Was A Honky Tonk" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | Platinum | |
Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | "Don't Forget to Remember Me" | Morgane Stapleton, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, gold single | |
Gretchen Wilson | All Jacked Up | "Rebel Child" | Gretchen Wilson, Wade Kirby | ||
2006 | Kenny Rogers | Water & Bridges | "My Petition" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | |
Chris Young | Chris Young | "You're Gonna Love Me" | Bryan Simpson | ||
2007 | Jason Aldean | Relentless | "Laughed Until We Cried" | Kelley Lovelace | Top 5 single, gold single |
Trace Adkins | American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II | "You're Gonna Miss This" | Lee Thomas Miller | ACM Single of the Year, ASCAP Song of the Year, No. 1 single, platinum single | |
Carrie Underwood | Carnival Ride | "All American Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, platinum single | |
2008 | Kristy Lee Cook | Why Wait | "I Think Too Much" | Kelley Lovelace, Bryan Simpson | |
Billy Currington | Little Bit of Everything | "Walk On" | Wade Kirby, Bryan Simpson | ||
Brad Paisley | Play | "Start a Band" (feat. Keith Urban) | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single | |
Darius Rucker | Learn to Live | "It Won't Be Like This for Long" | Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, Gold single | |
"Drinkin' and Dialin'" | |||||
Blake Shelton | Startin' Fires | "This is Gonna Take All Night" | Chris DuBois | ||
2009 | Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing | "I Did It Again" | Luke Bryan, Brent Stenzel | |
Joe Nichols | Old Things New | "Believers" | Wade Kirby, Bill Luther | Top 30 single | |
Brad Paisley | American Saturday Night | "American Saturday Night" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, gold single | |
"Then" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, gold single | |||
"Catch All the Fish" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
Lee Ann Womack | — | "There Is a God" | Chris DuBois | Released as a single | |
2010 | Trace Adkins | Cowboy's Back in Town | "Don't Mind If I Don't" (Trailer Choir) | Luke Laird | |
Kenny Chesney | Hemingway's Whiskey | "Where I Grew Up" | Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher | ||
Jamey Johnson | The Guitar Song | "That's Why I Write Songs" | Jamey Johnson, Chris DuBois | ||
Sammy Kershaw | Better Than I Used to Be | "Better Than I Used to Be" | Bryan Simpson | ||
Darius Rucker | Charleston, SC 1966 | "Southern State of Mind" | Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois | ||
2011 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | "Eighteen Inches" | Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace | Single |
Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines | "I Know You're Gonna Be There" | Luke Bryan | ||
Joe Nichols | It's All Good | "Take It Off" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | Top 30 single | |
Jake Owen | Barefoot Blue Jean Night | "Heaven" | Chris DuBois, Matt Jenkins | ||
Brad Paisley | This Is Country Music | "Working on a Tan" | Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
"Love Her Like She's Leaving" (feat. Don Henley) | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
"Be the Lake" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
Blake Shelton | Red River Blue | "I'm Sorry" (feat. Martina McBride) | Chris DuBois, Chris Stapleton | ||
Matthew West | The Heart of Christmas | "One Last Christmas" | Matthew West | Single | |
Chris Young | Neon | "Lost" | Chris Young, Chris Dubois | ||
2012 | Easton Corbin | All Over the Road | "Dance Real Slow" | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | |
"All Over the Road" | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | Top 5 single | |||
Chris Cagle | Changed | "Hot in Here" | Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher | ||
"A Little Home" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | ||||
Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times... This is How We Roll | "Take It Out on Me" | Shane McAnally, Chris DeStefano | ||
Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer | "Why Ya Wanna" | Catt Gravitt, Chris DeStefano | Top 5 single, platinum | |
Tim McGraw | Emotional Traffic | "Better Than I Used to Be" | Bryan Simpson | Top 5 single, platinum | |
Rascal Flatts | Changed | "Hot in Here" | Kelley Lovelace, Dallas Davidson | ||
"A Little Home" | Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher | ||||
Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | "Good Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, 2× platinum single | |
"Thank God for Hometowns" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | ||||
2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow, Chris DeStefano | |
"Just Getting Started" | Kendal Schmidt Logan Henderson Chris DeStefano | ||||
"Na Na Na" | Carlos Pena Jr., Chris DeStefano | ||||
Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "That's My Kind of Night" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, 2× platinum single | |
"We Run This Town" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | ||||
"I See You" | Luke Bryan, Luke Laird | No. 1 single | |||
"Crash My Party" | Rodney Clawson | No. 1 single, 2× platinum single | |||
"Play It Again" | Dallas Davidson | No. 1 single, platinum single | |||
Spring Break...Here to Party | "Little Bit Later On" | Luke Bryan, Luke Laird | |||
"Spring Break-Up" | Luke Bryan | ||||
Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | "Hey Girl" | Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, gold single | |
Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | Brett Eldredge, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, platinum single | |
Will Hoge | Never Give In | "Strong" | Will Hoge, Zach Crowell | Single, National Chevy Truck Campaign Two Years | |
Randy Houser | How Country Feels | "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, platinum single | |
Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "Can You Feel It" | Scotty McCreery, Zach Crowell | ||
"See You Tonight" | Top 10 single, gold single | ||||
"This is That Night" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | ||||
Joe Nichols | Crickets | "Open Up A Can" | Kelley Lovelace, Dallas Davidson | ||
"Yeah" | Bryan Simpson | No. 1 single, gold single | |||
Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Life of the Party" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | ||
"Good Timing" | Dallas Davidson, Zach Crowell | ||||
"Ghost Town" | Shane McAnally, Chris DeStefano | ||||
"One Little Kiss (Never Killed Nobody)" | Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
Brad Paisley | Wheelhouse | "Tin Can on a String" | Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
Parachute | Overnight | "Overnight" | Will Anderson, Chris DeStefano | ||
Randy Rogers Band | Trouble | "Speak of the Devil" | Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton | ||
Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "In A Minute" | Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins | ||
"Take You Home" | Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins | ||||
Darius Rucker | True Believers | "Radio" | Darius Rucker, Luke Laird | Top 5 single | |
Chris Young | A.M. | "Aw Naw" | Chris Destefano, Chris DuBois | Top 3 Single | |
"Goodbye" | Chris Young, Chris DeStefano | ||||
"A.M." | Chris Young, Chris DeStefano | ||||
2014 | Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt | "Just Gettin' Started" | Chris DeStefano, Rhett Akins | No. 1 single |
"Tonight Looks Good On You" | Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins | No. 1 single | |||
Frankie Ballard | Sunshine & Whiskey | "Young & Crazy" | Rhett Akins, Shane McAnally | No. 1 single | |
"Sober Me Up" | Dallas Davidson | ||||
Lee Brice | I Don't Dance | "That Don't Sound Like You" | Lee Brice, Rhett Akins | Top 10 Single | |
"Somebody's Been Drinking" | Shane McNally, Hillary Lindsey | ||||
Luke Bryan | Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever | "Night One" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
Chase Bryant | Chase Bryant | "Little Bit of You" | Derek George, Chase Bryant | Top 10 Single | |
Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single | |
Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Smile" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | ||
"Every Night" | Chris DeStefano, Brian Kelley, Tyler Hubbard | ||||
Gloriana | — | "Best Night Ever" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | Single | |
Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Thats What I Call Crazy" | Kacey Musgraves, Chris DeStefano | ||
"You Sound Good to Me" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | Single | |||
"Kiss Me" | Chris DeStefano, Mike Daly, Lindy Robbins | ||||
Love and Theft | "Night That You'll Never Forget" | Dallas Davidson | Single | ||
Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | "Halo" | Matt Jenkins, Jimmy Robbins | ||
"To the Sky" | Dustin Lynch, Zach Crowell | ||||
"What You Wanna Hear" | Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins | ||||
"Middle of Nowhere" | Dustin Lynch, Zach Crowell | ||||
Jennifer Nettles & Brandy Clark | His Hands | "His Hands" | Jennifer Nettles, Hillary Lindsey | Single | |
Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Rewind" | Chris DeStefano, Eric Paslay | No.1 single, g0ld single | |
Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Do It Like This" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | ||
"Beer With The Boys" | Dallas Davidson, Chase Rice | ||||
Dallas Smith | Tippin' Point and Lifted | "This Town Ain't A Town" | Rodney Clawson, Chris DeStefano | ||
Cole Swindell | Cole Swindell | "Swayin" | Chris DeStefano, Rhett Akins | ||
Trisha Yearwood | PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit | "You Can't Trust The Weatherman" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | ||
2015 | Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out | "Games" | Luke Bryan | Single |
"Spring Breakdown" | Luke Bryan, Zach Crowell | ||||
Kill the Lights | "Kick the Dust Up" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single | ||
"Way Way Back" | Luke Bryan, Rodney Clawson | ||||
"Scarecrows" | Trevor Rosen, Shane McAnally | ||||
Easton Corbin | About to Get Real | "Clockwork" | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | Top 50 Single | |
Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Don't It" | Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston | No. 1 Single | |
"Wake Me Up" | Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
"Do I Make You Wanna" | Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell | No. 1 Single | |||
Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | "That's When I Knew" | Jim Collins | ||
Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "T-Shirt" | Luke Laird, Shane McAnally | No. 1 single | |
"Playing with Fire" | Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins | ||||
"Learned It From the Radio" | Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Dirty Laundry" | Hillary Lindsey, Zach Crowell | No. 1 Single | |
"Heartbeat" | Carrie Underwood, Zach Crowell | No. 1 Single | |||
2016 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | "Comin' In Hot" | Rodney Clawson, Dallas Davidson | |
Dierks Bentley | Black | "Black" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman | No. 1 Single | |
"Freedom" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman | ||||
Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale | "Roller Coaster" | Bon Jovi, Chris DeStefano | ||
Chase Bryant | — | "Room to Breathe" | Chase Bryant, Derek George | Single | |
Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | "Saltwater Gospel" | Ross Copperman, Nicole Galyon | Single | |
Richard Marx | The Ultimate Collection | "Last Thing I Wanted" | Richard Marx, Ross Copperman | ||
Jake Owen | American Love | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Ross Copperman, Dallas Davidson | ||
"American Country Love Song" | Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston | No. 1 Single | |||
Jon Pardi | California Sunrise | "Dirt On My Boots" | Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure | No. 1 Single | |
Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest | "A Guy with a Girl" | Bryan Simpson | No. 1 Single | |
"One Night Girl" | Dallas Davidson | ||||
Brad Paisley | Love And War | "Today" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | No. 1 Single | |
Dallas Smith | Side Effects | "Sky Stays This Blue" | Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne | No. 1 Single | |
"One Little Kiss" | Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | Top 5 Single | |||
"Sleepin' Around" | Rhett Akins, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
Cole Swindell | You Should Be Here | "You Should Be Here" | Cole Swindell | No. 1 Single | |
"Middle of a Memory" | Cole Swindell, Zach Crowell | No. 1 Single | |||
"Broke Down" | Cole Swindell, Michael Carter | ||||
William Michael Morgan | Vinyl | "Vinyl" | Carson Chamberlain Wade Kirby | Single | |
2017 | Luke Bryan | What Makes You Country | "What Makes You Country" | Luke Bryan, Dallas Davidson | No. 1 Single |
"Out Of Nowhere Girl" | Luke Bryan, Dallas Davidson | ||||
"Like You Say You Do" | Luke Bryan, Michael Carter | ||||
Chase Rice | Lambs and Lions | "Eyes On You" | Chase Rice, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 Single | |
Chris Janson | Everybody | "Fix A Drink" | Chris Janson, Chris DuBois | No. 1 Single | |
Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | "Unforgettable" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally | No. 1 Single | |
"Marry Me" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally | No. 1 Single | |||
"Life Changes" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Rhett Akins | No. 1 Single | |||
Blake Shelton | Texoma Shore | "I Lived It" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Ross Copperman | Top 5 Single | |
"Why Me" | Dallas Davidson, Ross Copperman | ||||
"When The Wine Wears Off" | Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman | ||||
Lee Brice | Lee Brice (album) | "Rumor" | Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs | No. 1 Single | |
Kelsea Ballerini | Unapologetically | "Roses" | Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Crowell | ||
Carly Pearce | Every Little Thing (album) | "Hide The Wine" | Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey | Top 20 Single | |
Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | "Saltwater Gospel" | Nicolle Galyon, Ross Copperman | Single | |
2018 | Cole Swindell | All Of It | "The Ones Who Got Me Here" | Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure | |
"Her" | Matt Jenkins, Chase McGill, Phil O'Donnell, Wade Kirby | ||||
Brett Young | Ticket To L.A. | "Catch" | Brett Young, Ross Copperman | No. 1 Single | |
Eli Young Band | This Is Eli Young Band: Greatest Hits | "Love Ain't" | Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman | No. 1 Single | |
Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | "Living" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman, Jon Nite | No. 1 Single | |
"Goodbye In Telluride" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman, Scooter Carusoe | ||||
"Travelin' Light" | Dierks Bentley, Jon Nite | ||||
Lanco | Hallelujah Nights | "Born To Love You" | Brandon Lancaster, Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman | ||
Jason Derulo | 2Sides | "Make Up" with Vice featuring Ava Max | Jason Derulo, Eric Aguirre, Charlie Puth, Jason Kasher, Ian Kirkpatrick | ||
Chris Lane | Laps Around The Sun | "I Don't Know About You" | Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jameson Rodgers | No. 1 Single | |
Easton Corbin | — | "A Girl Like You" | Jesse Frasure, Rhett Akins | Top 10 Single | |
2019 | Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road | "Remember You Young" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure | No. 1 Single |
"Up" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally | ||||
"Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time" | Thomas Rhett, Karen Fairchild,The Stereotypes, Jesse Frasure | Single | |||
"VHS" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Amy Wadge | ||||
"Notice" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Sean Douglas | ||||
"Things You Do For Love" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Josh Osborne, Luke Laird | ||||
"Don't Stop Drivin'" | Thomas Rhett, Josh Miller, Zach Crowell | ||||
"Dream You Never Had" | Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure | ||||
"Almost" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Amy Wadge | ||||
Thomas Rhett | Christmas In The Country | "Christmas In The Country" | Chris Tomlin, Thomas Rhett, David Garcia | Single | |
LOCASH | Brothers | "One Big Country Song" | Jesse Frasure, Michael Hardy | No. 1 Single | |
Florida Georgia Line | Can't Say I Ain't Country | "Y'all Boys" | Jesse Frasure, Michael Hardy, Brett Tyler | Single | |
Dustin Lynch | Ridin' Roads EP | "Ridin' Roads" | Dustin Lynch, Zach Crowell | Single | |
Jake Owen | Greetings from...Jake | "Mexico In Our Minds" | Jaren Johnston, Chris DeStefano | ||
Easton Corbin | — | "Somebody's Gotta Be Country" | Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins | Single | |
Chris Janson | Real Friends | "Good Vibes" | Chris Janson, Zach Crowell | No. 1 Single | |
Little Big Town | Nightfall | "Over Drinking" | Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey, Cary Barlowe, Steph Jones | Single | |
Runaway June | Blue Roses | "We Were Rich" | Nicolle Galyon, Ross Copperman | Single | |
2020 | Hardy | A ROCK | "Give Heaven Some Hell" | Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy, Benjamin Johnson | |
Thomas Rhett | Country Again: Side A | "What's Your Country Song" | Thomas Rhett, Jesse Frasure, Parker Welling Nohe, | No. 1 Single | |
Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Hole In The Bottle" | Kelsea Ballerini, Hillary Lindsey, Jesse Frasure, Stephanie Jones | No. 1 Single | |
Sam Hunt | Southside | "Hard to Forget" | Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally, Audrey Grisham, Luke Laird, Mary Jean Shurtz, Russ Hull, Sam Hunt | No. 1 Single | |
Lee Brice | Hey World | "One of Them Girls" | Ben Johnson, Dallas Davidson, Lee Brice | No. 1 Single | |
2021 | Morgan Wallen | Dangerous: The Double Album | "Sand in My Boots" | Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy | No. 1 Single |
Weezer | OK Human | "All My Favorite Songs" | Ben Johnson, Ilsey Juber, Rivers Cuomo | No. 1 Single | |
Thomas Rhett | Country Again: Side A | "Country Again" | Zach Crowell, Thomas Rhett | No. 1 Single | |
Parmalee | For You | "Take My Name" | Ben Johnson, Matt Thomas, David Fanning | No. 1 Single | |
Dylan Scott | Livin' My Best Life | "New Truck" | Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy | No. 1 Single | |
Dierks Bentley ft. HARDY, Breland | "Beers on Me" | Dierks Bentley, Luke Dick, Ross Copperman, Michael Hardy, Breland | No. 1 Single | ||
Carly Pearce | 29: Written in Stone | "What He Didn't Do" | Carly Pearce, Emily Shackleton | No. 1 Single | |
2022 | Jimmie Allen | Tulip Drive | "Kissin' You" | Jimmie Allen, Zach Crowell | |
"Broken Hearted" (feat. Katie Ohh) | Jimmie Allen, Will Weatherly | ||||
Russell Dickerson | Russell Dickerson | "God Gave Me a Girl" | Zach Crowell, Chase McGill, Russell Dickerson | No. 1 Single | |
Dierks Bentley | Gravel & Gold | "Gold" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman, Luke Dick | No. 1 Single | |
Kelsea Ballerini | Subject to Change | "The Little Things" | Kelsea Ballerini, Carey Barlowe | ||
Dustin Lynch | Blue in the Sky | "Break It on a Beach" | Dustin Lynch, Hunter Phelps, Zach Crowell | ||
Madeline Merlo | Slide | "I Need a Drink" | Madeline Merlo, Zach Crowell | ||
Midland | Mr. Saturday Night | "Longneck Way to Go" (feat. Jon Pardi | Jess Carson, Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, Rhett Atkins, Josh Osborne | Single | |
Joe Nichols | Good Day for Living | "Home Run" | Dallas Davidson, Ross Copperman | ||
The Reklaws and Jake Owen | Good Ol' Days | "11 Beers" | Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy | Single, No. 1 (Canada) | |
Cole Swindell | Stereotype | "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" | Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Thomas Rhett, Mark D. Sanders, Tim Nichols | No. 1 Single, platinum | |
"Single Saturday Night" | Mark Holman, Michael Hardy | No. 1 Single | |||
Carrie Underwood | Denim & Rhinestones | "Burn" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia | ||
"Pink Champagne" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia | ||||
2023 | Easton Corbin | Let's Do Country Right | "I Can't Decide" | Easton Corbin, Wade Kirby, Rhett Atkins | |
"Somebody's Gotta Be Country" | Rhett Atkins, Dallas Davidson | ||||
"Real Good Country Song" | Easton Corbin, Wade Kirby, Rodney Clawson | ||||
Chris Janson | The Outlaw Side of Me | "All I Need Is You" | Brad Clawson, Chris Janson | No. 1 Single | |
Nate Smith | Nate Smith | "World on Fire" | Taylor Phillips, Nate Smith, Lindsay Rimes | No. 1 Single | |
Dan + Shay | Bigger Houses | "Save Me the Trouble" | Dan Smyers, Jordan Minton, Jordan Reynolds, Shay Mooney | No. 1 Single | |
Jade Eagleson | Do It Anyway | "Do It Anyway" | Chase McGill, Matt Jenkins | ||
HARDY | The Mockingbird & the Crow | "Beer" | Michael Hardy, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps | ||
"Truck Bed" | Michael Hardy, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps | No. 1 Single | |||
Tyler Hubbard | Tyler Hubbard | "Leave Me Alone" | Tyler Hubbard, Ben Johnson | ||
Elle King | Come Get Your Wife | "Try Jesus" | Elle King, Ben Johnson, Casey Cathleen Smith, Geoffrey Warburton | ||
Dallas Smith | Dallas Smith | "How Do You Miss Me" | Michael Hardy, Mark Holman | ||
Morgan Wallen | One Thing at a Time | "Last Night" | John Byron, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ryan Vojtesak | No. 1 Single | |
"Everything I Love" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne | No. 1 Single | |||
"One Thing at a Time" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak | Top 5 Single | |||
"Whiskey Friends" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Josh Thompson | ||||
"You Proof" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak | No. 1 Single, 2x platinum | |||
"Me + All Your Reasons" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak | ||||
"Tennessee Fan" | Morgan Wallen, Michael Hardy, Mark Holman | ||||
"Thinkin' Bout Me" | John Byron, Taylor Phillips, Ryan Vojtesak | No. 1 Single | |||
"Me to Me" | Morgan Wallen, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak | ||||
"180 (Lifestyle)" | Mark Holman, Ryan Vojtesak, Bryan Williams, Jeffrey Williams, Ernest Smith, Deqauntes Lamar, London Holmes, Arsenio Archer, Rocky Block, Blake Pendergrass | ||||
"Cowgirls" (feat. Ernest) | Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Rocky Block, James Maddocks | ||||
"Good Girls Gone Missin" | Morgan Wallen, James Maddocks, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak |
Discography | |||||
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Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Awards |
2013 | Keith Urban | Fuse | "Cop Car" | Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt | Top 10 Single |
Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "See You Tonight" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Scotty McCreery | Top 10 Single | |
Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Good Timing" | Zach Crowell, Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | ||
"Tipsy" | Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | ||||
Lecrae | Gravity | "Confe$$ions" | Zach Crowell, Torrance Esmond, Michael Jefferson, Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Derrick Omondi Okoth, Joseph Prielozny | Grammy for Best Gospel Album | |
2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Confession" | Matt Jenkins, Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman | No. 1 Single |
Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" | Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell, Cary Barlowe | No. 1 Single | |
"Hell Of A Night" | Zach Crowell, Adam Sanders, Jaron Boyer | No. 1 Single | |||
Blake Shelton | Bringing Back the Sunshine | "Good Country Song" | Matt Jenkins, Jessi Alexander, Tommy Lee James | ||
Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "House Party" | Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, Sam Hunt | No. 1 Single | |
"Break Up in a Small Town" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | Top 5 Single | |||
"Single for the Summer" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne | ||||
"Cop Car" | Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Sam Hunt | ||||
"Raised On It" | Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Sam Hunt | Single | |||
2015 | Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out | "Spring Breakdown" | Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins | |
Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Do I Make You Wanna" | Ashley Gorley, Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell | ||
Old Dominion | Meat and Candy | "Song for Another Time" | Matt Jenkins, Brad Tursi, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen | No. 1 Single | |
Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Church Bells" | Zach Crowell, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey | No. 1 Single | |
"Heartbeat" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood | No. 1 Single | |||
"Dirty Laundry" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey | No. 1 Single | |||
2016 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | "A Little More Summertime" | Jerry Flowers, Tony Martin, Wendall Mobley | No. 1 Single |
Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "Setting the World on Fire" | Ross Copperman, Matt Jenkins, Josh Osborne | No. 1 Single | |
Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | "Dig Your Roots" | Jerry Flowers, Tyler Hubbard, Brett James, Brian Kelley, Ernest Keith Smith, Will Weatherly | ||
"Good Girl, Bad Boy" | Rodney Clawson, Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins | ||||
"Wish You Were On It" | Smith Ahnquist, Hunter Phelps, Jameson Rodgers, Will Weatherly | ||||
Cole Swindell | You Should Be Here | "Middle Of A Memory" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell | No. 1 Single | |
Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest | "A Guy With A Girl" | Bryan Simpson, Ashley Gorley | No. 1 Single | |
2017 | Sam Hunt | — | "Body Like A Back Road" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally | No. 1 Single |
2018 | Luke Bryan | What Makes You Country | "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" | Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd, Chase McGill | No. 1 Single |
Sam Hunt | — | "Downtown's Dead" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Charlie Handsome | Single | |
Kane Brown | Experiment | "Lose It" | Will Weatherly, Kane Brown, Chase McGill | No. 1 Single | |
2019 | "Good As You" | Will Weatherly, Kane Brown, Shy Carter, Brock Berryhill, Taylor Phillips | No. 1 Single | ||
Morgan Wallen (featuring Florida Georgia Line) | If I Know Me | "Up Down" | Brad Clawson, Michael Hardy, CJ Solar | No. 1 Single | |
Florida Georgia Line | Can't Say I Ain't Country | "Talk You Out Of It" | Hunter Phelps, Michael Hardy, Alysa Vanderheym, Jameson Rodgers | Single |
Wayland D. Holyfield was an American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community.
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