Jessie Jo Dillon (born September 11, 1987 [1] ) is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records. [2] [3] She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive. [1] [2] She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations. [2]
Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna. [4] She received a second at the following ceremony for her work on song by Moroney, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Keith Urban, and Kelsea Ballerini.
As of October 2020 [update] , Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. [5] Most are collaborations, [5] Her biggest hit is "10,000 Hours" (2019), which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and the Canada Country chart. [6]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Song of the Year | "Break Up in the End" | Nominated | [7] |
2020 | "10,000 Hours" | Nominated | [8] | |
2024 | Songwriter of the Year | Won | [9] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Best Country Song | "The Breath You Take" | Nominated | |
2019 | "Break Up in the End" | Nominated | [10] | |
2022 | "Better Than We Found It" | Nominated | [11] | |
2024 | "Buried | Nominated | [12] | |
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | "Buried", "Girl in the Mirror", "Halfway to Hell", "I Just Killed A Man", "Memory Lane", "Neon Cowgirl", "Screen", "The Town in Your Heart", "Up Above The Clouds (Cecilia's Song)" | Nominated |
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to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.
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