Ross Copperman

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Ross Copperman
Background information
Born (1982-10-01) October 1, 1982 (age 41)
Origin Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • songwriter
  • artist
Years active2002–present
Labels

Ross Copperman is an American Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and record producer. After his experience as an artist in the UK, Copperman went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he pursued a career in country music. He has written 41 No. 1 songs including Billy Currington's "Don't It," Luke Bryan's "Strip It Down," Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" and Kenny Chesney’s “Get Along.” Copperman has also produced for artists including Brett Eldredge, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Jake Owen, Kelsea Ballerini, Kenny Chesney, Chayce Beckham, Warren Zeiders and Gabby Barrett.

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Copperman has received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song with Blake Shelton’s “I Lived It", has won Songwriter of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and is a 3x BMI Awards Songwriter of the Year. In 2020, he was nominated for Single of the Year at the CMA Awards with Gabby Barrett’s 7x platinum single, “I Hope.” The song spent 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Copperman co-wrote and co-produced Kelsea Ballerini’s album, kelsea, including the No. 1 single and CMA Musical Event of the Year “half of my hometown (ft. Kenny Chesney).”

Biography

Early life

Copperman was born and grew up in Roanoke, Virginia. He attended Glenvar High School in Roanoke County. [1] He started playing the piano at age 3, and started writing songs in college at James Madison University. The first song he wrote is titled "Fly Away", and it appears on his studio debut album.

Early career

Ross signed with Phonogenic Records in the UK and began working on his debut album in 2006. The first single he released, "As I Choke", managed to be the most popular iTunes Single of the Week in the UK, notching up 36,457 downloads in a one-week period. [2]

Present career

Despite the success of his UK debut, Copperman decided to relocate to Nashville to focus on songwriting and production. In this period he wrote other notable hits including, "Glass" by Thompson Square, "Tip It On Back" by Dierks Bentley, "Pirate Flag" by Kenny Chesney, "Lay Low" by Josh Turner, "Trouble" by Gloriana and Prizefighter" by Trisha Yearwood.

Ross has had numerous major synch placements in TV shows and movies, such as CSI: NY , The Vampire Diaries , The Biggest Loser , NCIS , Nashville and Grey's Anatomy which featured his song "The Stars Are On Your Side" in S15, E22.

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryRecipientResultRef
2014 Country Music Association Awards Country Album of the YearDierks Bentley's RiserNominated [3]
2015 Grammy Awards Country Album of the YearDierks Bentley's RiserNominated [4]
Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play Award x2Himself, for being a songwriter on 6 No. 1 songs in a 12-month periodWon [5]
2016 Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play Award x2Himself, for being a songwriter on 6 No. 1 songs in a 12-month periodWon [5]
Academy of Country Music Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfWon [6]
BMI Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfWon [7]
2017 Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play AwardHimself, for being a songwriter on 3 No. 1 songs in a 12-month periodWon [8]
BMI Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfWon [5]
GMA Awards Dove Award for Worship Album of the YearFor production of Never Lose Sight by Chris TomlinWon [9]
2018 Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the YearFor production of "Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley with The Brothers OsborneNominated [10]
Country Music Association Awards Album of the YearDierks Bentley's The MountainNominated [11]
Country Music Association Awards Album of the YearKeith Urban's Graffiti UNominated [12]
Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the YearKeith Urban's "Female"Nominated [13]
2019 Academy of Country Music Awards Musical Event of the Year"Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley with The Brothers OsborneWon [14]
Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the YearDierks Bentley's The MountainNominated [15]
Academy of Country Music Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfNominated [16]
Grammy Awards Best Country SongBlake Shelton's "I Lived It"Nominated [17]
BMI Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfWon
2020 Country Music Association Awards Single of the YearGabby Barrett's "I Hope"Nominated
BMI Awards Songwriter of the YearHimselfWon
2021 Academy of Country Music Awards Single of the YearGabby Barrett's "I Hope"Nominated
2022 Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year"half of my hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny ChesneyNominated
Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the Year"Beers On Me" by Dierks Bentley, Breland, HARDYWon
Academy of Country Music Awards Musical Event of the Year"half of my hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny ChesneyNominated

Discography

Albums

Singles

Number One Hits

Listed are the No. 1 country hits Ross Copperman has co-written, as recorded by the artists below:

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2023

2024

Songwriting discography

YearArtistAlbumSong TitleCo-written with
2011 Dia Frampton Dia Frampton "The Broken Ones"Dia Frampton, Tom Shapiro
Jennette McCurdy Jennette McCurdy "Generation Love" Tom Douglas, Heather Morgan
Thompson Square Thompson Square "Glass" Jon Nite
Chris Young Neon "Save Water, Drink Beer" Jon Nite, Megan Connor
2012 Dierks Bentley Home "Tip It On Back" Jon Nite, Tully Kennedy
Country & Cold Cans"Summer On Fire" Brett Beavers, Ryan Tyndell
Brandon Heath Blue Mountain "Jesus in Disguise"Brandon Heath, Lee Thomas Miller
"Love Does"Brandon Heath, Lee Thomas Miller
"In The Dust"Brandon Heath, Lee Thomas Miller
"Diamond" Brandon Heath, Lee Thomas Miller
"Dyin' Day"Brandon Heath, Lee Thomas Miller
JT Hodges JT Hodges"Goodbyes Made You Mine"JT Hodges, Jon Nite
Jana Kramer Jana Kramer "One Of The Boys"Jana Kramer, Jon Nite
2013 Kenny Chesney Life on a Rock "Pirate Flag"David Lee Murphy
Brett Eldredge Bring You Back "Beat of the Music"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan
"Bring You Back"Heather Morgan
"Go On Without Me"Brett Eldredge, Natalie Hemby
Scotty McCreery See You Tonight "Get Gone With You"Lynn Hutton, Tammi Hutton
Justin Moore Off The Beaten Path "Point at You" Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip
Thompson Square Just Feels Good "Run"Michael Davey
Keith Urban Fuse "Black Leather Jacket"Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston
"Love's Poster Child"Heather Morgan
"Even The Stars Fall 4 U"Keith Urban, David Lee Murphy
"She's My 11"Keith Urban, Jaren Johnston
2014 Blake Shelton Bringing Back the Sunshine "I Need My Girl"Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip
Trisha Yearwood PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit "PrizeFighter" Jessi Alexander, Sarah Buxton
Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes "Angel"Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Rodney Clawson
"Confession"Rodney Clawson, Matt Jenkins
Dallas Smith Lifted "Heat Rises"Rodney Clawson, Jaren Johnston
"Just Say When"Rodney Clawson, Ben Hayslip
2015 Eli Young Band Turn It On "Plastic" Ashley Gorley, Jeremy Stover, Mike Eli
"Your Place Or Mine"Jeremy Stover, Mike Eli, Jon Jones
"Drink You Up"Jeremy Stover, Mike Eli, Jon Jones
Billy Currington Summer Forever "Don't It"Ashley Gorley, Jaren Johnston
Josh Turner Upcoming Album"Lay Low" Tony Martin, Mark Nesler
Gloriana Three "Trouble"Rachel Reinert, Mike Gossin, Jon Nite
A Thousand Horses Southernality "Smoke"Michael Hobby, Jon Nite
Jake Owen "Real Life"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Ashley Gorley
Brett Eldredge Illinois "Fire"Brett Eldredge, Jon Nite
"You Can't Stop Me (featuring Thomas Rhett)"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan
"Lose My Mind"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan, Brian Burton, Thomas Calloway, Gian Franco Reverberi, Gian Piero Reverberi
"Wanna Be That Song"Brett Eldredge, Scooter Carusoe
"If You Were My Girl"Brett Eldredge, Jon Nite
"Just A Taste"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan
"Drunk on Your Love"Brett Eldredge
"Shadow"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan
"Going Away For Awhile"Brett Eldredge, Heather Morgan
2016 Jake Owen American Love "Where I Am"Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey
"Everybody Dies Young"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Scott Stepakoff
"You Ain't Going Nowhere"Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley
"American Country Love Song"Ashley Gorley, Jaren Johnston
Keith Urban Ripcord "Break on Me" Jon Nite
"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Dallas Smith Side Effects "Sky Stays This Blue"Ashley Gorley, Josh Osborne
"Autograph"Nicolle Clawson, Haley Georgia
"I'm Already Gone"Rodney Clawson, Marv Green
"Twelve Pack Soundtrack" Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins
Jerrod Niemann and Lee Brice N/A"A Little More Love" Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby, Kristi Neumann
LoCash The Fighters "I Know Somebody" Jeremy Stover, Rhett Akins
Darius Rucker When Was the Last Time "If I Told You" Jon Nite, Shane McAnally
Kenny Chesney Cosmic Hallelujah "Noise" Jon Nite, Kenny Chesney, Shane McAnally
"Setting the World on Fire" feat. Pink Josh Osborne, Matt Jenkins
Dierks Bentley Black "Black"Dierks Bentley, Ashley Gorley
Eli Young Band Fingerprints "Saltwater Gospel"Ashley Gorley, Nicolle Gallyon
Joe Nichols N/A"Undone"Josh Osborne, Trevor Rosen
Richard Marx The Ultimate Collection "Last Thing I Wanted Richard Marx, Ashley Gorley
2017 Gary Allan N/A"Mess Me Up" Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally
Parmalee 27861 "Sunday Morning" Josh Osborne, Matt Thomas
Chase Rice Lambs & Lions "Three Chords and the Truth" Jon Nite, Chase Rice
Dierks Bentley Black "What the Hell Did I Say"Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear
Justin Moore Kinda Don't Care "Kinda Don't Care" Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip
Keith Urban Graffiti U "Female"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Blake Shelton Texoma Shore "I Lived It"Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Ashley Gorley
2018 LANCO Hallelujah Nights "Born to Love You"Ashley Gorley, Brandon Lancaster, Josh Osborne
Dierks Bentley The Mountain "Woman, Amen" Dierks Bentley, Josh Kear
"Living"Jon Nite
"Nothing On But the Stars" Dierks Bentley, Jon Nite
"Goodbye in Telluride" Dierks Bentley, Scooter Carusoe, Ashley Gorley
"Son of the Sun" Dierks Bentley, Jon Nite, Jon Randall
"Stranger To Myself"Heather Morgan, Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney Single Release"Get Along"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Mat Kearney Crazytalk"Sleeping at the Wheel"Heather Morgan, Mat Kearney, Oumou Sangare
Eli Young Band Single Release"Love Ain't"Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally
Brett Eldredge Single Release"Love Someone"Heather Morgan, Brett Eldredge
2019 King Calaway Rivers"World For Two"James Abrahart, Josh Osborne
Backstreet Boys DNA"Just Like You Like It"Josh Kear, Dustin Lynch
Luke Bryan Born Here, Live Here, Die Here "What She Wants Tonight"Luke Bryan, Hillary Lindsey, Jon Nite
Jordan Davis Jordan Davis"Cool Anymore (feat. Julia Michaels)"Jordan Davis, Nicolle Galyon, Emily Weisband
Old Dominion Old Dominion "Paint the Grass Green"Matt Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Josh Osborne, Brad Tursi
2020 Blake Shelton Fully Loaded:God's Country "Nobody But You (Duet with Gwen Stefani)"Tommy Lee James, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Kelsea Ballerini kelsea "the other girl (with halsey)"Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley Frangipane, Shane McAnally
"love me like a girl"Kelsea Ballerini, Lauren Grieve, Hillary Lindsey, Jordan Minton
"love and hate"Kelsea Ballerini, Ed Sheeran
"bragger"Kelsea Ballerini, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins
"half of my hometown (feat. kenny chesney)"Kelsea Ballerini, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins
"needy"Kelsea Ballerini, Julia Michaels
Gabby Barrett Goldmine "Write It on My Heart" Gabby Barrett, Josh Osborne
"You're the Only Reason" Gabby Barrett, Josh Kear
Darius Rucker Single Release"Beers and Sunshine" J.T. Harding, Josh Osborne, Darius Rucker
Kenny Chesney Here and Now "Tip of My Tongue" Kenny Chesney, Ed Sheeran
Tim McGraw Here on Earth "Hold You Tonight"Jon Nite
Cole Swindell Down Home Sessions V - EP"All Nighter"Ashley Gorley, Jon Nite, Cole Swindell
Blake Shelton Single Release"Happy Anywhere (feat. Gwen Stefani)"Matt Jenkins, Josh Osborne
Richard Marx Limitless "Last Thing I Wanted Richard Marx, Ashley Gorley
2021Luke BryanCountry Does"Country Does"Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Florida Georgia LineLife Rolls On"Always Gonna Love You"Brett Eldredge, Rob Mounsey
"Eyes Closed"Cassadee Pope, Heather Morgan
Joe NicholsGood Day For Living"Home Run"Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Corey Crowder
Blake SheltonBody Language"he Flow

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Michael Hardy, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Corey Crowder
Cassadee PopeThrive"Say It First"Josh Osborne & Matt Jenkins
Dan + ShaySingle Release"Good Things"Josh Osborne & Shane McAnally
Michael RayPicture"Picture"David Garcia, Michael Hardy & Michael Ray
Brett EldredgeMr. Christmas"Mr. Christmas"Shane McAnally & Maren Morris
2022 Tim Hicks Talk to Time"Talk to Time Bobby Pinson, Casey Beathard & Randy Houser
Brandon LaySingle Release"Good Good Life"Luke Niccoli, Maia
Randy HouserNote To Self"Note To Self"Brandon Lay, Jon Nite
Cole SwindellStereotype"Girl Goes Crazy"Cole Swindell, Michael Hardy
Jon PardiMr. Saturday Night"Fill ’Er Up"Jon Nite & Travis Hill
Alexander LudwigSingle Release"Faded On Me"Brice Long & Jon Pardi
Jimmie AllenTulip Drive"every time i say amen"Michael Hardy, Brett Tyler & Kolby Cooper
2023Brad PaisleySingle Release"So Many Summers"Brad Paisley, Lee Thomas Miller

Select production discography

YearArtistSong(s)/AlbumNotes
2012 JT Hodges "Goodbyes Made You Mine"Producer
The Dirty Guv'nahs Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies (Album)Producer
Hayden Panettiere "Love Like Mine, Used" ( The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 1 )Producer
Hayden Panettiere & Charles Esten "Undermine" ( The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 1 )Producer
Connie Britton "Already Gone" ( Nashville Season 1)Producer
2013 Brett Eldredge "Beat of the Music", "Bring You Back", "Go On Without Me" ( Bring You Back )Producer
Keith Urban "She's My 11" ( Fuse )Producer
Clare Bowen & Charles Esten"This Time" ( The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1 )Producer
Aubrey Peeples Tell Me (Nashville Season 2)Producer
Phil Vassar "Love Is Alive"Producer
2014 Dierks Bentley Riser (Album) – No. 1 Country AlbumProducer
2015 Dierks Bentley Black Producer
Eli Young Band Fingerprints Producer
Brett Eldredge "Fire", "You Can't Stop Me", "Lose My Mind", "Wanna Be That Song", "Time Well Spent", "If You Were My Girl",

"Just A Taste", "Drunk On Your Love", "Shadow", "Going Away For Awhile" ( Illinois )

Producer
Jake Owen "Real Life"Co-Producer w/Shane McAnally
Chris Tomlin "Good Good Father" (TBA)Producer
Drake White Extended PlaysProducer
2016Jake Owen"American Love", "After Midnight", "Where I Am", "Everybody Dies Young", "LAX", "If He Ain't Gonna Love You", "You Ain't Going Nowhere", "American Country Love Song"Co-produced w/Shane McAnally, Luke Laird
Richard Marx "Last Thing I Wanted" (The Ultimate Collection)Producer, composer, all instruments, Programming
Chris Tomlin "God and God Alone" (Passion)Producer
2017 Dierks Bentley "Hold The Light" ( Only the Brave ), "The Mountain"Producer
Darius Rucker "Bring It On", "Life's Too Short", "If I Told You", "Hands On Me", "Story to Tell"Producer, composer, engineer
Brett Eldredge "Love Someone", "Superhero", "The Reason", "Haven't Met You", "Heartbreaker"Producer, composer, engineer
Keith Urban "Female"Producer
2018 Dierks Bentley "Woman, Amen", "Living", "Nothing On But the Stars", "Goodbye in Telluride", "Son of the Sun", "Stranger To Myself"Producer, Assistant Engineer, composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Percussion, Programming, Vocals (Background)
Runaway June"Buy My Own Drinks", "I Am Too", "Got Me Where I Want You", "Fast As You"Producer
2019Backstreet Boys"Just Like You Like It"Producer
Gabby Barrett"I Hope", "The Good Ones"Producer
Runaway June"Head Over Heels", "I Know The Way", "Trouble With This Town", "Good, Bad & Ugly", "Blue Roses"Producer
2020 Richard Marx "Last Thing I Wanted" (Limitless)Producer, composer, all instruments, Programming
Darius Rucker"Beers and Sunshine"Producer
Gabby Barrett"Hall of Fame", "I Hope (Remix)", "Goldmine", "A God Whose Got Me", "The First Noel"Producer
Kelsea Ballerini"the way i used to", "Never Learn", "the other girl", "love me like a girl", "love and hate", "bragger", "half of my hometown", "needy"Producer
Kenny Chesney"Wasted", "Knowing You", "You Don’t Get To", "Guys Named Captain", "Everyone She Knows"Producer
Runaway June"We Were Rich (New Version)"Producer
2021Michael Ray"Picture"Producer
Brad Paisley"City of Music"Producer
Arthur Gunn"Save Me Now"Producer
Chayce Beckham"23", "23 (Steel Mix)"Producer
Chayce Beckham & Lindsay Ell"Can’t Do Without Me"Producer
Darius Rucker"My Masterpiece"Producer
Dierks Bentley"Beers On Me"Producer
Gabby Barrett"Rose Needs a Jack (Live From The Goldmine)", "I Hope (Live From The Goldmine)", "Pick Me Up", "Never Get It Back", "The Good Ones (Wedding Version)"Producer
2022Chayce Beckham"Tell Me Twice", "Where the River Goes", "Doin’ it Right", "I’ll Take the Bar", "Talk to Me", "Love to Burn", "Keeping Me Up All Night"Producer
Darius Rucker"Same Beer Different Problem"Producer
Dierks Bentley"Gold", "High Note"Producer
Elle King"Out Yonder", "Worth A Shot", "Try Jesus"Producer
Priscilla Block"Just About Over You (Radio Edit)"Producer
2023Chayce Beckham"Till The Day I Die"Producer
Elle King"Ohio", "Before You Met Me", "Lucky", "Tulsa", "Crawlin’ Mood", "Bonafide", "Blacked Out", "Love Go By"Producer
Gabby Barrett"Glory Days"Producer
Tenille Arts"Summer Don’t Go"Producer
Warren Zeiders"Pretty Little Poison", "Inside Your Head", "Tell Me Like It Is"Producer

Mixing credits

ArtistSongAlbum
Brett Eldredge "You Can't Stop Me (featuring Thomas Rhett)" Illinois
Dierks Bentley Back Porch Riser

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