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Born | Nashville, Tennessee |
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Zach Crowell is a songwriter and record producer, who was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Crowell is involved in a joint publishing agreement with Round Hill Music and Taperoom Music. [1]
Crowell has written/produced over 30 #1 songs and is a three-time Grammy Award nominee. [2]
In 2012, he co-wrote and produced the song "Confe$$ions" on the Grammy Award-winning sixth studio album, Gravity by rapper Lecrae. [3] [4]
In 2013, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song "Strong" for singer Will Hoge, which was featured as the theme song for a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado advertising campaign. [5] Crowell has also written and/or produced multiple number one songs including "Take Your Time", "House Party", and "Leave the Night On" for Sam Hunt, and "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" and "Hell of a Night" for Dustin Lynch. Additionally, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song "Cop Car" by Keith Urban along with having songs recorded by Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line and Cole Swindell.
In 2015, Crowell co-wrote and/or produced multiple number one songs for county music star Carrie Underwood's fifth studio album, Storyteller , including the songs "Heartbeat", "Church Bells", and "Dirty Laundry".
Crowell produced and co-wrote the 2017 song "Body Like a Back Road" for singer Sam Hunt. [6] The song set the all-time record at 34 weeks for the most time spent at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Year | Artist | Album | Song |
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2024 | Jelly Roll | Single | "I Am Not Okay" | Producer |
Sam Hunt | Lockep Up | "Locked Up" |
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"Last Hurrah" | Producer | |||
2023 | Dan + Shay | Bigger Houses | "Breakin' Up With A Broken Heart" | Writer |
"Neon Cowgirl" | Writer | |||
Old Dominion | Memory Lane | "Different About You" | Writer | |
Dustin Lynch | Killed the Cowboy | "Killed The Cowboy" | Producer | |
"Honky Tonk Heartbreaker" |
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"George Strait Jr." | Producer | |||
"Chevrolet (feat. Jelly Roll)" | Producer | |||
"If I Stop Drinkin'" | Producer | |||
"Only Girl In This Town" | Producer | |||
"Breakin' Up Down" |
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"Trouble With This Truck" |
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"Blue Lights" | Producer | |||
"Lonestar" | Producer | |||
"Listen To The Radio" | Producer | |||
"Long Way Home" | Producer | |||
Jelly Roll | Whitsitt Chapel | "Halfway To Hell" | Producer | |
"Church" | Producer | |||
"The Lost" | Producer | |||
"Nail Me" | Producer | |||
"Hold On Me" | Producer | |||
"Kill A Man" | Producer | |||
"Unlive (feat. Yelawolf)" |
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"Save Me (feat. Lainey Wilson)" | Producer | |||
"Dancing With The Devil" |
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"Hungover In A Church Pew" |
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Madeline Merlo | TBA | "Same Car" |
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"Tim + Faith" | ||||
Cole Swindell | Stereotype | "Broken" | Producer | |
"Drinkaby" | Producer | |||
Sam Hunt | TBA | "Start Nowhere" |
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"Outskirts" |
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"Walmart" |
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"Women In My Life" |
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2022 | Russell Dickerson | Russell Dickerson | "God Gave Me a Girl" |
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"All The Same Friends" |
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"I Still Believe" | Writer | |||
"Drink To This" | Writer | |||
"Beers To The Summer" | Producer | |||
Madeline Merlo | Slide | "Slide" |
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"YOUNG-ish" |
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"Girl Where He Grew Up" | Producer | |||
"I Need a Drink" |
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Cole Swindell | Stereotype | "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" | Producer | |
"Never Say Never (feat. Lainey Wilson)" | Producer | |||
"I'm Gonna Let Her" | Producer | |||
"How Is She" | Producer | |||
"Girl Goes Crazy" | Producer | |||
"Miss Wherever" | Producer | |||
"Some Habits" | Producer | |||
"Walk On Whiskey" | Producer | |||
"Sayin' You Love Me" | Producer | |||
Thomas Rhett | Where We Started | "Death Row" | Writer | |
Dustin Lynch | Blue in the Sky | "Party Mode" | Producer | |
"Thinking 'Bout You (feat. MacKenzie Porter)" | Producer | |||
"Stars Like Confetti" |
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"Somethin' That Makes You Smile" | Producer | |||
"Break It on a Beach" |
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"Tequila on a Boat" (feat. Chris Lane) | Producer | |||
"Tennessee Trouble" | Producer | |||
"Summer Never Ended" | Producer | |||
"Back Road TN" | Producer | |||
"Huntin' Land" (feat. Riley Green) | Producer | |||
"Pasenda" | Producer | |||
"Not Every Cowboy" | Producer | |||
Chris Janson | All In | "Bye Mom" | Producer | |
"All In" |
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"Keys to the Country" |
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2021 | Luke Bryan | Born Here, Live Here, Die Here | "Waves" | Writer |
Thomas Rhett | Country Again: Side A | "Country Again" | Writer | |
"Blame It on a Backroad" | Writer | |||
Ryan Hurd | Pelago | "June, July, August" | Writer | |
Scotty McCreery | Same Truck | "Same Truck" | Writer | |
"Small Town Girl" | Writer | |||
Brett Young | Weekends Look a Little Different These Days | "Weekends Look A Little Different These Days" | Writer | |
2020 | Kenny Chesney | Here and Now | "Heartbreakers" | Writer |
Sam Hunt | Southside | "2016" |
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"Hard to Forget" | Producer | |||
"Kinfolks" |
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"Sinning with You" | Producer | |||
"Young Once" |
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"Let It Down" |
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"That Ain't Beautiful" |
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"Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s" |
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"Nothing Lasts Forever" |
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Dustin Lynch | Tullahoma | "Momma's House" | Producer | |
"Dirt Road" | Producer | |||
"Thinking 'Bout You" | Producer | |||
"Ridin' Roads" |
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"Old Country Song" | Producer | |||
"The World Ain't Yours And Mine" | Producer | |||
"Country Star" | Producer | |||
"Workin' On You" | Producer | |||
"Country Star" | Producer | |||
"Little Town Livin" |
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"Red Dirt, Blue Eyes" | Producer | |||
2019 | Thomas Rhett | Center Point Road | "Don't Stop Drivin'" | Writer |
Chris Janson | Real Friends | "Good Vibes" |
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"Normal People" |
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2018 | Brett Young | Ticket to L.A. | "Ticket To L.A." | Writer |
"Runnin' Away From Home" | Writer | |||
"Don't Wanna Write This Song" | Writer | |||
Sam Hunt | Single | "Downtown's Dead" |
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Dustin Lynch | Single | "Good Girl" | Producer | |
2017 | Sam Hunt | Bright: The Album | "This Land Is Your Land" | Producer |
Luke Bryan | What Makes You Country | "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" | Writer | |
Kelsea Ballerini | Unapologetically | "Roses" | Writer | |
Darius Rucker | When Was the Last Time | "Twenty Something" | Writer | |
Dustin Lynch | Current Mood | "Small Town Boy" | Producer | |
"New Girl" |
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"Here We Come" |
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Brett Young | Brett Young | "Making Me Say" | Writer | |
Sam Hunt | Single | "Body Like a Back Road" |
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Sam Hunt | Single | "Drinkin' Too Much" |
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2016 | Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | "Good Girl, Bad Boy" | Writer |
Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest | "You Can't Make This Up" | Writer | |
Cole Swindell | You Should Be Here | "Middle of a Memory" | Writer | |
Martina McBride | Reckless | "Reckless" | Writer | |
Joe | My Name Is Joe Thomas | "Hollow" |
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2015 | Sam Hunt | Between the Pines | Between the Pines |
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Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Heartbeat" |
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"Church Bells" | Writer | |||
"Dirty Laundry" | Writer | |||
"Relapse" | Producer | |||
Michael Ray | Michael Ray | "Everything in Between" | Writer | |
Easton Corbin | About to Get Real | "Guys and Girls" | Writer | |
Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Do I Make You Wanna" | Writer | |
Brett Kissel | Pick Me Up | "Airwaves" | Writer | |
Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out | "Spring Breakdown" | Writer | |
2014 | Cole Swindell | Down Home Sessions | "Kiss" | Writer |
Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "Take Your Time" | Producer | |
"Leave the Night On" | Producer | |||
"House Party" |
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"Break Up in a Small Town" |
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"Single for the Summer" |
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"Ex to See" | Producer | |||
"Make You Miss Me" | Producer | |||
"Cop Car" |
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"Raised on It" |
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"Speakers" | Producer | |||
Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "What's Your Name" | Writer | |
"U Turn" | Writer | |||
Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" | Writer | |
"Hell of a Night" | Writer | |||
"To the Sky" | Writer | |||
"Middle of Nowhere" | Writer | |||
Lindsay Ell | Single | "Shut Me Up" | Writer | |
Colt Ford | Thanks for Listening | "The High Life" (featuring Chase Rice) | Writer | |
2013 | Keith Urban | Fuse | "Cop Car" |
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Dierks Bentley | Riser | "Sounds of Summer" | Writer | |
Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Good Timing" | Writer | |
Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "See You Tonight" | Writer | |
"Can You Feel It" | Writer | |||
Will Hoge | Never Give In | "Strong" |
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2012 | Lecrae | Gravity | "Confe$$ions" |
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