Jessie Jo Dillon

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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]

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Career

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]

Discography

As of October 2020, 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]

Notable songs

Awards and nominations

Academy of Country Music Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019Song of the Year"Break Up in the End"Nominated [7]
2020"10,000 Hours"Nominated [8]

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2011 Best Country Song "The Breath You Take"Nominated
2019 "Break Up in the End"Nominated [9]
2022 "Better Than We Found It"Nominated [10]
2024 "Buried Pending [11]
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)"
Pending

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