CMA Presents Triple Play Awards at Annual Songwriters Luncheon
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If you are a songwriter and an artist decides to cut one of your compositions, you know you’ve already beaten the odds. To then have then have the song chart is a bit like the lottery, and the chances of it hitting #1, well they’re astronomically small. Songwriters who achieve this once already deserve much praise but the ones who manage this three times inside a year, well, they get their own award.
At the recent annual CMA Songwriters Luncheon those who penned the most country chart toppers were honored with a Triple Play Award. Special mention goes to Zac Brown and Dallas Davidson, who with six #1 songs each, picked up two awards.
“This occasion affords CMA the opportunity to honor true creators,” said CMA Board President-Elect Troy Tomlinson, President and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville, in the press release. “These exceptional songwriters begin every song with a blank page. They proceed to create something out of thin air that moves us. That’s magical. That’s why we love and honor songwriters. They put into words and music what the rest of us feel but can’t articulate.”
Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer added: “Nashville is legendary for its songwriters and their ability to convey the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life. CMA is honored to award some of these songwriters for this amazing accomplishment and their contributions to our format.”
In alphabetical order, the recipients of CMA’s Triple Play Award included:
· Rhett Akins: “Honey Bee,” “Take a Back Road,” “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
· Casey Beathard: “The Boys of Fall,” “Come Back Song,” “Just Fishin'”
· Zac Brown: “Highway 20 Ride,” “Free,” “As She’s Walking Away,” “Colder Weather,” “Knee Deep,” “Keep Me in Mind”
· Luke Bryan: “Rain is a Good Thing,” “Someone Else Calling You Baby,” “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)”
· Dallas Davidson: “All About Tonight,” “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” “Country Girl (Shake It for Me),” “All Over Me,” “Just a Kiss,” “We Owned the Night”
· Chris DuBois: “Water,” “Anything Like Me,” “Old Alabama”
· Wyatt Durrette: “Highway 20 Ride,” “As She’s Walking Away,” “Colder Weather”
· Luke Laird: “A Little Bit Stronger,” “Take a Back Road,” “Drink In My Hand”
· Brad Paisley: “Water,” “Anything Like Me,” “Old Alabama”
· Hillary Scott: “Our Kind of Love,” “A Little Bit Stronger,” “Just a Kiss”
· Jason Sellers: “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” “I Won’t Let Go,” “I Got You”
· Taylor Swift: “Mine,” “Back to December,” “Mean”
· Dave Turnbull: “The Boys of Fall,” “Anything Like Me,” “Old Alabama”
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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