‘You Gonna Fly’ Songwriters among 24th Annual MusicRow Awards Nominees

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MusicRow, Nashville’s foremost industry publication, has announced the nominees for the 24th Annual MusicRow Awards. The magazine’s editorial team selected their picks in four categories, with outside nominations also excepted for the Breakthrough Songwriter category. MusicRow readers will now decide the winners who will be honored on June 20.

Given how much I have supported Keith Urban‘s recent #1 hit, ‘You Gonna Fly,’ and especially its songwriters Preston Brust and Chris Lucas of LoCash Cowboys, and Jaren Johnston of The Cadillac Black, I am very happy to see this creative trio among the Breakthrough Songwriter nominees. Congratulations guys! And this great song is not done bringing good news to its writers…

Other names I am pleased to see in this list: Ryan Tyndell, who co-wrote ‘Springsteen’ and was recently featured in a Songwriters Circle interview here; Eric Paslay, one of my favorite Nashville writers who has a wealth of material much stronger than the song Jake Owen took to #1 so keep an eye on him; Phil Barton, who is hopefully at the start of a long line of #1 hits; and Kip Moore who has a wonderful way with stories and has just delivered a great debut record, Up All Night.

 

24th Annual MusicRow Awards nominees:

Breakthrough Artist
[To honor an artist who achieved significant career progress for the first time.] – Brantley Gilbert (Valory Music Co.)
– Eli Young Band (Republic Nashville)
– Kip Moore (MCA Nashville)
– Scotty McCreery (Mercury)
– Thompson Square (Stoney Creek)

 

Song of the Year
[To honor writers and publishers on the craft of songwriting, not necessarily chart position.] – ‘God Gave Me You’ – Blake Shelton, Warner Music Nashville; written by Dave Barnes
– ‘Home’ – Dierks Bentley, Capitol Records Nashville; written by Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, and Dan Wilson.
– ‘Mean’ – Taylor Swift, Big Machine; written by Taylor Swift
– ‘Springsteen’ – Eric Church, EMI Nashville; written by Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell
– ‘You and Tequila’ – Kenny Chesney, BNA, featuring Grace Potter; written by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter

 

Breakthrough Songwriter
[To honor a Nashville songwriter who for the first time wrote or co-wrote a Top 10 song.] – Johnny Bulford and Phil Barton ‘A Woman Like You,’ recorded by Lee Brice
– Kip Moore and Dan Couch ‘Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck,’ recorded by Kip Moore
– Chris DeStefano ‘Good Girl,’ recorded by Carrie Underwood
– Catt Gravitt ‘Alone With You,’ recorded by Jake Owen
– Preston Brust, Chris Lucas, and Jaren Johnston ‘You Gonna Fly,’ recorded by Keith Urban
– David Nail ‘Let It Rain,’ recorded by David Nail
– Eric Paslay and Terry Sawchuk ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night,’ recorded by Jake Owen
– Ryan Tyndell ‘Springsteen,’ recorded by Eric Church

 

Producer of the Year
[To honor a producer’s work on albums active during the awards time period. Can include, but not limited to, single chart performance and album sales.] – Mark Bright (Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery, Luke Bryan)
– Scott Hendricks (Blake Shelton, Jana Kramer)
– Michael Knox (Jason Aldean, Montgomery Gentry)
– Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, David Nail, Eli Young Band, Pistol Annies, Kellie Pickler)
– Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Thomas Rhett, Randy Montana, Emmylou Harris)

 

The MusicRow Awards will be hosted at BMI’s Nashville headquarters on Wednesday, June 20 at 5:30 pm.

 

Liv Carter

Liv Carter

Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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