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Cary Barlowe
Cary Barlowe
American songwriter
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Liz Rose
Liz Rose
US songwriter
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Lori McKenna
Lori McKenna
American musician
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood
American country music singer
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Christopher Stevens
Christopher Stevens
record producer, mix-engineer, and songwriter
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Brett James
Brett James
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Little Big Town
Little Big Town
band
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Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist
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Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini
American country music singer
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Gordie Sampson
Gordie Sampson
Canadian musician
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Melissa Peirce
Melissa Peirce
American country music songwriter
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Hillary Scott
Hillary Scott
American singer and songwriter
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Maddie & Tae
Maddie & Tae
American female country music duo
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Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert
American country music singer
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter
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David Hodges
David Hodges
American songwriter, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist
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Lady A
Lady A
American band
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Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes
American country musician
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Natalie Hemby
Natalie Hemby
American country music songwriter
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Linda Davis
Linda Davis
American country music singer
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Diane Warren
Diane Warren
American songwriter, musician and record producer
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Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves
American country music singer-songwriter
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Kellie Pickler
Kellie Pickler
country music musician from the United States
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Steve McEwan
Steve McEwan
British musician
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Keith Urban
Keith Urban
New Zealand-born Australian country music singer
Hillary Lindsey
American singer-songwriter

Hillary Lindsey

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American singer-songwriter

Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady Antebellum, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Luke Bryan. In 2006 and 2016, respectively, Lindsey won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song for Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and for Little Big Town's "Girl Crush". In 2011, Lindsey received an Academy Award nomination for "Coming Home", recorded by Gwyneth Paltrow for the soundtrack of Country Strong, in the Best Original Song category. "Coming Home" also received a Golden Globe nomination that same year for Best Original Song along with "There's a Place for Us", making Lindsey a double nominee in 2011. As of 2018, she has had 20 number-one singles as a writer.

She has been nominated thrice for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for her work on "Jesus Take the Wheel", "Girl Crush", and "Always Remember Us This Way".