Josh Kear
born on 11/10/1974 in Jonesborough, TN, United States
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Joshua Peter "Josh" Kear is an American songwriter. His credits include Lady Antebellum's number-one "Need You Now", for which Kear won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Best Country Song at the 53rd Grammy Awards [1] and Carrie Underwood's number-one "Before He Cheats", for which Kear won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 50th Grammy Awards.[2] Both songs were awarded the ASCAP Country Song of the Year.[3][4] He recently won a Grammy Award for Country Song of the Year with Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" at the 55th Grammy Awards.[5] Kear had six singles which climbed the country chart in 2012 - "Dancin' Away With My Heart" by Lady Antebellum, (Kissed You) Good Night by Gloriana, "Drunk On You" by Luke Bryan, "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood, "True Believers" by Darius Rucker and "Two Black Cadillacs" by Carrie Underwood. Singles in 2013 included Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift's "Highway Don't Care", Lady Antebellum's "Goodbye Town", Tyler Farr's "Redneck Crazy" and Frankie Ballard's "Helluvah Life". As of December 2013, Kear has garnered seven Number Ones in his songwriting career. In 2011 Kear was awarded ASCAP's Global Impact Award. He was featured as the cover story of ASCAP's Playback magazine Fall Edition, 2011.[6] Most recently, Kear was award "Songwriter of the Year" at the 2013 ASCAP Country Music Awards, where he was also awarded "Song of the Year", along with Chris Tompkins, for Luke Bryan's "Drunk on You".[7]
Selected songwriting credits
Year | Artist | Song | Co-Writers |
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2013 | Frankie Ballard | "Helluva Life" | Rodney Clawson/Chris Tompkins |
2013 | Tyler Farr | "Redneck Crazy" | Chris Tompkins/Mark Irwin |
2013 | Tim McGraw | "Tinted Windows" | Mark Irwin/Andrew Dorff |
2013 | Dakota Bradley | "Somethin' Like Somethin'" | Dakota Bradley |
2013 | Lady Antebellum | "Can't Stand The Rain" | Hillary Scott/Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood |
2013 | Lady Antebellum | "Goodbye Town" | Hillary Scott/Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood |
2013 | Darius Rucker | "I Will Love You Still" | Darius Rucker |
2013 | Tim McGraw | "Friend Of A Friend" | Mark Irwin/Andrew Dorff |
2013 | Tim McGraw/Taylor Swift | "Highway Don't Care" | Mark Irwin/Brad Warren/Brett Warren |
2012 | Darius Rucker | "True Believers" | Darius Rucker |
2012 | Thomas Rhett | "Front Porch Junkies" | Thomas Rhett/Mark Irwin/Brett Warren/Brad Warren |
2012 | Luke Bryan | "Drunk on You" | Rodney Clawson/Chris Tompkins |
2012 | Carrie Underwood | "Blown Away" | Chris Tompkins |
2012 | Carrie Underwood | "Two Black Cadillacs" | Carrie Underwood/Hillary Lindsey |
2012 | Carrie Underwood | "Cupid's Got A Shotgun" | Carrie Underwood/Chris Tompkins |
2012 | Carrie Underwood | "One Way Ticket" | Carrie Underwood/Luke Laird |
2011 | Susan Boyle | "This Will Be The Year" | Shahid Kahn/Adele Emily Sandre |
2011 | Gloriana | "Turn My World Around" | Mike Gossin/Matt Serletic |
2011 | Eli Young Band | "Every Other Memory" | Catt Gravitt/Chris DeStafano |
2011 | Gloriana | "(Kissed You) Good Night" | Tom Gossin |
2011 | Lady Antebellum | "Dancin' Away With My Heart" | Hillary Scott/Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood |
2011 | Martina McBride | "Broken Umbrella" | Mark Irwin/Chris Tompkins |
2011 | Martina McBride | "Long Distance Lullaby" | Mark Irwin/Martina McBride |
2010 | Gary Allan | "Kiss Me When I'm Down" | Chris Tompkins/Andrew Dorff |
2009 | Gloriana | "Wild at Heart" | Stephanie Bentley/Matt Serletic |
2009 | Lady Antebellum | "Need You Now" | Hillary Scott/Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood |
2009 | Martina McBride | "Don't Cost A Dime" | Mark Irwin/Chris Tompkins |
2009 | Martina McBride | "Wild Rebel Rose" | Mark Irwin |
2009 | Carrie Underwood | "Change" | Chris Tompkins/Katrina Elam |
2009 | Chris Young | "It Takes A Man" | Ed Hill/David Frasier |
2007 | Jimmy Buffett | "Bama Breeze" | Mark Irwin/Chris Tompkins |
2006 | Carrie Underwood | "Before He Cheats" | Chris Tompkins |
2006 | Hank Williams Jr. | "That's How They Do It In Dixie" | Mark Irwin/Chris Tompkins |
Awards
Award | Song | Nominated/Won | Category |
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Grammy | Before He Cheats | Nominated | Song of the Year |
Grammy | Before He Cheats | Won | Country Song of the Year |
Grammy | Need You Now | Won | Song of the Year |
Grammy | Need You Now | Won | Country Song of the Year |
Grammy | Blown Away | Won | Country Song of the Year |
Academy of Country Music | N/A | Nominated | Songwriter of the Year |
Academy of Country Music | Before He Cheats | Nominated | Song of the Year |
Academy of Country Music | Need You Now | Won | Song of the Year |
Country Music Association | Before He Cheats | Nominated | Song of the Year |
Country Music Association | Need You Now | Nominated | Song of the Year |
ASCAP Awards - Country | Before He Cheats | Won | Song of the Year |
ASCAP Awards - Country | Need You Now | Won | Song of the Year |
World Music Awards | Blown Away | Pending | World's Best Song |
ASCAP Music Awards | N/A | Won | Writer of the Year |
ASCAP Music Awards | Drunk on You | Won | Song of the Year |
British Country Music Awards | Highway Don't Care | Won | International Song of the Year |
External links
- [1] Carrie Underwood Associated Press
- [2] AIMP Panel 2012 - Josh Kear, Mike Stoller, Desmond Child
- Winners List at cmaawards.com
- [3] GulfCoastNews.com Feature Article
- Big Yellow Dog Music website
- [4] Playback Magazine Feature Story
References
- http://www.ascap.com/playback/2011/06/faces_places/nashville/joshkear.aspx
- http://www.cmt.com/grammys/2008/nominees.jhtml
- http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/ascapcma/2010/songofyear.aspx
- http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/ascapcma/2007/songofyear.aspx
- http://tasteofcountry.com/carrie-underwood-best-country-song-2013-grammy-awards/
- http://www.ascap.com/playback/2011/12/features/josh-kear.aspx
- http://www.ascap.com/press/2013/1104-josh-kear-named-songwriter-of-the-year-at-51st-annual-ascap-country-music-awards.aspx
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