onstage during the 2018 SESAC Nashville Music Awards at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on November 11, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Songwriters were the focus, leading up to the CMA Awards, and SESAC celebrated with their roster of hit songwriters on the red carpet Sunday, November 11th as honorees gathered for for its annual awards show.
Focus on the 615 talked to a few of their favorites prior to the awards and performances held at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
One of the biggest songs in 2018 was “One Number Away”; co-written and produced by Sammy Mitchell, recorded by Luke Combs. This is Sammy’s first number one and he let us know how much of a whirlwind this year has been. “My life has changed….SESAC has been great about supporting me. These awards make it all a reality. It’s very cool to be honored for the first time”.
NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 11: Hillary Scott of musical group Lady Antebellum attends the 2018 SESAC Nashville Music Awards at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on November 11, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for SESAC) *** Local Caption *** Hillary Scott
We also caught up with Josh Hoge, who was named SESAC Songwriter of the Year in 2016. Josh has penned hits for The Backstreet Boys, Chris Young, Kane brown and many others. This week his song “Hangin On” with Chris Young went went number one Sunday.
“We stayed up until midnight last night and they finally told us it was happening. We are getting an award tonight for our last number one with Chris, “Losin Sleep”, but with this current song that happened today, I am so happy. And I am blessed to have four songs on the Kane Brown record. We also just found out it was the most streamed album in one day, in country music history. Let me just say, it’s been a good weekend!” Hoge says.
Walking her first red carpet before the premiere of the USA Networks newest show “Real Country”, produced by Shania Twain, Jamie Floyd is one of the contestants on the show. “Well, I am still a waitress, but I have some huge news I can share soon….I am honored to walk the red carpet tonight and I am very excited about this television show. I respect Shania, Travis Tritt and Jake Owen so much. Jake is who found me to be on “Real Country”….We filmed it this summer, so I can’t believe it is finally being aired! It’s exciting!” Jamie says. Floyd was also featured in “The Last Songwriter”, a documentary film exposing the struggles songwriters go through. Jamie wrote ‘The Blade” for Ashley Monroe and was nominated for a Grammy in 2015. She has been very vocal and honest about how hard it is to survive as a songwriter and struggling artist in the music industry, being a huge advocate for the Music Modernization Act, which was signed into law on October 11th.
This years top honors went to Matt McGinn, winning Songwriter of the Year and Country Song of the Year for “Heaven”, recorded by Kane Brown.
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