Hillary Lindsey
Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in Washington, Georgia. 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., 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".
Career
In 1994, Lindsey moved from Washington, Ga. to Nashville to enroll in Belmont University's music business school. She tells the story of a roommate who had an internship at a record label and took one of her tapes into work with her. The tape was passed around to publishers, and Lindsey was quickly signed to Famous Music Publishing. In her first year as a writer she had eight cuts. She had her first number one song as a writer in 2002 with Martina McBride's "Blessed". In that same year, her song This Mystery was a number one hit in the Netherlands for singer Marco Borsato in a Dutch translation titled Lopen op het Water. The Dutch translation was recorded for the marriage of then-crown prince Willem Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta.Eleven of her number ones as a writer are Carrie Underwood tracks including "Jesus Take The Wheel", "Wasted", "So Small", "Just A Dream", "Last Name" and "Two Black Cadillacs". Thirty million records have been sold featuring her compositions. She has had two songs featured on the ABC television series Nashville: "Telescope" performed by Hayden Panettiere and "Change Your Mind" performed by Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2006 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | |
| 2006 | Canadian Country Music Awards | SOCAN Song of the Year | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | |
| 2006 | Gospel Music Association | Country Song of the Year | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | |
| 2007 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | |
| 2007 | Grammy Awards | Song of the Year | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | |
| 2015 | Country Music Association | Song of the Year | "Girl Crush" | |
| 2016 | Grammy Awards | Song of the Year | "Girl Crush" | |
| 2016 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "Girl Crush" | |
| 2016 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Girl Crush" | |
| 2017 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "Blue Ain't Your Color" | |
| 2017 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Blue Ain't Your Color" | |
| 2017 | Academy of Country Music | Songwriter of the Year | Herself | |
| 2018 | Academy of Country Music | Songwriter of the Year | Herself | |
| 2020 | Grammy Awards | Song of the Year | "Always Remember Us This Way" | |
| 2020 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "It All Comes Out in the Wash" | |
| 2020 | Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "I'll Never Love Again" |
Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart number-one songs
List of songs co-written by Lindsey
| Artist | Title |
| Lauren Alaina | "In My Veins" |
| Lauren Alaina | "Tupelo" |
| Lauren Alaina | "Wildflower" |
| Jason Aldean | "Grown Woman" |
| Jason Aldean | "Tryin' to Love Me" |
| Jason Aldean | "Wheels Rollin'" |
| Gary Allan | "Every Storm " |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "End of the World" |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "Hole in the Bottle" |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "Legends" |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "Love Me Like a Girl" |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "Unapologetically" |
| Dierks Bentley | "Bourbon in Kentucky" |
| Dierks Bentley | "Can't Be Replaced" |
| BoA | "Obsessed" |
| Bon Jovi | "Seat Next to You" |
| Michelle Branch | "Crazy Ride" |
| Michelle Branch | "I Want Tears" |
| Michelle Branch | "I'm Not That Strong" |
| Michelle Branch | "Long Goodbye" |
| Michelle Branch | "Sooner or Later" |
| Michelle Branch | "Summertime" |
| Michelle Branch | "Through the Radio" |
| Chris Brewer | "Help Me Out of the Sewer" |
| Lee Brice | "Somebody's Been Drinking" |
| Catherine Britt | "Dirt Cheap" |
| Shannon Brown | "I Won't Lie" |
| Luke Bryan | "Knockin' Boots" |
| Luke Bryan | "To the Moon and Back" |
| Luke Bryan | "What She Wants Tonight" |
| Caitlin & Will | "Address in the Stars" |
| Cam | "Road to Happiness" |
| Cam | "Till There's Nothing Left" |
| Carter's Chord | "Young Love" |
| Terri Clark | "Three Mississippi" |
| Miley Cyrus | "My Heart Beats for Love" |
| Miley Cyrus | "When I Look at You" |
| Ilse DeLange | "I'm Not So Tough" |
| Marie Digby | "Breathing Underwater" |
| Edens Edge | "Feels So Real" |
| Edens Edge | "Too Good to Be True" |
| Emerson Drive | "That Kind of Beautiful" |
| Sara Evans | "All the Love You Left Me" |
| Sara Evans | "As If" |
| Sara Evans | "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" |
| Sara Evans | "Big Cry" |
| Sara Evans | "Diving in Deep" |
| Sara Evans | "Four Thirty" |
| Sara Evans | "A Little Bit Stronger" |
| Sara Evans | "Otis Redding" |
| Sara Evans | "Some Things Never Change" |
| Florida Georgia Line | "God, Your Mama, and Me” |
| Gloriana | "Sunset Lovin" |
| Halestorm | "Unapologetic" |
| Jessica Harp | "Good Enough for Me" |
| Faith Hill | "Stronger" |
| Faith Hill | "This Is Me" |
| Enrique Iglesias | "Only a Woman" |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson | "Simple Life" |
| Wynonna Judd | " Break Me Down" |
| Lady Antebellum | "American Honey" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Cold as Stone" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Get To Me" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Long Teenage Goodbye" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Mansion" |
| Lady Antebellum | "Nothin' Like the First Time" |
| Lady Antebellum | "You Look Good" |
| Lady Gaga | "Always Remember Us This Way" |
| Lady Gaga | "A-Yo" |
| Lady Gaga | "Grigio Girls" |
| Lady Gaga | "I'll Never Love Again" |
| Lady Gaga | "Million Reasons" |
| Miranda Lambert | "Fire Escape" |
| Miranda Lambert | "It All Comes Out in the Wash" |
| Miranda Lambert | "Track Record" |
| Miranda Lambert | "Way Too Pretty for Prison" |
| Aaron Lines | "Waitin' on the Wonderful" |
| Ashliegh Lisset | "Kill the Headlights" |
| Little Big Town | "Beat Up Bible" |
| Little Big Town | "Don't Die Young, Don't Get Old" |
| Little Big Town | "Girl Crush" |
| Little Big Town | "Kiss Goodbye" |
| Little Big Town | "Lost in California" |
| Little Big Town | "Over Drinking" |
| Little Big Town | "Pain Killer" |
| Little Big Town | "Save Your Sin" |
| Little Big Town | "Shut Up Train" |
| Little Big Town | "Sober" |
| Little Big Town | "Throw Your Love Away" |
| Little Big Town | "Tumble and Fall" |
| Little Big Town | "When Someone Stops Loving You" |
| Lindsay Lohan | "Very Last Moment In Time" |
| Martina McBride | "Always Be This Way" |
| Martina McBride | "Blessed" |
| Martina McBride | "Cry Cry " |
| Martina McBride | "Everybody Wants to Be Loved" |
| Martina McBride | "From The Ashes" |
| Martina McBride | "If I Had Your Name" |
| Martina McBride | "So Magical" |
| Martina McBride | "Summer Of Love" |
| Martina McBride | "That's The Thing About Love" |
| Martina McBride | "This One's for the Girls" |
| Martina McBride | "When You Love Me" |
| Martina McBride | "You're Not Leaving Me" |
| Mindy McCready | "Songs About You" |
| Reba McEntire | "The Clown" |
| Tim McGraw | "Shotgun Rider" |
| Katharine McPhee | "Say Goodbye" |
| Mika | "Step With Me" |
| Kacey Musgraves | "Wonder Woman" |
| Nashville Cast | "Change Your Mind" |
| Nashville Cast | "Telescope" |
| Jennifer Nettles | "His Hands" |
| Heidi Newfield | "Cry Cry " |
| Jamie O'Neal | "God Don't Make Mistakes" |
| Tara Oram | "538 Stars" |
| Tara Oram | "Pretty Red Dress" |
| Brad Paisley | "Oh Love" |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | "Coming Home" |
| Carly Pearce | "Closer To You" |
| Carly Pearce | "Greener Grass" |
| Carly Pearce | "Hide the Wine" |
| Carly Pearce | "Honeysuckle" |
| Carly Pearce | "I Need a Ride Home" |
| Carly Pearce | "You Kissed Me First" |
| Kellie Pickler | "Girls Like Me" |
| Kellie Pickler | "I Forgive You" |
| Cassadee Pope | "Champagne" |
| Cassadee Pope | "One Song Away" |
| Rachel Proctor | "Where I Belong" |
| Rascal Flatts | "Help Me Remember" |
| Rascal Flatts | "Unstoppable" |
| Julie Roberts | "Men and Mascara" |
| Darius Rucker | "Low Country" |
| Runaway June | "Buy My Own Drinks" |
| Shakira | "Medicine" |
| Shakira | "Spotlight" |
| Crystal Shawanda | "Try" |
| Jessica Simpson | "Might as Well Be Making Love" |
| Jessica Simpson | "Sipping on History" |
| Jessica Simpson | "Still Don't Stop Me" |
| Jessica Simpson | "When I Loved You Like That" |
| Jessica Simpson | "You're My Sunday" |
| Sister Hazel | "That Kind of Beautiful" |
| Mindy Smith | "Out Loud" |
| Steel Magnolia | "Last Night Again" |
| Steel Magnolia | "Not Tonight" |
| Taylor Swift | "Fearless" |
| Jamie Tate | "Love Looks Good on You" |
| Steven Tyler | "It Ain't Easy" |
| Steven Tyler | "Somebody New" |
| Steven Tyler | "Sweet Louisiana" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Backsliding" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Chaser" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Church Bells" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Clock Don't Stop" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Cry Pretty" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Dirty Laundry" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Do You Think About Me" |
| Carrie Underwood | "End Up with You" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Forever Changed" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Get Out of this Town" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Ghosts on the Stereo" |
| Carrie Underwood | "The Girl You Think I Am" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Good in Goodbye" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Just a Dream" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Keep Us Safe" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Last Name" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Leave Love Alone" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Like I'll Never Love You Again" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Little Girl Don't Grow Up Too Fast" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Little Toy Guns" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Low" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Nobody Ever Told You" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Renegade Runaway" |
| Carrie Underwood | "See You Again" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Smoke Break" |
| Carrie Underwood | "So Small" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Someday When I Stop Loving You" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Spinning Bottles" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Starts With Goodbye" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Thank God for Hometowns" |
| Carrie Underwood | "That Song That We Used To Make Love To" |
| Carrie Underwood | "There's a Place for Us" |
| Carrie Underwood | "This Time" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Twisted" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Two Black Cadillacs" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Unapologize" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Wasted" |
| Carrie Underwood | "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Wheel of the World" |
| Keith Urban | "Blue Ain't Your Color" |
| Keith Urban | "God Made Woman" |
| Keith Urban | "This Is Me" |
| Rhonda Vincent | "I've Forgotten You" |
| Hailey Whitters | "The Days" |
| Hailey Whitters | "The Faker" |
| Holly Williams | "Keep The Change" |
| Lee Ann Womack | "Painless" |
| Lee Ann Womack | "The Story of My Life" |
| Michelle Wright | "I've Forgotten You" |
| Trisha Yearwood | "Cowboys Are My Weakness" |
| Trisha Yearwood | "Drink Up" |
| Trisha Yearwood | "The Good Stuff" |