{"id":140554,"date":"2025-04-30T13:47:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/varietys-power-of-women-nashville-honors-five-top-songwriters\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:47:54","slug":"varietys-power-of-women-nashville-honors-five-top-songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/varietys-power-of-women-nashville-honors-five-top-songwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety’s Power of Women Nashville Honors Five Top Songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tIt is actually no secret that ladies have been traditionally under-represented in music and leisure, and a big a part of Variety\u2019s Power of Women Nashville<\/a>\u2019s mission is to shine a light-weight on the nice work of the females who convey a lot to the town\u2019s artwork and commerce. In assembling this yr\u2019s honorees, it shortly grew to become apparent that songwriters would want their very own separate class \u2014 as a result of what’s Music City with out songs?<\/p>\n

\n\tLike our prime 4 honorees \u2014 Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Mickey Guyton and Reba McEntire \u2014 and the 26 executives on our Impact listing, we hope to highlight totally different songwriters each time we convey this occasion to Nashville. Without additional ado, meet our inaugural Power of Women Nashville Songwriter Honorees:<\/p>\n

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\n\tJessi Alexander<\/strong>
(Warner Chappell Music)
Alexander got here out of the gate robust with a terrific 2005 debut album, \u201cHoneysuckle Sweet,\u201d after which acquired dropped from her label the next yr. Ironically, it\u2019s been all uphill from there in her second act as successful songwriter. In 2009, she landed her first prime 10 hit as a co-writer with the Miley Cyrus smash \u201cThe Climb,\u201d and by 2012, she had her first nation No. 1 with Blake Shelton\u2019s \u201cDrink on It\u201d \u2014 launching her on a path that led to her first nomination for the Grammys\u2019 prestigious songwriter of the yr, non-classical award, for hits by Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Dustin Lynch and Megan Moroney. It\u2019s all added as much as a cheerful ending: \u201cI usually like to be the girl in the background,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\n\tJessie Jo Dillon<\/strong>
(Big Machine Music)
One of essentially the most profitable tunesmiths of this period, Dillon has obtained six Grammy nominations, together with one for the 2025 songwriter of the yr, non-classical, for her work with Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy and Lori McKenna (and you may add Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Kelsea Ballerini, Megan Maroney and masses extra to the listing of her latest work). The daughter of Nashville royalty \u2014 Dean Dillon, who wrote hits for George Strait, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith \u2014 her first track was not solely successful however a Grammy nominee: Strait\u2019s \u201cThe Breath You Take,\u201d co-written together with her dad.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNatalie Hemby<\/a>
<\/strong>(Jody Williams Songs)
On a single Friday in March, Hemby had songs she co-wrote come out on albums by Mumford & Sons, Jessica Simpson and Lola Kirke. \u201cThat\u2019s very, very broad, which honestly is very me,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I was in high school, I was pretty much friends with everybody, and I floated in between groups, and I feel like I still do that with music. I have a mainstream country single out now with Parker McCollum, and this year I\u2019ve been writing with Jon Batiste. I\u2019m like a kid in a candy store: I want the chocolate, the jelly beans, the Twizzlers \u2014 everything.\u201d She\u2019s had eight No. 1 nation singles, together with scorching streaks with Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town. \u201cBut my hottest songs are usually not at all times the smash ones.<\/p>\n

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\n\tInk<\/a><\/strong>
(Big Loud)
A multi-hyphenate and multi-genre artist-songwriter-producer, Atia \u201cInk\u201d Boggs has labored with Beyonce (\u201cCowboy Carter\u201d and \u201cRenaissance\u201d), Kendrick Lamar, Jennifer Lopez, Leon Bridges and extra, nevertheless it might not be lengthy earlier than the Georgia-raised honoree breaks out as a solo artist, inking (sorry) an artist take care of Big Loud earlier this week. \u201cCountry music, to me, is more of a feeling,\u201d she says. \u201cSometimes it feels like a big-ass hug at the family reunion. It\u2019s all about the storytelling and for me it\u2019s not time to fit in a box \u2014 it\u2019s time to break the mold.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSteph Jones<\/strong>
(Reservoir Media)
Looking on the higher echelons of pop charts of the previous 24 months, there\u2019s virtually a bigger proportion of artists who’ve labored with veteran songwriter Jones than those that haven\u2019t: a 10-year collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter (\u201cEspresso\u201d), together with Jelly Roll, Teddy Swims, Kelsea Ballerini, Selena Gomez, Myles Smith, Pharrell, Tucker Wetmore, Renee Rapp, Jade \u2014 we may go on. The Missouri native got here up within the church and, after stints in Austin and Los Angeles, not too long ago returned to the place the place she acquired her begin: Music City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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