32nd Annual MusicRow Awards Winners
MusicRow Magazine is revealing the winners of the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards in a series of videos on all MusicRow online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, starting at 9:00 a.m. today (Aug. 18).
MusicRow Awards Schedule of Announcements:
9:00 a.m.: Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians Awards
9:30 a.m.: Producer of the Year
10:00 a.m.: Label of the Year
10:30 a.m.: Talent Agency of the Year
11:00 a.m.: Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year
11:30 a.m.: Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year
12:00 p.m.: Male Songwriter of the Year
12:30 p.m.: Female Songwriter of the Year
1:00 p.m.: Song of the Year
1:30 p.m.: Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist of the Year
2:00 p.m.: Breakthrough Artist of the Year
2:30 p.m.: Artist of the Year
Presenting Sponsor of the 2020 MusicRow Awards is City National Bank.
MusicRow Magazine Publisher/Owner Sherod Robertson, and respected television host, entertainment journalist, writer and producer, Alecia Davis serve once again as “hosts” on each winner video.
MusicRow‘s Sherod Robertson; Alecia Davis
The winners for the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards are (winners marked in red):
Producer of the Year [VIDEO]
Dave Cobb
Ross Copperman
Scott Hendricks
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce
Scott Moffatt
Label of the Year [VIDEO]
BBR Music Group
Big Machine Label Group
Black River Entertainment
Sony Music Nashville
UMG Nashville
Warner Music Nashville
Agency of the Year [VIDEO]
APA
Creative Artists Agency
Kinkead Entertainment Agency
Paradigm Talent Agency
United Talent Agency
WME
Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Brock Berryhill
Ash Bowers
Ben Burgess
Jennifer Denmark
Josh Dunne
Sam Ellis
Lonnie Fowler
Zachary Kale
Randy Montana
Drew Parker
Hunter Phelps
Paul Sikes
Derrick Southerland
Alysa Vanderheym
Allison Veltz-Cruz
Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year [VIDEO]
Blanco Brown
Gabby Barrett
Ingrid Andress
Jameson Rodgers
Matt Stell
Travis Denning
Male Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Ross Copperman
Ashley Gorley
Jon Nite
Josh Osborne
Jordan M. Schmidt
Jonathan Singleton
Female Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Jennifer Denmark
Nicolle Galyon
Natalie Hemby
Hillary Lindsey
Laura Veltz
Parker Welling
Song of the Year [VIDEO]
“Bluebird” — Songwriter(s): Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby
“Does To Me” — Songwriter(s): Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Tyler Reeve
“Monsters” — Songwriter(s): Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
“More Hearts Than Mine” — Songwriter(s): Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis, Derrick Southerland
“One Night Standards” — Songwriter(s): Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally
“The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost” — Songwriter(s): Craig Morgan
Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Avenue Beat
Jameson Rodgers
Niko Moon
Payton Smith
Randall King
Trea Landon
Breakthrough Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Blanco Brown
Gabby Barrett
HARDY
Ingrid Andress
Matt Stell
Travis Denning
Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Carrie Underwood
Dan + Shay
Luke Combs
Maren Morris
Miranda Lambert
Thomas Rhett
MusicRow also honors the Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians at the 2020 MusicRow Awards, recognizing the studio players who performed on the most albums reaching the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart during the eligibility period. The honorees are:
Bass
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Drums (tie)
Jerry Roe
Nir Z
Engineer
Justin Niebank
Fiddle
Stuart Duncan
Guitar
Ilya Toshinskiy
Keyboards
Dave Cohen
Steel
Paul Franklin
Vocals
Russell Terrell
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