MusicRow Honors Recipients “Virtually” At 32nd Annual Industry-Voted MusicRow Awards

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The 2020 MusicRow Award trophies. Photo: MusicRow

MusicRow, Nashville’s leading music industry publication, virtually presented its 32nd annual MusicRow Awards on Tuesday, Aug. 18 via a series of videos on all online MusicRow platforms.

Presenting Sponsor of the 2020 MusicRow Awards is City National Bank.

MusicRow Owner/Publisher Sherod Robertson and respected television host, entertainment journalist, writer and producer, Alecia Davis, served once again as ‘hosts’ on each winner’s video.

“We are uniquely positioned to witness the hard work and dedication these artists, songwriters, and respective team members execute each and every day,” says Robertson. “It’s our privilege to use our platform to honor those deserving talents, and despite the unique challenges the pandemic has unleashed on all of us, these accolades are deserved now more than ever. Congratulations to all of our nominees and winners!”

Pop-country star Ingrid Andress swept every category she was nominated in, including Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year for her debut hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,” co-written with Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland.

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Country hitmaker Luke Combs is the reigning MusicRow Award Artist of the Year, after winning the inaugural award last year.


The Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist of the Year Award, named in honor of the magazine’s legendary contributor, honors a Nashville developing artist who demonstrates significant talent and potential to rise. Nominated for the Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist Award were Avenue Beat, Jameson Rodgers, Niko Moon, Payton Smith, Randall King, and Trea Landon. Jameson Rodgers took home the 2020 honor.

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The virtual celebration also included a video presentation of the Top 10 Album All-Star Awards, recognizing session musicians achieving the most marks on albums that charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s albums sales chart during the eligibility period. Steel player Paul Franklin continues his reign as the highest-earning Top 10 Album All-Star Musician this year, earning his 24th MusicRow Award. On the other hand, drummer Jerry Roe wins his first ever MusicRow Award, in a tie with Nir Z. See full winner list below.

There is a strong correlation between MusicRow’s Breakthrough Artist and Breakthrough Songwriter winners, many going on to win Grammys, CMA and ACM Awards having included previous recipients Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Lady A.

The 2020 MusicRow Awards once again tapped Nashville cement artist Santana Matlock for the exclusively designed artisan trophies. The East Nashville creator produced the design from his Abstrakt Concrete studio in East Nashville, in the composition of the trophy includes soil from Nashville’s famed Music Row.

LIST OF 32nd ANNUAL 2020 MUSICROW AWARDS WINNERS

Producer of the Year [VIDEO]
Dann Huff

Label of the Year [VIDEO]
UMG Nashville

Agency of the Year [VIDEO]
Creative Artists Agency

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Randy Montana

Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year [VIDEO]
Ingrid Andress

Male Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Ashley Gorley

Female Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Hillary Lindsey

Song of the Year [VIDEO]
“More Hearts Than Mine” — Songwriter(s): Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis, Derrick Southerland

Robert K. Oermann Discovery Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Jameson Rodgers

Breakthrough Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Ingrid Andress

Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Luke Combs

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.

LIST OF MUSICROW’S 2020 TOP 10 ALBUM ALL-STAR MUSICIANS

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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