33rd Annual MusicRow Awards Winners

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MusicRow Magazine revealed the winners of the 33rd annual MusicRow Awards in a series of videos on all MusicRow online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, today (Aug. 19).

Presenting Sponsor of the 2021 MusicRow Awards is City National Bank. All the MusicRow Award nominees are profiled in the recently released MusicRow Awards print issue.

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.

The winners for the 33rd annual MusicRow Awards are (winners marked in red):

Producer of the Year [VIDEO]
Dave Cobb
Ross Copperman
Corey Crowder
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce
Joey Moi

Label Group of the Year [VIDEO]
BBR Music Group
Big Loud Records
Big Machine Label Group
Sony Music Nashville
UMG Nashville
Warner Music Nashville

Talent Agency of the Year [VIDEO]
CAA
Kinkead Entertainment Agency
Reliant Talent Agency
United Talent Agency
Wasserman Music
WME

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Matt Alderman
Benjy Davis
Nicolette Hayford
Joey Hyde
Dan Isbell
Greylan James
Alex Kline
Chris La Corte
Emily Landis
Michael Lotten
James McNair
Neil Medley
Jordan Minton
Jake Mitchell
Anna Moon
Joshua Murty
Mitch Oglesby
Matt Roy
Mark Trussell
Dallas Wilson

Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year [VIDEO]
Tenille Arts
Ben Johnson (Track45)
Chris Lane
Ashley McBryde
Parker McCollum
Ernest K. Smith

Male Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Ross Copperman
Jesse Frasure
Ashley Gorley
Randy Montana
Josh Osborne
Josh Thompson

Female Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Allison Veltz Cruz
Nicolle Galyon
Natalie Hemby
Alex Kline
Emily Landis
Hillary Lindsey
Parker Welling

Song of the Year [VIDEO]
“Black Like Me” — Songwriter(s): Mickey Guyton, Nathan Chapman, Emma Davidson-Dillon, Fraser Churchill
“Give Heaven Some Hell” — Songwriter(s): Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley
“Half Of My Hometown” — Songwriter(s): Kelsea Ballerini, Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Nicolle Galyon
“Hell Of A View” — Songwriter(s): Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell
“My Boy” — Songwriter(s): Elvie Shane, Lee Starr, Nick Columbia, Russell Sutton
“Next Girl” — Songwriter(s): Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne

Discovery Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Priscilla Block
Tyler Braden
Ian Munsick
Drew Parker
Lily Rose
Lainey Wilson

Breakthrough Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Tenille Arts
Breland
Mickey Guyton
Parker McCollum
Niko Moon
Jameson Rodgers

Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
Eric Church
Miranda Lambert
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton

MusicRow also honors the Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians at the 2021 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
Jerry Roe

Engineer
Justin Niebank

Fiddle
Stuart Duncan

Guitar
Ilya Toshinskiy

Keyboards
Dave Cohen

Steel
Paul Franklin

Vocals
Russell Terrell

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