34th Annual MusicRow Awards Winners

/by

MusicRow Magazine revealed the winners of the 34th annual MusicRow Awards in a series of videos on all MusicRow online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, today (Aug. 30).

City National Bank served as Presenting Sponsor of the 2022 MusicRow Awards.

Now in its 34th year, the MusicRow Awards are Nashville’s longest running music industry trade publication honors and celebrate the achievements of songwriters, artists, producers, and more. 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 34th annual MusicRow Awards are (winners marked in red):

Producer of the Year [VIDEO]
Zach Crowell
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce
Shane McAnally – WINNER
Joey Moi
Jon Randall

Label Group of the Year [VIDEO]
BBR Music Group
Big Loud Records – WINNER
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
UTA
Wasserman Music
WME – WINNER

Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Brinley Addington
Cameron “Cambo” Bartolini
Nick Columbia
Cale Dodds
Levon Gray
Kat Higgins
Adam James
Josh Jenkins – WINNER
Jason Nix
Brandon Paddock
Jennifer Schott
Nathan Spicer
Lee Starr
Russell Sutton
Brett Tyler
Lydia Vaughan

Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year [VIDEO]
Priscilla Block
BRELAND
Martin Johnson (of The Night Game, Boys Like Girls)
John Morgan
Elvie Shane
Lainey Wilson – WINNER

Male Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Rhett Akins
Jesse Frasure
Ashley Gorley – WINNER
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps

Female Songwriter of the Year [VIDEO]
Jessi Alexander
Nicolle Galyon – WINNER
Kat Higgins
Jennifer Schott
Alysa Vanderheym
Lydia Vaughan

Song of the Year [VIDEO]
“Circles Around This Town” — Songwriter(s): Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins
“Doin’ This” — Songwriter(s): Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Robert Williford
“Down Home” — Songwriter(s): Jimmie Allen, Rian Ball, Cameron Bedell, Tate Howell
“Flower Shops” — Songwriter(s): Ben Burgess, Mark Holman, Ernest K Smith
“Never Wanted To Be That Girl” — Songwriter(s): Shane McAnally, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce
“‘Til You Can’t” — Songwriter(s): Matt Rogers, Ben Stennis – WINNER

Discovery Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Dalton Dover
Tiera Kennedy
MacKenzie Porter – WINNER
Nate Smith
Brittney Spencer
Bailey Zimmerman

Breakthrough Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Priscilla Block
Zach Bryan
ERNEST
Ryan Hurd
Elvie Shane
Lainey Wilson – WINNER

Artist of the Year [VIDEO]
Kane Brown
Eric Church
Luke Combs – WINNER
Walker Hayes
Miranda Lambert
Carly Pearce

MusicRow also honors the Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians at the 2022 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:

[VIDEO]

Bass
Jimmie Lee Sloas

Drums
TIE – Jerry Roe & Nir Z

Engineer
Drew Bollman

Fiddle
Jenee Fleenor

Guitar
Ilya Toshinskiy

Keyboards
Dave Cohen

Steel
Paul Franklin

Vocals
Perry Coleman

LB Cantrell
Latest posts by LB Cantrell (see all)