35th Annual MusicRow Awards Winners [Full List]

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MusicRow Magazine revealed the winners of the 35th annual MusicRow Awards today (Sept. 12) in a series of videos on all MusicRow online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

City National Bank is the Presenting Sponsor of the 2023 MusicRow Awards.

Now in its 35th year, the MusicRow Awards are Nashville’s longest running music industry trade publication honors and celebrate the achievements of songwriters, artists, producers, and more. Winners are voted on by MusicRow’s subscribers.

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 35th annual MusicRow Awards are (winners marked in red):

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Zach Crowell
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce
Shane McAnally
Joey Moi – WINNER
Alysa Vanderheym

LABEL GROUP OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
BBR Music Group/BMG
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
The Neal Agency
UTA
Wasserman Music
WME – WINNER

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER [WINNER]
Trannie Anderson – WINNER
Rian Ball
Cameron Bedell
Jimi Bell
Rocky Block
Will Bundy
John Byron
Jamie Davis
Jordan Dozzi
David Fanning
Joe Fox
Jaxson Free
Jacob Hackworth
Jet Harvey
Styles Haury
Tate Howell
Reid Isbell
Gavin Lucas
Austin Shawn
Christian Stalnecker
David Ray Stevens
Heath Warren
Ben Williams

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST-WRITER OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Zach Bryan
Jackson Dean
Megan Moroney
Jelly Roll – WINNER
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman

MALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Ross Copperman
Ashley Gorley – WINNER
Chase McGill
Jon Nite
Josh Thompson
Ryan Vojtesak

FEMALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Jessi Alexander – WINNER
Trannie Anderson
Kelly Archer
Nicolle Galyon
Hillary Lindsey
Emily Shackelton

SONG OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
“Light On In The Kitchen” – Songwriter(s): Jessi Alexander, Ashley McBryde, Connie Harrington
“Tennessee Orange” – Songwriter(s): Ben Williams, David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins
“Wait In The Truck” – Songwriter(s): Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Renee Blair – WINNER
“’98 Braves” – Songwriter(s): John Byron, Josh Miller, Travis Wood
“Memory Lane” – Songwriter(s): Brad Tursi, Jessie Jo Dillon, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen
“Standing Room Only” – Songwriter(s): Craig Wiseman, Patrick Murphy, Tommy Cecil

DISCOVERY ARTIST OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Ashley Cooke – WINNER
Chapel Hart
Kameron Marlowe
Kylie Morgan
Conner Smith
Warren Zeiders

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Jackson Dean
Megan Moroney
Jelly Roll – WINNER
Nate Smith
Hailey Whitters
Bailey Zimmerman

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Carrie Underwood
Lainey Wilson – WINNER

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton
Cole Swindell
Morgan Wallen – WINNER

GROUP/DUO ARTIST OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Brothers Osborne
Little Big Town
Maddie & Tae
Old Dominion – WINNER
Parmalee
The War And Treaty

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR [VIDEO]
Kane Brown
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen – WINNER

MusicRow also honors the Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians at the 2023 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
Jerry Roe

Engineer
Tie – Drew Bollman & Jim Cooley

Fiddle
Jenee Fleenor

Guitar
Tie – Ilya Toshinskiy & Derek Wells

Keyboards
Dave Cohen

Steel
Justin Schipper

Vocals
Wes Hightower

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