BREAKING: 2024 MusicRow Awards Winners [Full List]

MusicRow Magazine has revealed the winners of the 36th annual MusicRow Awards today (Aug. 27) on all of its online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and X.

City National Bank is the Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 MusicRow Awards.

Now in its 36th 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.

The winners for the 36th annual MusicRow Awards (winners marked in red):

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:
Dave Cobb
Zach Crowell
Dann Huff
Jay Joyce – WINNER
Joey Moi
Alysa Vanderheym

LABEL GROUP OF THE YEAR:
BBR Music Group
Big Loud Records – WINNER
Big Machine Label Group
Sony Music Nashville
UMG Nashville
Warner Music Nashville

TALENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR:
CAA
Reliant Talent
The Neal Agency
UTA
Wasserman
WME – WINNER

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Zach Abend
Ryan Beaver
Gabe Foust
Pete Good
Jared Keim
Ryan Larkins – WINNER
Josh Melton
Patrick Murphy
Austin Nivarel
Joe Ragosta
Rob Ragosta
Jonathan Sherwood
Chandler Walters
Micah Wilshire
Travis Wood

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST-WRITER OF THE YEAR:
Chayce Beckham
George Birge
Ashley Cooke – WINNER
Bryan Martin
Conner Smith
Warren Zeiders

MALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
John Byron
Ashley Gorley – WINNER
Charlie Handsome
Chase McGill
Hunter Phelps
Taylor Phillips

FEMALE SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Jessi Alexander – WINNER
Kat Higgins
Jessie Jo Dillon
Hillary Lindsey
Liz Rose
Emily Weisband

SONG OF THE YEAR:
“Bigger Houses” – Songwriters: Andy Albert, Dan Smyers, Jordan Minton, Jordan Reynolds
“Dirt Cheap” – Songwriter: Josh Phillips – WINNER
“Good News Sold” – Songwriters: Cole Taylor, Jacob Davis, Jordan Rowe
“No Caller ID” – Songwriters: Connie Harrington, Jessi Alexander, Jessie Jo Dillon, Megan Moroney
“Where The Wild Things Are” – Songwriters: Dave Turnbull, Randy Montana
“Your Place” – Songwriters: Ashley Cooke, Jordan Minton, Mark Trussell

DISCOVERY ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Tanner Adell
Avery Anna
Ella Langley
Zach Top – WINNER
Lauren Watkins
Tucker Wetmore

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
Kameron Marlowe
Bryan Martin
Shaboozey – WINNER
Conner Smith

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson – WINNER

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Kane Brown
Zach Bryan
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Jelly Roll – WINNER
Morgan Wallen

GROUP/DUO ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Old Dominion – WINNER
Parmalee
The War And Treaty
Tigirlily Gold

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson – WINNER

MusicRow also honors the Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians at the 2024 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:
Jim Cooley

Fiddle:
Jenee Fleenor

Guitar:
Derek Wells

Keyboards:
Dave Cohen

Steel:
TIE – Justin Schipper & Paul Franklin

Vocals:
TIE – Caitlin Evanson, Mike Meadows & Wes Hightower