Josh Osborne
Josh Osborne | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 36) Virgie, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Songwriter |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
Josh Osborne (born 1980) is an American songwriter with several number one singles to his credit.
Early life
Josh Osborne was born in Pike County, Kentucky, and raised in Virgie, Kentucky. Josh grew up on US 23, renamed Country Music Highway by the state of Kentucky in honor of the many country music artists and musicians that had come from the area, and developed a deep love of country music, particularly artists like Keith Whitley and Dwight Yoakam. His father encouraged him to write songs because of his love of music, and encouraged him to listen to The Beatles, which made Josh want to become a songwriter. Josh graduated from Shelby Valley High School in 1998 and moved right after graduation to Nashville where he signed his first publishing contract with Warner Chappell Music.
Career
Osborne signed a publishing agreement with Black River Entertainment in 2010.[1] His first number one hit as a songwriter was "Come Over," performed by Kenny Chesney.[2] The song spent two weeks at the top of the Billboard Country Airplay charts.[2] Osborne's song "Merry Go 'Round," co-written with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally, became a top 10 Billboard Country Airplay hit for Musgraves, and has sold over one million copies to achieve Platinum status. The song went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Song of the Year, in recognition of the songwriters, at the 56th Grammy Awards.[3]
Osborne has since written other Billboard Country Airplay chart-topping songs, including "Drunk Last Night," recorded by Eli Young Band, "My Eyes," performed by Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Sebastian, "We Are Tonight," sung by Billy Currington, "Leave the Night On" and "Take Your Time" by Sam Hunt, "Wild Child", written with Chesney and frequent collaborator Shane McAnally, and featuring Grace Potter and "Sangria" performed by Blake Shelton. Josh currently has singles with Jake Owen's "Real Life", the new Keith Urban single, "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" and Tim McGraw's "Top of the World". In addition to radio singles, Josh has had songs recorded by Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Joe Nichols, Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Easton Corbin, Trisha Yearwood, Craig Morgan, Rodney Atkins, Chris Young, Love and Theft, Faith Hill, Randy Rogers Band and many others.
In 2015 Osborne announced he was joining Shane McAnally's company, SMACK Songs as a partner and songwriter. SMACK Songs currently represents McAnally, as well as Matthew Ramsey and Trevor Rosen.
Songwriting discography
Songs written or co-written by Osborne.
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sarah Darling | Angels & Devils | "Bad Habit" | Sarah Darling, Shane McAnally |
| "The Boy Never Stays" | Sarah Darling, Brandy Clark | |||
| Chris Young | Neon | "Neon" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | |
| 2012 | Greg Bates | Greg Bates | "Fill In the Blank" | Greg Bates, Shane McAnally |
| Kenny Chesney | Welcome to the Fishbowl | "Come Over" | Shane McAnally, Sam Hunt | |
| Love and Theft | Love and Theft | "Runnin' Out of Air" | Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally | |
| Hayden Panettiere | Nashville Season 1 | "Boys and Buses" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | |
| The Lost Trailers | American Beauty | "American Beauty" | Mason Douglas, Matt Jenkins | |
| 2013 | The Band Perry | Pioneer | "Chainsaw" | Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "Goodbye Girl" | Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey | |
| Kelly Clarkson | — | "Tie It Up" | Ashley Arrison, Shane McAnally | |
| Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | "We Are Tonight" | Marc Beeson, Sam Hunt | |
| Due West | Our Time | "End of the Road" | Brad Hull, Matt Lopez | |
| "Taste of Your Love" | Matt Lopez, Trevor Rosen | |||
| Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "Feel Good Summer Song" | Shane McAnally, J.T. Harding | |
| Tim McGraw | Two Lanes of Freedom | "It's Your World" | Scott Stepakoff, Shane McAnally | |
| Craig Morgan | The Journey (Livin' Hits) | "Wake Up Lovin' You" | Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | "Silver Lining" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |
| "My House" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Merry Go 'Round" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "I Miss You" | Kacey Musgraves] Luke Laird | |||
| "Stupid" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| Randy Rogers Band | Trouble | "Fuzzy" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | |
| Blake Shelton | Based on a True Story… | "My Eyes" (featuring Gwen Sebastian) | Andrew Dorff, Tommy Lee James | |
| Charlie Worsham | Rubberband | "Break What's Broken" | Charlie Worsham, Shane McAnally | |
| Chris Young | A.M. | "Hold You To It" | Chris Young, Shane McAnally | |
| "Text Me Texas" | Rhett Akins, Shane McAnally | |||
| 2014 | Dierks Bentley | — | "Ride On" (History Channel Theme Song) for Biker Battleground Phoenix | Dierks Bentley |
| Connie Britton | The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 | "Lies of the Lonely" | Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally | |
| Kenny Chesney | The Big Revival | "Wild Child" | Kenny Chesney, Shane McAnally | |
| Sara Evans | Slow Me Down | "You Never Know" | Sara Evans, Shane McAnally | |
| Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "Leave the Night On" | Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | |
| "Take Your Time" | Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Ex To See" | Sam Hunt, Matthew Ramsey | |||
| "Make You Miss Me" | Sam Hunt, Matthew Ramsey | |||
| "Single for The Summer" | Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally | |||
| Josh Abbott Band | — | "Hangin' Around" | Josh Abbott, Shane McAnally | |
| Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | "Sing It To Me" | Dustin Lynch, Jimmy Robbins | |
| Tim McGraw | Sundown Heaven Town | "Overrated" | Shane McAnally, Rivers Rutherford | |
| Kacey Musgraves | The Best of Me Soundtrack | "Love Is a Liar" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |
| Blake Shelton | Bringing Back the Sunshine | "I Really Shouldn't Drink Around You" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | |
| "Sangria" | Thomas Harding, Trevor Rosen | |||
| Trisha Yearwood | PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit | "End Of The World" | Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | |
| Eli Young Band | 10,000 Towns | "Drunk Last Night" | Laura Veltz | |
| "Dust" | Jon James, John Young, Kyle Jacobs | |||
| 2015 | Josh Abbott | Amnesia | "Amnesia" | Josh Abbott, Shane McAnally |
| Kelsea Ballerini | The First Time | "Square Pegs" | [Kelsea Ballerini, Scott Stepakoff | |
| Laura Bell Bundy | Another Piece of Me | "Let's Pretend We're Married" | Laura Bell Bundy, Shane McAnally | |
| Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Wake Me Up" | Ashley Gorley, Jimmy Robbins | |
| "Nowhere Town" | Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo | |||
| Josh Dorr | — | "Before The Summer Dies" | Josh Dorr, Marty Dodson | |
| Pat Green | Home | "Day One" | Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey | |
| Lucas Hoge | Halabamalujah | "Halabamalujah" | Josh Osborne, Sam Hunt | |
| Sam Hunt | Between the Pines | "Leave the Night On" | Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | |
| "Take Your Time" | Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Ex To See" | Sam Hunt, Matthew Ramsey | |||
| "Make You Miss Me" | Sam Hunt, Matthew Ramsey | |||
| "Single for The Summer" | Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Come Over" | Shane McAnally, Sam Hunt | |||
| "Saturday Night" | Sam Hunt, Marc Beeson | |||
| Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | "Until They Don't Love You" | Lori McKenna, Shane McAnally | |
| "Love Somebody" | Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Whatever Way It Hurts The Least" | Tommy Lee James, Brandy Clark | |||
| "More Than Just Her Last Name" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | |||
| Tim McGraw | Damn Country Music | "Top of the World" | Jimmy Robbins, Jon Nite | |
| Kacey Musgraves | Pageant Material | "Late to the Party" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |
| "Somebody to Love" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Miserable" | Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark | |||
| "Family Is Family" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| "Cup of Tea" | Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally | |||
| Old Dominion | Meat and Candy | "Crazy Beautiful Sexy" | Matthew Ramsey, Ross Copperman | |
| Jake Owen | Real Life (Single) | "Real Life" | Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally | |
| Kellie Pickler | Feeling Tonight (Single) | "Feeling Tonight" | Sarah Buxton, Jimmy Robbins | |
| Keith Urban | Ripcord | "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" | Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally | |
| 2016 | Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | "Broke" | Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark |
| Craig Morgan | A Whole Lot More to Me | "Living on Memories" | Scott Stepakoff, Craig Morgan | |
| Jennifer Nettles | Playing with Fire | "My House" (feat. Jennifer Lopez) | Jennifer Nettles, Julio Reyes Copello, Jennifer Lopez, Shane McAnally | |
| Jake Owen | American Love | "Everyboy Dies Young" | Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, Scott Stepakoff | |
| Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "Some Town Somewhere" | Ross Copperman, Heather Morgan | |
| "Setting the World on Fire"(feat. Pink) | Ross Copperman, Matt Jenkins | |||
| "All the Pretty Girls" | Tommy Lee James, Nicolle Galyon | |||
| "Rich and Miserable" | Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally | |||
| JoSMITH | Introducing JoSMITH | "Dance Dirty" | JoSMITH, Shane McAnally, Jesse Frasure | |
| "Queen of Fools" | JoSMITH, Shane McAnally, Jesse Frasure | |||
| "Poster Child" | JoSMITH, Jesse Frasure |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2013 | American Country Awards | Song of the Year | "Merry Go Round" | Nominated |
| Country Music Association Awards | Song of the Year | "Merry Go Round" | Nominated | |
| MusicRow Awards | Song of the Year | "Merry Go Round" | Won | |
| 2014 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "Merry Go Round" | Won |
| 2015 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Songwriter of the Year | — | Nominated |
| Country Music Association Awards | Song of the Year | "Take Your Time" | Nominated | |
| ASCAP Country Awards | Songwriter of the Year | "Take Your Time" | Won | |
| 2016 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Single Record of the Year | "Take Your Time" | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | — | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Black River Signs Osborne, Sebastian Consults For ole". Music Row. May 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ a b Morris, Edward. "ASCAP Honors Writers of Kenny Chesney's 'Come Over' hit". Country Music Television, August 22, 2012. Retrieved on August 16, 2014.
- ^ National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "Kacey Musgraves, Shane McNally And Josh Osborne Win Best Country Song". January 26, 2014. Retrieved on August 16, 2014.
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