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", which won the ACM Award for Single of the Year, the

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for Top Country Song, the CMA Award for Single of the Year and the BMI Award for Song of the Year. The song, released in 2016, was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song. Signed to Warner Chappell Music, and previously signed to

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, Douglas co-wrote his first Top 10 single, Demi Lovato's “

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,” in 2013. He later wrote for

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, Andy Grammer,

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, Dan + Shay, and Sia. Douglas lives in Los Angeles. The son of actors

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and

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, he attended

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in St. Louis. He and his wife, Rachel Bartov, were married in 2014.

Selected discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Sean 1983 births Living people 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American musicians American male songwriters Musicians from Los Angeles Record producers from Los Angeles Songwriters from California Washington University in St. Louis alumni