Dallas Davidson is an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

singer and songwriter from

Albany, Georgia Albany ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Geo ...

, who has written for artists such as

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, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Jake Owen,

Luke Bryan Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Count ...

, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, and

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. He generally writes with others, notably as a member of

The Peach Pickers The Peach Pickers are an American songwriting team, composed of Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip. Akins and Hayslip met while attending high school together in Valdosta, Georgia, before Akins signed a contract with Decca Records in ...

Career

Davidson moved to

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

in 2004 and joined

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(BMI) for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which lasted until 2008. Davidson signed with EMI Music Publishing Nashville in 2008 and extended his contract with them in 2012.

Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) known professionally as Trace Adkins, is an American country music singer and actor. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album ''Dreamin' Out Loud'', released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since t ...

recorded Davidson's " Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" shortly after Davidson arrived in Nashville, taking the song to number 2 on the country charts in early 2006. Davidson co-wrote the

Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His first success came in 1997 as the writer of David Kersh's "Another You (David Kersh song), Another You". After this, he signed with ...

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duet " Start a Band", which reached number 1 in January 2009. This song was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Country Collaboration with vocals. He also co-wrote

's " That's How Country Boys Roll", which went to number 1 in 2010. Other singles that Davidson co-wrote in the late 2000s included " Put a Girl in It" by Brooks & Dunn, " Barefoot and Crazy" by Jack Ingram and " Gimmie That Girl" by

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, all collaborations with

Rhett Akins Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for that label (1995's ''A Thousand Memories'' and 1996's ''Somebody New (a ...

and Ben Hayslip, also known as

. "Gimmie That Girl" made it to number 1 on the charts in April 2010. In 2010, Davidson also co-wrote " All About Tonight" by

, " All Over Me" by Josh Turner and " Rain Is a Good Thing" by

. These songs earned Davidson the award for Billboard's Hot Country Music Songwriter of 2010. Other songs that Davidson co-wrote and featured in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 include Justin Moore's " If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", Lady Antebellum's " Just a Kiss" and " We Owned the Night".

also recorded Davidson's " Country Girl (Shake It for Me)", " I Don't Want This Night to End" and " That's My Kind of Night". In 2013, he co-wrote " Runnin' Outta Moonlight" by Randy Houser, "Granddaddy's Gun" by Aaron Lewis and " Keep Them Kisses Comin'" by Craig Campbell. Davidson received the 2012 ACM Songwriter of the Year; a 2012 ACM nominee for Song of the Year (for "Just a Kiss"); the 2011 BMI Country Awards’ Songwriter of the Year together with Rhett Akins. He is also a recipient of three CMA Triple Play Awards, one in 2010 and two in 2011; this award is given to songwriters who write three number-one singles in a one-year span. Davidson is the Chairman of the Georgia Music Foundation. In 2015 he launched his own publishing company, Play It Again.

Personal life

Davidson is married with two sons.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Music videos

Songs written

References

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