Josh Osborne (born c. 1980) is an American songwriter with several number-one singles to his credit.

Early life

Josh Osborne was born in

Pike County, Kentucky Pike County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the population was 58,669. Its county seat is Pikeville, Kentucky, Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821. It is ...

, and raised in

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. Osborne grew up on US 23, renamed Country Music Highway by the state of Kentucky in honor of the many country music artists who had come from the area, and developed a deep love of country music, particularly artists like Keith Whitley and Dwight Yoakam. Josh graduated from Shelby Valley High School in 1998 and moved right after graduation to Nashville where he signed his first publishing deal with

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Career

Josh Osborne signed a publishing agreement with

Black River Entertainment Black River Entertainment is an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music. The company is partially owned by Terry Pegula. The label’s roster includes Kelsea Ballerini and she is the label's flagship artis ...

in 2010. In 2015, Osborne announced he was joining

Shane McAnally Shane Lamar McAnally (born October 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. He debuted as a singer in 1999 with his Shane McAnally (album), self-titled album on Curb Records. This project produced three sing ...

's company, SMACKSongs as a partner and songwriter. SMACKSongs currently represents McAnally, as well as Josh Jenkins, Ryan Beaver, Aaron Eshuis, and Walker Hayes among other writers. Osborne is a multi-platinum,

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winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tenn. who has notched 23 No. 1s on the Country charts. He earned his first No. 1 with

Kenny Chesney Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country singer. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, he released his debut, '' In My Wildest Dreams'', in 1994, and has since released 19 follow-ups. His albums spawned 27 singles tha ...

’s " Come Over," in 2012. Since the Platinum-selling hit, Osborne has received countless cuts by Country’s hottest artists including

Sam Hunt Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played American football, football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sport ...

Miranda Lambert Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music, country singer. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place ...

, Kacey Musgraves,

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin (Blake Shelton song), Austin" from his Blake Shelton (album), self ...

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban ( né Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves Int ...

and more. Osborne has since written other ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart-topping songs, including " Drunk Last Night," recorded by

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, " My Eyes," performed by

featuring Gwen Sebastian, "

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," sung by

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, " Leave the Night On" and " Take Your Time" by

, " Wild Child", written with Chesney and frequent collaborator

featuring Grace Potter, "

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" performed by

, Jake Owen's "

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", " John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16", performed by

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on ...

's " Top of the World", " Setting the World on Fire" performed by

featuring

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, the Grammy and Academy of Country Music Award nominated "

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" performed by

, Midland's "Drinking Problem" (which he also produced), and

's " All the Pretty Girls". Osborne has been nominated for over 20 awards by the

Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller (songwriter), Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris ...

, American Country Awards,

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, Billboard Music Awards,

Country Music Association The Country Music Association (CMA) is an American trade association with the stated aim of promoting and developing country music throughout the world. Founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, it originally consisted of 233 members and was the f ...

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and

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. Kacey Musgraves’ " Merry Go 'Round," written by Osborne,

and Musgraves, earned Osborne four nominations and won Song Of The Year at the 2013 Music Row Awards and Best Country Song at the 2014 GRAMMY Awards. Also in 2014, Osborne was honored by having his name added to the prestigious Country Music Highway, which runs through the state of Kentucky and near his hometown of Virgie.

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Certified Double Platinum No. 1 hit, " Take Your Time," recorded by

and written by Osborne, McAnally and Hunt, earned Osborne a nomination for Song of the Year at the 2015 CMA Awards. 2015 also brought several wins at the ASCAP Awards — earning Osborne Song of the Year for Sam Hunt's " Leave the Night On" and Songwriter of the Year. In 2017, Miranda Lambert's "

," written by Osborne, McAnally and Lambert, was nominated for Best Country Song at the

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and Song of the Year at the ACM Awards. Osborne has been nominated five times for Songwriter of the Year by the ACM and has received multiple CMA Triple Play Awards for having three No. 1 songs on the charts in a 12-month period. Osborne earned a 5× Platinum No.1 with “ Body Like A Back Road,” written by

, Osborne, and Zach Crowell. The single made history as the longest reigning No. 1 on the ''

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'' Hot Country Song chart by a solo artist, spending 34 weeks atop the chart and was named ASCAP's 2018 Song of the Year. Most recently, he won Song of the Year at the 2020 ACM Awards for co-writing Old Dominion’s “ One Man Band.”

Awards and nominations

Producer

Osborne has produced or co-produced the following works:

Songwriting discography

Songs written or co-written by Osborne.

References

External links

Josh Osborne , Credits , AllMusic
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