Scott Davis (born January 11, 1975), aka Scotty D, is an American songwriter, musician, and producer based in

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. Davis has written for six publishing companies for over two decades, including Collins Music,

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, Midas Records Nashville, and

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. Davis has had over 20 radio singles and is a multiplatinum songwriter with four Gold Records to his name. Davis signed his first publishing deal in 1998 and has gone on to win multiple

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awards, including the 2008 Song of the Year."Jeremy Camp, 'Undo' by Rush Of Fools and EMI CMG Publishing Garner Ultimate Honors at ASCAP's 30th Annual Christian Music Awards Dinner"
22 April 2008. ''

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'' named Davis the No. 6 Top Producer for the year 2007."Billboard 2007 Year End Charts: Christian Songs Producers"
Retrieved 21 July 2011. He also co-wrote the

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Song of the Year in 2011,"BMI Christian Music Awards Honor Genre's Most-Played Songs"
4 April 2011. and has been nominated for three

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."EMI Christian Music Group Artists, Writers, Distributed Labels Recognized With Record Number 77 Dove Award Nominations"
Retrieved 21 July 2011.

Early life

Davis was born on January 11, 1975, in

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. He was born into a musical family; his father played guitar and his mother played piano, sang, and wrote songs as well. Davis' brother, Andy Davis, is also musical and is the guitar player for

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and previously played for

Jeremy Camp Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is an American Contemporary Christian music, contemporary Christian singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA certification, RIAA-certified as Music ...

Music career

1999–2006

In 1998, Davis signed his first publishing deal with Collins Music in

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. Collins Music is home of music producer, Tom Collins, who has worked with

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, Sylvia,

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, and many more. Davis started his own publishing company, Life Of Rhyme Music Publishing, in 2001. Davis created this for his own personal catalog and publishing purposes. Life Of Rhyme Productions (a division of Life Of Rhyme) was created in 2005. Under Life Of Rhyme, Davis produced

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' self-titled album on

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. ''

'' featured three singles that appeared on music charts: "The Noise" (No. 2 Christian Radio Chart), "Everyday" (No. 1 The Top 5 chart), and "What I Hear" (No. 7 Christian CHR).

2007–2011

In 2007, Davis co-wrote and produced the hit single "

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" by

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with band members Wes Willis and Kevin Huguley. "Undo" was the most played song of 2007 on Adult

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radio stations according to ''R&R'' Magazine. It went to No. 1 for 7 weeks on ''

'' and it was the No. 1 Christian song for five consecutive weeks from June 4 to July 2, 2007, on ''20 The Countdown Magazine''s charts. "Undo" was featured on the

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compilation CD. Davis also produced and co-wrote "Can't Get Away" with

which reached the Top 20 on the Christian ''Billboard'' charts. ''Billboard'' also named Davis the No. 6 Christian producer of the year in 2007. In 2008, Davis won the

Christian Song Of The Year for "Undo" by Rush of Fools. Davis also won the ASCAP Song Of The Year in 2008 for "What Could Be Better" by 33 Miles. Davis was also nominated for three

in 2008: Song of the Year for "Undo", Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year for "Undo", and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for Rush of Fools' self-titled album. In 2010, Davis achieved Platinum status with his catalog. In January 2010, Davis achieved his biggest radio success yet when " What Faith Can Do" recorded by

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, which Davis co-wrote, went to No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Christian chart for 8 weeks and remained in the Top 5 for 6 months. " What Faith Can Do" won BMI's Song of the Year in 2011. " What Faith Can Do" was also featured on the WOW Hits 2011 compilation CD. Later in 2010, Davis was named the No. 10 Christian Songwriter of the Year by ''

''.

Miscellaneous work

Davis has also worked with: the star of

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), 33 Miles (

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), Jaci Velasquez,

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, and Keith Follesé."Scott Davis discography"
Retrieved 21 July 2011

References

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