Big Yellow Dog Music Awards and Achievements

Big Yellow Dog Music is an independent music publishing and artist development company based in Nashville, TN. Founded in 1998, the company has a streamlined staff of 10 working with 20 artist writers recognized with accolades including 36 No. 1 songs, four Song of the Year awards (ACM, BMI, and two ASCAP), an ASCAP Global Award, and five ASCAP/BMI Pop Awards. Big Yellow Dog Music’s film, television, and brand division had more than 400 placements in both 2016 and 2017. Big Yellow Dog Music artist-writers have won 10 GRAMMYs (including Best New Artist and all-genre Song of the Year “Need You Now”) and received an additional 14 GRAMMY nominations.

2019 HIGHLIGHTS

July

• Maren Morris' “GIRL,” written with Sarah Aarons and Greg Kurstin, goes No. 1 on the Mediabase Country chart.

April

• ACM Awards: Daniel Tashian, co-producer of Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour, Album of the Year

February

• GRAMMY Awards: Daniel Tashian, co-producer of Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour, Album of the Year
• Josh Kear receives CMA Triple Play Award for his songs: "Women, Amen" (Dierks Bentley), "God, Your Mama, and Me" (Florida Georgia Line feat. The Backstreet Boys), "Most People Are Good" (Luke Bryan).  The Triple Play Award is for penning three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period. 

2018 HIGHLIGHTS

November

• Country Music Association Awards: Daniel Tashian, co-producer of Kacey Musgraves' Golden Hour, Album of the Year
• ASCAP Country Awards: "God, Your Mama, and Me" and "Ring on Every Finger," co-written by Josh Kear; and "Get to You," co-written by Abe Stoklasa
• BMI Country Awards: "I Could Use a Love Song," co-written by Maren Morris

August

• Big Yellow Dog Music is a Top 10 Publisher in Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly (based on publisher rankings of the top 100 radio songs) 
• Meghan Trainor’s "All About That Bass" ranked as one of Billboard Magazines "Hot 100's All-Time Top 100 Songs"
   

June

• MusicRow Awards: "Most People Are Good," co-written by Josh Kear and recorded by Luke Bryan, Song of the Year
• Dierks Bentley's "Woman, Amen," co-written by Josh Kear, goes No. 1 on the Mediabase Country and Billboard's Country Airplay charts.

May

• Big Yellow Dog Music signs exclusive label partnership deal Atlantic Records. This marks Big Yellow Dog's first label venture. The first release from the Big Yellow Dog/Atlantic partnership is rising singer/songwriter Brynn Elliott's "Time Of Our Lives." 

April

• Daniel Tashian co-wrote seven of 13 tracks on Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour’ and co-produced the full record with Ian Fitchuk.  'Golden Hour' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200. 

March

• Luke Bryan's "Most People Are Good," co-written by Josh Kear, goes No. 1 on the Mediabase Country and Billboard's Country Airplay charts.

February

• RIAA Certifications: Platinum — “Thank You,” Meghan Trainor; Gold— “I Could Use a Love Song,” Maren Morris

January

• Maren Morris' “I Could Use a Love Song,” written with Jimmy Robbins and Lauren Veltz, goes No. 1 on the Mediabase Country chart.
• RIAA Certifications: 10x Platinum — “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor

2017 HIGHLIGHTS

November

• ASCAP Country Awards: “Fix,” co-written by Abe Stoklasa, and “Road Less Traveled,” co-written by Meghan Trainor
• BMI Country Awards: “Hometown Girl,” co-written by Daniel Tashian, and “80s Mercedes,” written by Maren Morris

October

• Jessie James Decker’s ‘Southern Girl City Lights’ debuts atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, her first No. 1 album. Decker wrote or co-wrote nine of the album’s 12 tracks. Daniel Agee produced the album and co-wrote two songs. Every track features Big Yellow Dog Music artist writers.

September

• Billboard’s Top Business Managers of 2017: Kerry O’Neil

August

• Nashville Business Journal Women in Music City Awards: Carla Wallace
• Logan Mize’s ‘Come Back Road,’ released via Big Yellow Dog Music, makes Top 20 of Billboard’s Country Album Sales chart

July

• Billboard Country Power Players: Carla Wallace and Kerry O’Neil

June

• MusicRow Awards: Maren Morris, Breakthrough Artist of the Year
• Florida Georgia Line + Backstreet Boys’ “God, Your Mama, and Me,” co-written by Josh Kear, goes No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.

May

• Josh Turner’s “Hometown Girl,” co-written by Daniel Tashian, goes No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
• Won three of eight award categories from Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), including Independent Publisher of the Year
• ASCAP’s Vanguard Award: Meghan Trainor
• Music Business Association Awards: Maren Morris, Breakthrough Artist of the Year
• Radio Disney Music Awards: Maren Morris, Country Best New Artist

April

• Lauren Alaina’s “Road Less Traveled,” co-written by Meghan Trainor, goes No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
• Academy of Country Music Awards: Maren Morris, New Female Vocalist of the Year

February

• GRAMMY Awards: Maren Morris, Best Country Solo Performance for “My Church”

Other 2017

• RIAA Certifications: 4x Platinum — “Like I’m Gonna Lose You (Feat. John Legend),” Meghan Trainor; 3x Platinum — “Dear Future Husband,” Meghan Trainor; 2x Platinum — “Me Too,” Meghan Trainor; Platinum — “God, Your Mama, and Me,” Florida Georgia Line + Backstreet Boys, co-written by Josh Kear;  “Better When I’m Dancin’,” Meghan Trainor; Gold —  Hero, Maren Morris; “80s Mercedes," Maren Morris; “Ain’t Your Mama,” Jennifer Lopez, co-written by Meghan Trainor; "Hometown Girl," Josh Turner, co-written by Daniel Tashian
• Songs and artists featured in Big Little Lies, Grey's Anatomy, 13 Reasons Why, Nashville, Dancing With the Stars, and other TV shows.
• Songs used in TV ad campaigns for Apple, Hallmark, Clairol, and Toyota Deutschland
• Cuts on more than 20 albums and EPs, including Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore, Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s The Rest of Our Life, and Chris Stapleton’s From a Room: Volume 1