Jessie Jo Dillon Explained

Jessie Jo Dillon (born September 11, 1987[1]) is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records.[2] [3] She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive.[1] [2] She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations.[2]

Career

Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna.[4]

Discography

, Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. Most are collaborations,[5] Her biggest hit is "10,000 Hours" (2019), which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and the Canada Country chart.[6]

Notable songs

Awards and nominations

Academy of Country Music Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2019Song of the Year"Break Up in the End"[7]
2020"10,000 Hours"[8]
2024Songwriter of the Year [9]

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2011Best Country Song"The Breath You Take"
2019"Break Up in the End"[10]
2022"Better Than We Found It"[11]
2024"Buried[12]
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical"Buried", "Girl in the Mirror", "Halfway to Hell", "I Just Killed A Man", "Memory Lane",
"Neon Cowgirl", "Screen", "The Town in Your Heart", "Up Above The Clouds (Cecilia's Song)"

Notes and References

  1. News: Chicago Tribune . . 29 September 1988 . Jack . Hurst .
  2. Web site: Uitti . Jacob . Getting to Know 2024 Grammy Nominee Jessie Jo Dillon . American Songwriter . 19 November 2023 . 10 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Talley . Brittni . Jessie Jo Dillon . . 19 November 2023 . en . 6 April 2022.
  4. Web site: 2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List GRAMMY.com . 2023-11-12 . www.grammy.com.
  5. Web site: . 26 October 2020 . Dan . Kimpel . Music Connection .
  6. How '10,000 Hours' Co-Writer Jessie Jo Dillon Overcame Her Songwriting Fears . Rob . LeDonne . 7 November 2019 . Billboard .
  7. Web site: September 17, 2020. 2020 ACM Awards Winners: The Complete List. 2020-09-17. E! Online.
  8. Web site: ACM Awards 2019: Full list of winners. CBS News. April 8, 2019 .
  9. Here Are the 2024 ACM Awards Winners: Complete List. Billboard. May 16, 2024 .
  10. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  11. Web site: 2021-11-23. 2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List. 2021-12-06. GRAMMY.com. en.
  12. Web site: 2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List GRAMMY.com . 2023-11-12 . www.grammy.com.