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]
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]
, 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]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Song of the Year | "Break Up in the End" | [7] | ||
| 2020 | "10,000 Hours" | [8] | |||
| 2024 | Songwriter of the Year | [9] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best 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)" |