| Laura Veltz | |
| Birth Name: | Laura Jeanne Veltz |
| Origin: | New York City, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
Laura Jeanne Veltz[1] is an American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock group Cecilia.[2] She was nominated for the first ever Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases by Maren Morris, Demi Lovato and Ingrid Andress.[3]
Laura Veltz started her music career as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of her family pop-rock group Cecilia in 1996 to 2006. After the group split up, in 2008, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her career as a songwriter, lured by Kye Fleming and Mark D. Sanders.[4] She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music group Edens Edge on their debut self-titled album.[5]
In 2020, Veltz was nominated for her first Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Song for writing Dan + Shay's "Speechless".[6]
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Slow Motion" | 2011 | Edens Edge | Edens Edge |
| "Skinny Dippin'" | 2012 | Edens Edge | |
| "Who Am I Drinking Tonight?" | |||
| "Liar" | |||
| "Cherry Pie" | |||
| "What I Love About Your Love" | 2012 | Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer |
| "Drunk Last Night" | 2013 | Eli Young Band | 10,000 Towns |
| "Lonely Eyes" | Chris Young | A.M. | |
| "For a Boy" | 2015 | RaeLynn | |
| "Livin' Ain't Killed Me Yet" | Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | |
| "Love You Hate You Miss You" | 2016 | Levi Hummon | Levi Hummon |
| "Sugar" | Maren Morris | Hero | |
| "Rich" | |||
| "I Could Use a Love Song" | |||
| "Space" | |||
| "Piano" | Cassadee Pope | Summer | |
| "We Do Us" | 2017 | Ryan Hurd | Ryan Hurd |
| "We Went to the Beach" | Little Big Town | The Breaker | |
| "Never Again" | Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | |
| "Once" | |||
| "Legacy" | The Cadillac Three | Legacy | |
| "Color" | Carly Pearce | Every Little Thing | |
| "To a T" | 2018 | Ryan Hurd | Platonic |
| "Weed, Whiskey and Willie" | Brothers Osborne | Port Saint Joe | |
| "There's a Girl" | Trent Harmon | You Got 'Em All | |
| "Her" | |||
| "On Paper" | |||
| "My Somebody" | |||
| "Keeping Score" | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | |
| "Speechless" | |||
| "One Way" | Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | |
| "Live Forever" | Kane Brown | Experiment | |
| "Second to Last" | Devin Dawson | Dark Horse | |
| "Diamonds or Twine" | 2019 | Ryan Hurd | To a T |
| "Y'all People - Dedicated to the 'CoJo Nation'" | Cody Johnson | Ain't Nothin' to It | |
| "The Feels" | Maren Morris | Girl | |
| "A Song for Everything" | |||
| "Flavor" | |||
| "To Hell & Back" | |||
| "The Bones" | |||
| "That's on Me" | Jake Owen | Greetings from... Jake | |
| "In It" | |||
| "24/7/365" | MacKenzie Porter | ||
| "What If I Never Get Over You" | Lady A | Ocean | |
| "What I'm Leaving For" | |||
| "Underwater" | |||
| "Mississippi to Me" | Ryan Hurd | Panorama | |
| "Half Hoping" | Platonic | ||
| "Old Soul" | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | |
| "Woman Like Her" | 2020 | Eric Paslay | Nice Guy |
| "Trying on Rings" | Maddie & Tae | The Way It Feels | |
| "Write a Book" | |||
| "New Dog Old Tricks" | |||
| "Preciatcha" | Caylee Hammack | If It Wasn't for You | |
| "Halfway Home" | Carly Pearce | Carly Pearce | |
| "Heart's Going Out of Its Mind" | |||
| "Woman Down" | |||
| "I Dare You" | Kelly Clarkson | ||
| "Never Have I Ever" | Danielle Bradbery | In Between: The Collection | |
| "When This Is Over" | Jimmie Allen | Bettie James | |
| "Body Language of a Breakup" | Lindsay Ell | Heart Theory | |
| "Sheryl Crow" | Tim McGraw | Here on Earth | |
| "Better than We Found It" | Maren Morris | ||
| "The Knife or the Hatchet" | 2021 | Ryan Hurd | Pelago |
| "What a Song Can Do" | Lady A | What a Song Can Do | |
| "Bucket List" | Mitchell Tenpenny | Midtown Diaries | |
| "Whatever Forever Is" | Devin Dawson | The Pink Slip | |
| "It's 'Cause I Am" | Callista Clark | Real to Me | |
| "Real To Me" | |||
| "Woman You Got" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness, Vol. 1 | |
| "Heaven Right Now" | Thomas Rhett | ||
| "Bigger Man" | Joy Oladokun | In Defense of My Own Happiness | |
| "Dream Girl" | Idina Menzel | Cinderella | |
| "Indigo" | Mickey Guyton | Remember Her Name | |
| "The Dreaming" | Monsta X | The Dreaming | |
| "Get You" | Shawn Austin | Planes Don't Wait | |
| "Lucky for Me" | 2022 | Eli Young Band | Love Talking |
| "Humble Quest" | Maren Morris | Humble Quest | |
| "Background Music" | |||
| "Detour" | |||
| "Pain" | Ingrid Andress | Good Person | |
| "Freak" | Demi Lovato | Holy Fvck | |
| "Skin of My Teeth" | |||
| "Substance" | |||
| "Eat Me" | |||
| "Holy Fvck" | |||
| "29" | |||
| "Happy Ending" | |||
| "Heaven" | |||
| "Wasted" | |||
| "Come Together" | |||
| "Dead Friends" | |||
| "Feed" | |||
| "4 Ever 4 Me" | |||
| "Spurs" | Madeline Edwards | Crashlanded | |
| "Heavy" | |||
| "Mama, Dolly, Jesus" | |||
| "Playground" | |||
| "These Tears" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness Vol. 2 | |
| "Antsy" | Upsahl | Sagittarius | |
| "Another Round" | 2023 | Reyna Roberts | |
| "Still Alive" | Demi Lovato | Scream VI | |
| "Hey Little Mama" | Morgan Evans | Life Upside Down | |
| "ONE NATION UNDERDOGS" | Royal & the Serpent | RAT TRAP 1: the blueprint | |
| "Swine" | Demi Lovato | ||
| "Make Me Hate Me" | Idina Menzel | Drama Queen | |
| "Good Time Getting There" | Dallas Smith | Dallas Smith | |
| "Get the Hell Out of Here" | Maren Morris | The Bridge | |
| "The Tree" | |||
| "Once A Year" | Ingrid Andress | ||
| "Diamond" | Callista Clark | ||
| "Attention" | 2024 | Georgia Webster | |
| "Good On You" | Priscilla Block | ||
| "So Do I" | Tenille Arts | To Be Honest | |
| "Consume" | The Warning | Keep Me Fed | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Best Country Song | "Speechless" | [7] | ||
| 2021 | "The Bones" | [8] | |||
| 2022 | "Better than We Found It" | [9] | |||
| 2023 | Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | "Background Music", "Feed", "Humble Quest", "Pain", "29" | [10] |