Josh Osborne is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee who has notched 25 No. 1 songs on the Country charts. Originally from Kentucky, Osborne moved to Nashville to hone his craft, earning his first No. 1 with Kenny Chesney’s “Come Over” in 2012. Since the Platinum-selling hit, Osborne’s songs have been cut by Country’s hottest artists including Sam Hunt, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and more.
In 2015, Osborne joined frequent collaborator Shane McAnally’s company, SMACKSongs, as a partner and songwriter. Osborne has been nominated for over 20 awards by the Academy of Country Music, ASCAP, Billboard Music Awards, Country Music Association, MusicRow, and more. Kacey Musgraves’ “Merry Go ‘Round,” written by Osborne, McAnally and Musgraves, won Song Of The Year at the 2013 MusicRow Awards and Best Country Song at the 2014 GRAMMY Awards. 2015 brought several wins at the ASCAP Awards, including Song of the Year for Sam Hunt’s “Leave The Night On” and Songwriter of the Year.
In 2017, Miranda Lambert’s “Vice,” written by Osborne, McAnally and Lambert, was nominated for Best Country Song at the GRAMMY Awards and Song of the Year at the ACM Awards. Osborne has been nominated five times for Songwriter of the Year by the ACM and has received multiple CMA Triple Play Awards for having three No. 1 songs on the charts in a 12-month period. Osborne earned a 6x Platinum No. 1 with “Body Like A Back Road,” co-written by Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, and Zach Crowell. The single made history as the longest reigning No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart by a solo artist, spending 34 weeks atop the chart, and was named ASCAP’s 2018 Song of the Year. Osborne recently won Song of the Year at the ACM Awards for Old Dominion’s “One Man Band.”
#1 Songs
“Come Over” by Kenny Chesney
“We Are Tonight” by Billy Currington
“My Eyes” by Blake Shelton (ft. Gwen Stefani)
“Wild Child” by Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter
“Take Your Time” by Sam Hunt
“Leave the Night On” by Sam Hunt
“Make You Miss Me” by Sam Hunt
“Sangria” by Blake Shelton
“Drunk Last Night” by Eli Young Band
“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” by Keith Urban
“All the Pretty Girls” by Kenny Chesney
“Setting the World on Fire” by Kenny Chesney (ft. Pink)
“Body Like a Backroad” by Sam Hunt
“Hotel Key” by Old Dominion
“Get Along” by Kenny Chesney
“One Man Band” by Old Dominion
“Nobody But You” by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
“Hard to Forget” by Sam Hunt
“Kinfolks” by Sam Hunt
“Happy Anywhere” by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
“Beers and Sunshine” by Darius Rucker
“Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” by Sam Hunt
“23” by Sam Hunt
“Sand In My Boots” by Morgan Wallen
Grammy Awards:
2014 – WON – “Merry Go ‘Round” by Kacey Musgraves – Country Song of the Year
2016 – Nominated – “Vice” by Miranda Lambert – Country Song of the Year
2017 – Nominated – “Body Like a Backroad” by Sam Hunt – Country Song of the Year
2017 – Nominated – “Drinkin’ Problem” by Midland – Country Song of the Year
CMA Awards:
2013 – Nominated – “Merry Go ‘Round” by Kacey Musgraves – Song of the Year
2015 – Nominated – “Take Your Time” by Sam Hunt – Song of the Year
2018 – Nominated – “Body Like a Backroad” by Sam Hunt – Song of the Year
ACM Awards:
2013 – Nominated – “Merry Go ‘Round” by Kacey Musgraves – Song of the Year
2015 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
2016 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
2017 – Nominated – “Vice” by Miranda Lambert – Song of the Year
2018 – Nominated – “Body Like A Backroad” by Sam Hunt – Song of the Year
2018 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
2019 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
2020 – WON – “One Man Band” by Old Dominion
2020 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
2021 – Nominated – Songwriter of the Year
ASCAP Awards:
2015 – WON – “Take Your Time” by Sam Hunt – Song of the Year
2018 – Nominated – “Body Like A Backroad” by Sam Hunt – Song of the Year
NSAI Awards:
2019 – WON – Songwriter of the Year
Other Top 20 Radio Singles:
“Chainsaw” by The Band Perry – #10
“Wake Up Loving You” by Craig Morgan – #14
“Merry Go ‘Round” by Kacey Musgraves – #10
“Dust” by Eli Young Band – #15
“Top of the World” by Tim McGraw – #5
“Real Life” by Jake Owen – #17
“Drinkin’ Problem” by Midland – #4
“Make a Little” by Midland – #15
“Burn Out” by Midland – #3
“Turnin’ Me On” by Blake Shelton – #10
“Born to Love You” by LANCO – #18
“Vice” by Miranda Lambert – #11
“Kiss Somebody” by Morgan Evans – #3
“Downtown’s Dead” by Sam Hunt – #15
“One That Got Away” by Michael Ray – #3
“How They Remember You” by Rascal Flatts – #4
“I Was on a Boat That Day” by Old Dominion – #9
“Next Girl” by Carly Pearce – #15
“7 Summers” by Morgan Wallen – #17
