Aimee Mayo

Aimee Mayo is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and author. Her songs have spent twenty-six weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard charts, and albums featuring her songs have sold over 155 million units worldwide. She is primarily known for writing hits for artists such as Lonestar, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Adam Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Boyz II Men, Brad Paisley, Backstreet Boys, Billy Currington, Kellie Pickler and more. Mayo is one of the few females to receive both BMI's Country Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards, putting her in the rare company of Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift. Mayo was also a judge on the CMT series, Can You Duet. Talking to the Sky is Mayo's first book, almost 15 years in the making.

Aimee Mayo
Born (1971-09-28) September 28, 1971
OriginGadsden, Alabama, United States
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Songwriter, Author
Associated actsTim McGraw, Lonestar, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Boyz II Men, Brad Paisley, Backstreet Boys, Billy Currington, Sara Evans, Kellie Pickler
Websitehttp://aimeemayo.com/
Aimee Mayo, 2020. Photo Courtesy of Aimee Mayo; Photo Credit: Kristin Barlowe.

Biography

Aimee Mayo grew up in Gadsden, Alabama. According to her mother, Aimee always had a notebook with her and was constantly writing poetry. Her mother encouraged her to "shoot for the top" and she was signed as a songwriter with BMG while she was still a teenager. It was there that she met her husband, Chris Lindsey, a fellow songwriter. She and Chris have three children and live in Nashville, Tennessee.

As a teen, Aimee was surrounded by music. Her father Danny Mayo wrote hits for numerous country artists. Her brother Cory Mayo wrote You'll Be There, a hit for George Strait in 2005. As of 2008, Mayo’s songs have spent twenty-five weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard charts, and albums featuring her songs have sold over 135 million units worldwide.

Mayo was named BMI Songwriter of the Year in 2000. "Amazed," recorded by Lonestar that same year, is her most popular song to date. In 2004 it garnered a 5 Millionaire award from BMI, vaulting it into the top 125 songs in the BMI catalog out of 6.5 million works. “Amazed” also won ACM (Academy of Country Music) Song of the Year, BMI Song of the Year, NSAI Song of the Year and was nominated for a Grammy. “Amazed” crossed over to the pop charts and spent two weeks at the top of the Hot 100, making it the first country song to accomplish such a feat since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers with their 1983 song “Islands in the Stream.” [1]

Mayo's song “This One’s for the Girls,” recorded by Martina McBride, stayed at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for eleven weeks in addition to reaching number three on the country chart.[2] The song also went on to be a theme song for the morning show “The View.” Mayo has received over a dozen BMI Country awards along with BMI Pop Awards for “Amazed” and “This One’s For the Girls.”

Mayo co-wrote the song "Wheel of the World" on Carrie Underwood’s second album with husband Chris Lindsey and close friend and collaborator Hillary Lindsey. The title “Carnival Ride” was chosen by Underwood from the lyrics of “Wheel of the World.”[3]

Mayo was a judge on the CMT television series, "Can You Duet".

Personal life

Aimee and her husband and co-writer, Chris Lindsey have three children. Levi, Oscar, and Lola and three dogs Tina, Girlfriend, and Batman. They all live happily together.

Talking To The Sky

TALKING TO THE SKY is Mayo’s debut memoir and a project 15 years in the making. Mayo grew up in deep Alabama, rocked by the blow of a drunk man's fist before she even made it out of the womb. Her colorful and charismatic father went from a gambling janitor to a multi-millionaire, but died homeless. Her mother was wonderful when she wasn't popping pain pills like M&M's and her stepdad made a weird science out of psychological abuse. Throughout her teens, Aimee survived by writing compulsively in diaries, dreaming of becoming a songwriter and finding her soulmate.

After accidentally burning down her house—just one in a series of disasters—at twenty years old she found herself lost with no path to the life she had always longed for. She tried to kill herself and almost succeeded.

Finally, Aimee made it to Nashville. She started out a waitress, married to a wife-beating country singer but never lost sight of her dreams. TALKING TO THE SKY is an unforgettable memoir, the harrowing and hilarious story of believing in faith over fear and going after your dreams when everything is going against you.


Praise for TALKING TO THE SKY

"From out of left field comes this searing emotional powerhouse that must not be missed.” —Augusten Burroughs, New York Times-bestselling author of RUNNING WITH SCISSORS


"I encourage EVERYONE to read this book. It is healing in so many ways. She is such a talented writer." —Tim McGraw, Country music superstar and actor


"Wow. I feel bad about getting married : ) after reading this. It reads like a movie." —Rick Springfield, Grammy-Award winning musician, actor and bestselling author


"Quite a memoir you have, and country as hell too, guns, bankruptcy, rags to riches (to rags), the road, Elvis, sex, and of course, Kenny Chesney.” —Rob Tannenbaum, Writer for New York Times Magazine, Details, Rolling Stone


"I was laughing so hard I had to get up and leave Starbucks." —M.B. Roberts, Senior Features Editor of Parade


"OMG. Aimee's book is one of the best things I've ever read. Unbelievable writing, fantastic storyteller, and completely honest." —Bart Herbison, President of NSAI


"Your writing simply slayed me." —Kerry Cohen, bestselling author of LOOSE GIRL


"It's as good as Hillbilly Elegy, her storytelling, what she went through, her heart. It's fantastic. IT'S FANTASTIC! It's very, very special." —Dana Perino, Author and host of The Five

Discography


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Twitter: @AimeeMayo

References
  1. "SongwriterUniverse Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  2. Rogers, L. "Glencoe's Aimee and Cory Mayo follow their father's success in Nashville", The Gadsden Times, October 12, 2007.
  3. "Carrie's Official Bio". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
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