Hillary Lindsey

Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in Washington, Georgia, United States. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady Antebellum, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Luke Bryan. In 2006 and 2016, respectively, Lindsey won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song for Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and for Little Big Town's "Girl Crush".[3][4] In 2011, Lindsey received an Academy Award nomination for "Coming Home", recorded by Gwyneth Paltrow for the soundtrack of Country Strong, in the Best Original Song category. "Coming Home" also received a Golden Globe nomination that same year for Best Original Song along with "There's a Place for Us", making Lindsey a double nominee in 2011. As of 2018, she has had 20 number-one singles as a writer.

For the Australian toy manufacturer and writer, see Hilarie Lindsay.

Hillary Lindsey
Lindsey performing at the 2011 ASCAP concert[2]
Background information
Birth nameHillary Lee Lindsey
BornWashington, Georgia, U.S.
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1996–present
Associated acts
Websitewww.facebook.com/HillaryLindseyFans

She has been nominated thrice for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for her work on "Jesus Take the Wheel", "Girl Crush", and "Always Remember Us This Way".

Career

In 1994, Lindsey moved from Washington, Ga. to Nashville to enroll in Belmont University's music business school. She tells the story of a roommate who had an internship at a record label and took one of her tapes into work with her. The tape was passed around to publishers, and Lindsey was quickly signed to Famous Music Publishing. In her first year as a writer she had eight cuts. She had her first number one song as a writer in 2002 with Martina McBride's "Blessed". In that same year, her song This Mystery (co-written by Troy Verges and Brett James) was a number one hit in the Netherlands for singer Marco Borsato in a Dutch translation titled Lopen op het Water ("Walking on water"). The Dutch translation was recorded for the marriage of then-crown prince Willem Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta.

Eleven of her number ones as a writer are Carrie Underwood tracks including "Jesus Take The Wheel", "Wasted", "So Small", "Just A Dream", "Last Name" and "Two Black Cadillacs". Thirty million records have been sold featuring her compositions. She has had two songs featured on the ABC television series Nashville: "Telescope" performed by Hayden Panettiere and "Change Your Mind" performed by Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio.[5][6]

References
  1. Padua, Pat (May 12, 2011). "Pic(s) of the Week: They Write the Songs Edition". Library of Congress - In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. Padua, Pat (May 12, 2011). "Pic(s) of the Week: They Write the Songs Edition". Library of Congress - In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. "Hillary Lindsey biography". Durango Songwriters Expo. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
  4. "Hillary Lindsey wins Grammy". The News-Reporter. February 15, 2007. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
  5. "Hit Songwriter Bios -- Hillary Lindsey". Durango Songwriters Expo. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  6. "A Conversation With Hillary Lindsey". thesongsurvives.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
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