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Barry Dean (songwriter)

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Years active
  
Late 2000s-Present

Name
  
Barry Dean

Role
  
Songwriter



Born
  
May 10, 1967 (age 57) Kansas (
1967-05-10
)

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-Songwriter, Record Producer

Website
  
creativenationmusic.com

Genres
  
Country, Pop music, Rock music

Nominations
  
Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Albums
  
A Better Land, Closer To It!, Happiness Heartaches

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Barry Dean (born c. 1967) is a prolific country and pop music songwriter based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, Dean has written two No. 1 singles with “Pontoon” (Little Big Town), and “Day Drinking” (Little Big Town), a Top 40 hit with “Girls Chase Boys” (Ingrid Michaelson) and a long list of other songwriting successes to his name.

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Dean has co-written many hit radio singles including Jason Aldean’s “1994,” Brothers Osborne’s “Rum,” Hunter Hayes’ “Tattoo,” Toby Keith’s “Drinks After Work,” Martina McBride’s “God’s Will” and Tim McGraw’s current single, “Diamond Rings and Old Barstools.” The smash success of Ingrid Michaelson’s single marked Dean’s first single on the Pop charts. “Girls Chase Boys” landed at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot AC and No. 21 on the Top 40 chart. In the past decade, Dean has had songs recorded by Jason Aldean, Charlotte Church, Billy Currington, Brett Eldredge, Hunter Hayes, Toby Keith, Alison Krauss, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood and more.

Diamond rings and old barstools barry dean ft jessi alexander at the o2 london 2016


Awards and nominations

2013

  • MusicRow’s Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year Nominee
  • CMA Song of the Year Nominee for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
  • ACA Song of the Year Nominee for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
  • NSAI Songs I Wish I'd Written Award for Little Big Town’s “Pontoon”
  • 2015

  • NSAI Songs I Wish I'd Written Award for Tim McGraw's "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools"
  • 2016

  • 58th Annual Grammy Awards Song of the Year Nominee for Tim McGraw's "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools"
  • References

    Barry Dean (songwriter) Wikipedia


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