Four-time GRAMMY Award winner Josh Kear has written 18 #1 songs and is the first songwriter in GRAMMY history to win Best Country Song three times—for Lady A’s “Need You Now” and Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away.”
He has also earned CMA, ACM, and ASCAP Song of the Year honors, including for “Need You Now,” which spent 14 weeks at #1 on the AC chart and five weeks at #1 on the Country chart, becoming one of the most impactful songs of the decade.
Josh’s catalog includes #1 hits such as Lainey Wilson’s “Watermelon Moonshine,” Luke Bryan’s “Drunk On You” and “Most People Are Good,” Blake Shelton’s “Neon Light,” Dierks Bentley’s “Woman, Amen,” and Tim McGraw’s “Highway Don’t Care.” He also co-wrote the Top 10 AC hit “Criminals” recorded by Meghan Trainor.
His songs have been recorded by a wide range of country and pop artists, including Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lady A, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, Darius Rucker, Thomas Rhett, Charlie Puth, Martina McBride, Ellan Langley, Labrinth, Susan Boyle, and Jimmy Buffett, among many others.
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Experience the only songwriter in GRAMMY history to win Best Country Song three times. With 18 #1 hits — including “Need You Now” and “Before He Cheats” — Josh delivers a compelling mix of chart-topping music, masterful storytelling, and engaging stage presence for corporate, private, keynote, and conference audiences.
