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.
Few songwriters have shaped modern country music more profoundly than Josh Kear.
A four-time GRAMMY Award winner and one of the most respected songwriters in Nashville, Josh has written 18 #1 songs and remains the only 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.”
His songs have become part of the soundtrack of millions of lives, earning CMA, ACM, ASCAP, and GRAMMY recognition while being recorded by artists including Lady A, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Lainey Wilson, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Charlie Puth, Jimmy Buffett, and many others.
Beyond the awards and chart success, Josh offers audiences a rare behind-the-scenes perspective on creativity, perseverance, collaboration, and the pursuit of excellence. Drawing from decades of experience in one of the world's most competitive creative industries, he shares stories and insights about overcoming setbacks, finding inspiration, working through creative challenges, and building meaningful collaborations that lead to extraordinary results.
Whether participating in a keynote session, fireside chat, leadership conversation, songwriter panel, or interactive discussion, Josh brings authenticity, humility, humor, and real-world experience to every audience. His ability to connect the songwriting process to business, leadership, teamwork, innovation, and personal growth creates conversations that resonate long after the session concludes.
Popular discussion themes include creativity and innovation, collaboration, resilience, storytelling, navigating success and failure, and the lessons learned behind some of music's most iconic songs.
Combining unforgettable stories, live music, and practical insights from a career at the highest levels of the music industry, Josh Kear delivers a unique perspective on creativity, connection, and what it takes to create something that truly matters.
