Tim Nichols – Grammy-Winning, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Hitmaker
Tim Nichols is one of Nashville’s most respected and accomplished songwriters, with nearly two dozen smash hits, multiple BMI songwriting awards, and a Grammy Award for Best Country Song. In 2017, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy as one of the genre’s most elite tunesmiths.
Nichols’ career reached iconic status in 2004 when he co-wrote Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying”, which spent 10 consecutive weeks at #1, broke a 30-year Billboard record, and became the only song in country music history to win every major industry Song of the Year award — including the Grammy, CMA, ACM, Billboard, BMI, ASCAP, and NSAI honors.
His catalog also includes career-launching hits like Jo Dee Messina’s “Heads Carolina, Tails California” (and Cole Swindell’s five-week #1 reboot “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”), Dustin Lynch’s “Cowboys and Angels”, Chris Young’s three-week #1 “The Man I Want to Be”, and Trace Adkin's "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing. He’s also penned #1 hits for Faith Hill, Terri Clark, Keith Whitley, Lee Ann Womack, and most recently, Zach Top’s “I Never Lie”.
Over the years, Nichols’ songs have been recorded by a who’s who of country music royalty, including Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Ronnie Milsap, Patty Loveless, among many others. His songwriting blends timeless storytelling with emotional depth, creating songs that leave a lasting mark on both artists and audiences.
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You may not recognize the name Tim Nichols, but people across America—and around the world—recognize and love his music.
The Grammy and CMA award-winning songwriter behind some of the biggest country hits of the last thirty years, Tim built his celebrated career writing for chart-topping artists like Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire Alan Jackson, Jo Dee Messina, and Keith Whitley.
In 2004, Tim co-wrote Tim McGraw’s smash hit “Live Like You Were Dying.” It is the only song to have won every major country award presented for songwriting. In 2017, Tim was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also a New York Times best-selling author.
Today, Tim continues to write hits for some of country music’s biggest stars. A sought-after keynote speaker, Tim speaks to audiences about creativity, collaboration, and lessons learned from a life spent working with some of the most popular musical artists in the world.
Over his four-decade career as one of Nashville’s most respected songwriters, Tim Nichols has learned a crucial component must be in place before the creative process even begins: no mattter where you are, no matter who you’re there with, you need to believe that you belong in the room.
In this moving, eye-opening, and often hilarious keynote, Tim unveils his philosophy of what it takes for any team, anywhere, to transform their ideas and manifest their vision. You’ll discover what award-winning songwriters know about creativity, collaboration, and teamwork — and you’ll come away with a proven method for incorporating those lessons into your work and life.
Shaped over years of writing songs for some of the most popular musical artists, this paradigm-shifting speech will challenge you to reimagine what it takes to foster the perfect conditions for collaboration, co-creation, and teamwork.