Jessie Jo Dillon

{{short description|American songwriter (born 1987)}}

Jessie Jo Dillon (born September 11, 1987{{cite news |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |title={{title case|A SOBER DEAN DILLON NOW TAPS ONLY HIS TALENT}} |date=29 September 1988 |first=Jack |last=Hurst |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-09-29-8802030090-story.html }}) is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records.{{cite web |last1=Uitti |first1=Jacob |title=Getting to Know 2024 Grammy Nominee Jessie Jo Dillon |url=https://americansongwriter.com/getting-to-know-2024-grammy-nominee-jessie-jo-dillon/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=19 November 2023 |date=10 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Talley |first1=Brittni |title=Jessie Jo Dillon |url=https://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/jessie-jo-dillon |publisher=Nashville Songwriters Association International |access-date=19 November 2023 |language=en |date=6 April 2022}} She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive. She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations.

Career

Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna.{{Cite web |title=2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.grammy.com}} She received a second at the following ceremony for her work on song by Moroney, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Keith Urban, and Kelsea Ballerini.

Discography

{{See also category| Songs written by Jessie Jo Dillon}}

{{As of|2020|October}}, Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. Most are collaborations,{{cite web |url=https://www.musicconnection.com/songwriter-profile-jessie-jo-dillon/ |date=26 October 2020 |title={{title case |SONGWRITER PROFILE: JESSIE JO DILLON}} |first=Dan |last=Kimpel |work=Music Connection }} Her biggest hit is "10,000 Hours" (2019), which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and the Canada Country chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/how-10000-hours-co-writer-jessie-jo-dillon-overcame-her-songwriting-fears-8542927/amp/ |title=How '10,000 Hours' Co-Writer Jessie Jo Dillon Overcame Her Songwriting Fears |first=Rob |last=LeDonne |date=7 November 2019 |magazine=Billboard }}

=Notable songs=

Awards and nominations

=Academy of Country Music Awards=

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! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

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scope="row"|2019

|rowspan=2|Song of the Year

|"Break Up in the End"

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|date=September 17, 2020|title=2020 ACM Awards Winners: The Complete List|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1187901/2020-acm-awards-winners-the-complete-list|access-date=2020-09-17|website=E! Online}}

scope="row"|2020

|"10,000 Hours"

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2019-acm-academy-country-music-awards-full-list-of-winners-live-updates-today-2019-04-07/|title = ACM Awards 2019: Full list of winners|website = CBS News| date=April 8, 2019 }}

scope="row"|2024

|Songwriter of the Year

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|{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-acm-awards-winners-list-1235685091/|title = Here Are the 2024 ACM Awards Winners: Complete List

|magazine = Billboard| date=May 16, 2024 }}

=Grammy Awards=

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Year

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

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scope="row"|2011

|rowspan=4|Best Country Song

|"The Breath You Take"

|{{nom}}

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scope="row"|2019

|"Break Up in the End"

|{{nom}}

|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]

scope="row"|2022

|"Better Than We Found It"

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2021-12-06|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|2024

| "Buried

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan=2|{{Cite web |title=2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.grammy.com}}

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

| "Buried", "Girl in the Mirror", "Halfway to Hell", "I Just Killed A Man", "Memory Lane",
"Neon Cowgirl", "Screen", "The Town in Your Heart", "Up Above The Clouds (Cecilia's Song)"

| {{nom}}

References

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century American songwriters

Category:American country songwriters