# Nicolle Galyon

Nicolle Anne Galyon (born July 22, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, record label executive, and publishing executive based in Nashville. She gained national exposure early in her career after a 2012 appearance as a contestant on NBC's The Voice. She co-wrote the song "Automatic" sung by Miranda Lambert which was named the 2015 ACM's 'Song of the Year' and the 2014 CMA's single of the year. In 2019, she was named BMI Country Songwriter of the Year and was the first woman to win the award since Taylor Swift took home the award in 2010. As of 2025, she is credited for writing 10 No. 1 hits. Galyon has written songs for Lady A, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, and others.

## Career

Originally from Sterling, Kansas, Galyon made her way to Nashville, Tennessee in 2002 to attend Belmont University for Music Business. At Belmont, Galyon discovered her passion for songwriting and signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Nashville shortly after graduating in 2006. In 2012, she appeared on season 2 of The Voice as a contestant on Adam Levine's team, then being eliminated in the battle rounds. There she met RaeLynn and Miranda Lambert, two friendships that she accredits for kickstarting her songwriting career.
Galyon earned her first #1 song with "We Were Us" performed by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert. Soon after this success, veteran Nashville songwriting heavyweights like Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne noticed her and invited her to be a part of their in-the-round performances. Speaking about this later, Galyon said, "I remember it was conflicting for me because I only had one song to play that anyone knew...but they could each play 20 hits, all night long". She said that their stamp of approval gave her confidence and kept her going.
With co-writers Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby, Galyon won 2015 ACM's 'Song of the Year', and the 2014 CMA's single of the year for the Miranda Lambert's Automatic. Since then Galyon has had songs recorded by RaeLynn on her album WildHorse, Dan + Shay on their album Obsessed, Kenny Chesney on his album Cosmic Hallelujah, Florida Georgia Line on their album Dig Your Roots, Lady Antebellum on their album Golden, and Thomas Rhett on his album Tangled Up, among others.

## Record label

Galyon partnered with Big Loud Records to launch the female-focused record label, "Songs and Daughters". The label was announced in July, 2019 and signed Madison Kozak as its flagship artist. In 2020, Galyon expanded the label to include a publishing arm. In 2020, Galyon served as a producer and writer on iHeartRadio scripted podcast "Make It Up As We Go."

## Philanthropy

Galyon is heavily involved in the CMA Foundation's music education initiative and served as an NSAI Board Member & CMT Next Women of Country mentor. Galyon has worked with the "Save the Music Foundation", a non-profit music education organization and with "Songfarm", a philanthropic organization designed to give U.S.high schools professional recording equipment for students to use. She also provides a college scholarship to a senior at her alma mater, Sterling High School, each year through an "Autobiography Scholarship" program.

## Personal life

Galyon married songwriter Rodney Clawson October 13, 2007. They have two children together, daughter Charlie Jo Clawson born May 29, 2013, and son Ford Sterling Clawson born April 14, 2015.

## Discography
### Studio albums

* firstborn (2022)

### Songwriting credits

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2010 | Point of Grace | Home for the Holidays | "The Giver and the Gift" | Molly Reed, Jonathan Yudkin |
| 2011 | Josh Kelley | Georgia Clay | "Gone Like That" | Josh Kelley, Clint Lagerberg |
| 2011 | Jasmine Rae | Listen Here | "Let it Be Me" | Molly Reed |
| 2011 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | "Growing Her Wings" | Nicole Witt |
| 2011 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | "Dirt Road Prayer" | April Geesbreght |
| 2013 | Lady A | Golden | "It Ain't Pretty" | Eric Paslay |
| 2013 | Keith Urban | Fuse | "We Were Us" (feat. Miranda Lambert) | Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2013 | Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery | "Daughter of a Workin' Man" | Dave Barnes, Clint Lagerberg |
| 2013 | Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery | "Dance Hall" | April Geesbreght, Molly Reed |
| 2014 | Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Party Girl" | Shay Mooney, Dan Smyers |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "All Nighter" | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Lady A | 747 | "Girl on the Radio" | David Hodges, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Lucy Hale | Road Between | "From the Backseat" | Mike Daly, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Girls" | Natalie Hemby, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Priscilla" | Natalie Hemby, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Babies Makin' Babies" | Natalie Hemby, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Platinum" | Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert |
| 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Automatic" | Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert |
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "What's Your Name" | Zack Crowell, Matt Jenkins |
| 2015 | RaeLynn | Me EP | "God Made Girls" | RaeLynnm Lori McKenna, Liz Rose |
| 2015 | RaeLynn | Me EP | "Boyfriend" | Hailey Steele, Rachel Woodward |
| 2015 | RaeLynn | Always Sing | "Always Sing" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2015 | Nashville Cast | Trouble | "Trouble" | Chris Roberts |
| 2015 | Michael Ray | Michael Ray | "Wish I Was Here" | Nathan Chapman, Matt Jenkins |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Anthem" | Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Learned It From the Radio" | Ashley Gorley, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2016 | Martina McBride | Reckless | "It Ain't Pretty" | Eric Paslay |
| 2016 | Martina McBride | Reckless | "Diamond" | Eric Paslay, Liz Rose |
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "All Nighter" | David Hodges, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "Lipstick" | Shay Mooney, Dan Smyers |
| 2016 | RaeLynn | — | "Love Triangle" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2016 | Fantasia | The Definition Of... | "Ugly" | Audra Mae |
| 2016 | Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | "Smooth" | Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Jordan Schmidt |
| 2016 | Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "All the Pretty Girls" | Tommy Lee James, Josh Osborne |
| 2016 | High Valley | Dear Life | "The Only" | N/A |
| 2016 | Miranda Lambert | The Weight of These Wings | "Six Degrees of Separation" | N/A |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Your Heart" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Love Triangle" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Insecure" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Graveyard" | RaeLynn, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Lonely Call" | RaeLynn, Rob Hawkins |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "The Apple" | Marshall Altman, Emily Weisband |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Young" | RaeLynn, Leeland Mooring |
| 2017 | RaeLynn | WildHorse | "Praying for Rain" | RaeLynn, Leeland Mooring |
| 2017 | Kenny Chesney | — | "All the Pretty Girls" | Tommy Lee James, Josh Osborne |
| 2017 | Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | "Saltwater Gospel" | Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley |
| 2017 | Lady A | Heart Break | "Heart Break" | Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Jesse Frasure |
| 2017 | Lady A | Heart Break | "Army" | Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Lindsey, Busbee |
| 2017 | Lady A | Heart Break | "Big Love in a Small Town" | Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Lindsey, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2017 | Kelsea Ballerini | Unapologetically | "Music" | Kelsea Ballerini, Jennifer Denmark, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2017 | Lee Brice | Lee Brice | "Boy" | Jon Nite |
| 2017 | Keith Urban | Graffiti U | "Female" | Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally |
| 2017 | Luke Bryan | What Makes You Country | "Win Life" | Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman |
| 2017 | Brandon Ray | Ends of the Earth | "Ends of the Earth" | Ross Copperman, Jon Nite |
| 2017 | Danielle Bradbery | I Don't Believe We've Met | "Red Wine+White Couch" | Alysa Vanderheym, Emily Weisband |
| 2017 | Walker Hayes | boom. | "Halloween" | Walker Hayes |
| 2017 | Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | "Saltwater Gospel" | Ashley Gorley, Ross Copperman |
| 2018 | Dan + Shay | Tequila | "Tequila" | Dan Smyers, Jordan Reynolds, |
| 2018 | Camila Cabello | Camila | "Consequences" | Amy Wadge, Emily Weisband |
| 2018 | Keith Urban | Graffiti U | "Coming Home" (feat. Julia Michaels) | Keith Urban, J.R. Rotem, Julia Michaels, Merle Haggard |
| 2018 | Brett Young | Ticket to L.A. | "The Ship and the Bottle" | Chase McGill, Jon Nite |
| 2019 | Runaway June | Blue Roses | "We Were Rich" | Ashley Gorley, Ross Copperman |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Club" | Jimmy Robbins |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Homecoming Queen?" | Jimmy Robbins |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Bragger" | Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Shane McAnally |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "Half of My Hometown" (feat. Kenny Chesney) | Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Shane McAnally |
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | Kelsea | "A Country Song" | Jimmy Robbins |
| 2020 | Gabby Barrett | Goldmine | "Thank God" | Gabby Barrett, Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2020 | Dierks Bentley | — | "Gone" | Dierks, Bentley, John Wiggins, Jon Randall |
| 2020 | Miranda Lambert | Make It Up As We Go (Soundtrack to the Podcast Musical) | "Champion" | Jeff Peters, Jared Gustadt, Scarlett Burke |
| 2020 | Hailey Whitters | — | "Fillin' My Cup" (feat. Little Big Town) | |
| 2020 | Sasha Sloan | Only Child | "House With No Mirrors" | Sasha Sloan, Henry Agincourt Allen |
| 2020 | Sasha Sloan | Only Child | "Is It Just Me?" | Sasha Sloan, Dallas Koehlke, Stephanie Steph Jones |
| 2020 | Danielle Bradbury | — | "Girls In My Hometown" | |
| 2020 | Tori Kelly | A Tori Kelly Christmas | "Gift That Keeps On Giving" | Tori Kelly, Jimmy Robbins |
| 2020 | LANY | Mama's Boy | "anything 4 u" | Charles Leslie Priest, Jake Goss, Paul Jason Klein |
| 2020 | Jamie O'Neal | Sometimes | "Spin the Bottle" | Liz Rose, Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| 2021 | Gary Allan | Ruthless | "Temptation" | Chase McGill, Jon Nie |
| 2021 | Gary Allan | Ruthless | "SEX" | Shane McAnally, Matt Jenkins |
| 2021 | Kelsea Ballerini | — | "I Quit Drinking" (feat. LANY) | Kelsea Ballerini, Paul Klein |
| 2021 | Dan + Shay | — | "Picked Out a Christmas Tree" | Dan Smyers, Dave Barnes, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2021 | Devin Dawson | The Pink Slip EP | "He Loved Her | Devin Dawson, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2021 | Ashley Monroe | Rosegold | "Flying" | Ashley Monroe, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2021 | Carly Pearce | 29: Written in Stone | "Your Drinkin', My Problem" | Sasha Stone, Ben West |
| 2021 | Blake Shelton | Body Language | "Minimum Wage" | Jesse Frasure, Corey Crowder |
| 2022 | Abbey Cone | Hate Me (EP) | "In a Room With You" | Abbey Cone, Nathan Spicer |
| 2022 | Carrie Underwood | Denim & Rhinestones | "Drunk and Hungover" | Jordan Reynolds, Hillary Lindsey |
| 2023 | Lukas Graham | 4 (The Pink Album) | "Home Movies" (with Mickey Guyton) | David LaBrel, Jaramye Daniels, Rory Andrew |
| 2023 | Morgan Wallen | One Thing at a Time | "Thought You Should Know" | Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert |
| 2024 | Luke Grimes | Luke Grimes | "Ghost Of Who We Were" | Luke Grimes, Rodney Clawson |
| 2024 | Carly Pearce | Hummingbird | "Rock Paper Scissors" | Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2024 | Carly Pearce | Hummingbird | "Oklahoma" | Carly Pearce, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2024 | Carly Pearce | Hummingbird | "Fault Line" | Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2024 | Carly Pearce | Hummingbird | "Trust Issues" | Carly Pearce, Jordan Reynolds |
| 2024 | Carly Pearce | Hummingbird | "Hummingbird" | Carly Pearce, Shane McAnlly, Jordan Reynolds |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2014 | Country Music Association | Song of the Year | "Automatic" | Nominated |
| 2014 | Nashville Songwriters Association International | Song of the Year | "Automatic" | Won |
| 2015 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Automatic" | Won |
| 2015 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | "Automatic" | Nominated |
| 2018 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Female" | Nominated |
| 2019 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "Tequila" | Won |
| 2019 | BMI | Country Songwriter of the Year | | Won |
| 2019 | BMI | Song of the Year | "Tequila" | Won |