Laura Jeanne Veltz[1] is an American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock group Cecilia.[2] She was nominated for the first ever Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases by Maren Morris, Demi Lovato and Ingrid Andress.[3]
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| Birth name | Laura Jeanne Veltz |
| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
Early life and career
editLaura Veltz started her music career as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of her family pop-rock group Cecilia in 1996 to 2006. After the group split up, in 2008, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her career as a songwriter, lured by Kye Fleming and Mark D. Sanders.[4] She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music group Edens Edge on their debut self-titled album.[5]
In 2020, Veltz was nominated for her first Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Song for writing Dan + Shay's "Speechless".[6]
Songwriting discography
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Slow Motion" | 2011 | Edens Edge | Edens Edge |
| "Skinny Dippin'" | 2012 | Edens Edge | |
| "Who Am I Drinking Tonight?" | |||
| "Liar" | |||
| "Cherry Pie" | |||
| "What I Love About Your Love" | 2012 | Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer |
| "Drunk Last Night" | 2013 | Eli Young Band | 10,000 Towns |
| "Lonely Eyes" | Chris Young | A.M. | |
| "For a Boy" | 2015 | RaeLynn | Non-album single |
| "Livin' Ain't Killed Me Yet" | Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | |
| "Love You Hate You Miss You" | 2016 | Levi Hummon | Levi Hummon |
| "Sugar" | Maren Morris | Hero | |
| "Rich" | |||
| "I Could Use a Love Song" | |||
| "Space" | |||
| "Piano" | Cassadee Pope | Summer | |
| "We Do Us" | 2017 | Ryan Hurd | Ryan Hurd |
| "We Went to the Beach" | Little Big Town | The Breaker | |
| "Never Again" | Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | |
| "Once" | |||
| "Legacy" | The Cadillac Three | Legacy | |
| "Color" | Carly Pearce | Every Little Thing | |
| "To a T" | 2018 | Ryan Hurd | Platonic |
| "Weed, Whiskey and Willie" | Brothers Osborne | Port Saint Joe | |
| "There's a Girl" | Trent Harmon | You Got 'Em All | |
| "Her" | |||
| "On Paper" | |||
| "My Somebody" | |||
| "Keeping Score" (featuring Kelly Clarkson) |
Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | |
| "Speechless" | |||
| "One Way" | Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | |
| "Live Forever" | Kane Brown | Experiment | |
| "Second to Last" | Devin Dawson | Dark Horse | |
| "Diamonds or Twine" | 2019 | Ryan Hurd | To a T |
| "Y'all People - Dedicated to the 'CoJo Nation'" | Cody Johnson | Ain't Nothin' to It | |
| "The Feels" | Maren Morris | Girl | |
| "A Song for Everything" | |||
| "Flavor" | |||
| "To Hell & Back" | |||
| "The Bones" | |||
| "That's on Me" | Jake Owen | Greetings from... Jake | |
| "In It" | |||
| "24/7/365" | MacKenzie Porter | Non-album single | |
| "What If I Never Get Over You" | Lady A | Ocean | |
| "What I'm Leaving For" | |||
| "Underwater" | |||
| "Mississippi to Me" | Ryan Hurd | Panorama | |
| "Half Hoping" | Platonic | ||
| "Old Soul" | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | |
| "Woman Like Her" | 2020 | Eric Paslay | Nice Guy |
| "Trying on Rings" | Maddie & Tae | The Way It Feels | |
| "Write a Book" | |||
| "New Dog Old Tricks" | |||
| "Preciatcha" | Caylee Hammack | If It Wasn't for You | |
| "Halfway Home" | Carly Pearce | Carly Pearce | |
| "Heart's Going Out of Its Mind" | |||
| "Woman Down" | |||
| "I Dare You" | Kelly Clarkson | Non-album single | |
| "Never Have I Ever" | Danielle Bradbery | In Between: The Collection | |
| "When This Is Over" (featuring Tauren Wells, Rita Wilson & The Oak Ridge Boys) |
Jimmie Allen | Bettie James | |
| "Body Language of a Breakup" | Lindsay Ell | Heart Theory | |
| "Sheryl Crow" | Tim McGraw | Here on Earth | |
| "Better than We Found It" | Maren Morris | Non-album single | |
| "The Knife or the Hatchet" | 2021 | Ryan Hurd | Pelago |
| "What a Song Can Do" | Lady A | What a Song Can Do | |
| "Bucket List" | Mitchell Tenpenny | Midtown Diaries | |
| "Whatever Forever Is" | Devin Dawson | The Pink Slip | |
| "It's 'Cause I Am" | Callista Clark | Real to Me | |
| "Real To Me" | |||
| "Woman You Got" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness, Vol. 1 | |
| "Heaven Right Now" | Thomas Rhett | Country Again: Side A | |
| "Bigger Man" (with Maren Morris) |
Joy Oladokun | In Defense of My Own Happiness | |
| "Dream Girl" | Idina Menzel | Cinderella | |
| "Indigo" | Mickey Guyton | Remember Her Name | |
| "The Dreaming" | Monsta X | The Dreaming | |
| "Get You" | Shawn Austin | Planes Don't Wait | |
| "Lucky for Me" | 2022 | Eli Young Band | Love Talking |
| "Humble Quest" | Maren Morris | Humble Quest | |
| "Background Music" | |||
| "Detour" | |||
| "Pain" | Ingrid Andress | Good Person | |
| "Freak" (featuring Yungblud) |
Demi Lovato | Holy Fvck | |
| "Skin of My Teeth" | |||
| "Substance" | |||
| "Eat Me" (featuring Royal & the Serpent) | |||
| "Holy Fvck" | |||
| "29" | |||
| "Happy Ending" | |||
| "Heaven" | |||
| "Wasted" | |||
| "Come Together" | |||
| "Dead Friends" | |||
| "Feed" | |||
| "4 Ever 4 Me" | |||
| "Spurs" | Madeline Edwards | Crashlanded | |
| "Heavy" | |||
| "Mama, Dolly, Jesus" | |||
| "Playground" | |||
| "These Tears" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness Vol. 2 | |
| "Antsy" | Upsahl | Sagittarius | |
| "Another Round" | 2023 | Reyna Roberts | Non-album single |
| "Still Alive" | Demi Lovato | Scream VI | |
| "Hey Little Mama" | Morgan Evans | Life Upside Down | |
| "ONE NATION UNDERDOGS" | Royal & the Serpent | RAT TRAP 1: the blueprint | |
| "Swine" | Demi Lovato | Non-album single | |
| "Make Me Hate Me" | Idina Menzel | Drama Queen | |
| "Good Time Getting There" | Dallas Smith | Dallas Smith | |
| "Get the Hell Out of Here" | Maren Morris | The Bridge | |
| "The Tree" | |||
| "Once A Year" | Ingrid Andress | Non-album single | |
| "Diamond" | Callista Clark | TBA | |
| "Attention" | 2024 | Georgia Webster | SIGNS |
| "Good On You" | Priscilla Block | PB2 | |
| "So Do I" | Tenille Arts | To Be Honest | |
| "Consume" | The Warning | Keep Me Fed | |
| "High Road" (featuring Jessie Murph) |
Koe Wetzel | 9 Lives | |
| "Love Lies" | Jessie Murph | That Ain't No Man That's the Devil | |
| "Someone In This Room" (featuring Bailey Zimmerman) | |||
| "Bang Bang (The Ballad of Amy Fisher)" |
Awards and nominations
editGrammy Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Best Country Song | "Speechless" (Shared with Dan + Shay and Jordan Reynolds) |
Nominated | [7] |
| 2021 | "The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins) |
Nominated | [8] | |
| 2022 | "Better than We Found It" (Shared with Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins and Jessie Jo Dillon) |
Nominated | [9] | |
| 2023 | Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | "Background Music", "Feed", "Humble Quest", "Pain", "29" | Nominated | [10] |
Academy of Country Music Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Song of the Year | "The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins) |
Won | [11] |
Country Music Association Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Song of the Year | "The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins) |
Won | [12] |
References
edit- ^ "SPEECHLESS". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ Brace, Eric (October 15, 1999). "Cecilia: All in the Family". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "Meet The Nominees For Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical At The 2023 GRAMMYs". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- ^ "Laura Veltz". Nashville Songwriters Association International. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Kawashima, Dale (January 26, 2018). "Laura Veltz Co-Writes #1 Country Hit "I Could Use A Love Song" For Maren Morris, And Co-Writes Hits For Chris Young and Eli Young Band". Songwriter Universe. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Despres, Tricia (June 11, 2020). "Laura Veltz Cementing Her Status as One of Our Most Important Songwriters". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Hertweck, Nate (November 21, 2019). "Here Are The Nominees For Best Country Song - 2020 GRAMMYs". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Hertweck, Nate (November 29, 2020). "Get Lost In The Best Country Song Award Nominees - 2021 GRAMMYs". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Beaugez, Jim (November 28, 2021). "Saddle Up With The Best Country Song Nominations - 2022 GRAMMYs". Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2023: The main nominees". BBC. November 17, 2022. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Warner, Denise (April 18, 2021). "ACM Awards 2021: Winners List (Complete)". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ Lenker, Maureen Lee (November 11, 2020). "See the full winners list for the 2020 CMA Awards". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2022.