Tim Nichols
With over two dozen smash hits, a Grammy, a CMA Award, and two Academy of Country Music awards for Song of the Year, as well as being a member of the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame, Tim Nichols has earned his place among Nashville’s most elite and respected tunesmiths. In 2004, along with Craig Wiseman, Nichols wrote Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” the ten week #1 smash that won every major song award that is presented for country music.
Other Nichols hits, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” and “Cowboys and Angels” helped launch the careers of Jo Dee Messina and Dustin Lynch. Country artist Chris Young stayed at the top of the charts for three weeks with the Nichols/Brett James composition “The Man I Want To Be.” In 2022, Cole Swindell put a new twist on the Jo Dee Messina, Heads Carolina classic by staying at the top of the country charts for 5 weeks and winning the Academy of Country Music Song of the Year Award with “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.”
Nichols’ most recent hit is with new country sensation, Zach Top. Written with Top and his record producer, Carson Chamberlain, “I Never Lie” is Top’s first song to reach the top of the country charts, as well as receiving a CMA nomination for Song of the Year and a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song.
Feeling the importance of giving back to the community and the music industry, Nichols is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association and a current member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International Board of Directors. In addition, Nichols participates in The Warburton and The Rahm, two annual events that benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.