Christopher Marsh Lindsey is a Grammy nominated American

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songwriter and record producer. He has created major hits for

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, The Civil Wars,

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, and many others. Lindsey has over 250 commercial recordings of his songs selling 90 Million records and counting. One of his first writing credits was

's 1999 single " Amazed", which at the time was the first song in 18 years to chart at number one on both Hot Country Songs and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also co-wrote the song's followup, "

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", which was at number one on the country charts while "Amazed" topped the Hot 100. "Amazed" received

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(BMI) awards for over 5 million spins on radio, plus a Song of the Year award from the same association. It was also the top country song of 1999 according to ''Billboard'' Year-End. Lindsey's songs have appeared in the television series ''

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''. Another one of Lindsey's songs, "

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" by

, peaked at number 3 on the country charts and number one on

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. In 2011, it was chosen as a theme for the TV series '' The View''. Lindsey's production credits include the number one hits " I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" by Chris Cagle and " 19 Somethin'" by

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. Other artists for whom he has produced include Jimmy Wayne, Aaron Lines, Rachel Proctor, '' Can You Duet'' winners

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'' season 9 finalist Casey James. He also produced

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second album and co-wrote five songs on it. Chris Lindsey is the host of songwriting / music podcast ''Pitch List''. Pitch List is part of the American Songwriter Podcast Network. He is the husband of the hit songwriter and author Aimee Mayo, with whom he has three children, Levi, Oscar and Maggie. The two own Aimeeland Studios.

Writing credits

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- "Every Time I Hear That Song" *

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- "Nowhere Town", "Tangled Up" *

- " Amazed", "Smile", "Don't Forget Me" *

- "Small Town Girl", " Red High Heels", "I Wonder", "Don't You Know You're Beautiful", "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You", "Somebody to Love Me", "One Last Time", "Going Out In Style" *

- "

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", "Good Girls", "Let's Make Love" (feat. Faith Hill), "Beautiful People", "Things Change", "Smilin'", "Let Me Love You", "Seventeen", "A Place In The Sun" * The Civil Wars - "Poison & Wine" *

- "Red Umbrella", "Beautiful", "There Will Come a Day" *

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- "Beautiful & Wild" * Danielle Bradbery - Wild Boy" * Craig Campbell - "Truck-N-Roll" * Casey James - "Miss Your Fire" *

- "

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", "Cry Cry ('Til The Sun Shines)", "How I Feel" *

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- "Crazy One More Time" *

- "Sleepwalker" *

- "Rockin' The Country", "I Just Close My Eyes" * Brendan James - "Nothing For Granted" * Easton Corbin - "Someday When I'm Old" *

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- "Tonight Tonight" *

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- "Say Goodbye" * Johnny Cooper - "Follow" *

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- "Paper Dolls" * Melinda Watts - "There Will Come A Day" *

- " Backseat of a Greyhound Bus", "The Secrets That We Keep" *

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- "When I Loved You Like That" *

- "California", "Because of Your Love" * Glenda Neace - "I Remember You" *

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- "Out The Window" *

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- "Not Tonight" *

- "Wheel of the World" * Cole Deggs & the Lonesome - "Do You Ever Think About Me" *

- "Your Everything" * Kelly Allyn - "My Boyfriend's Out of Town" * Aaron Lines - "Cheaper to Keep Her", "Nothing Like You", "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" * Mel Kennedy - "There Will Come a Day" * Calaisa - "Never Looking Back" * Julie Roberts - "Men & Mascara" *

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- "This Used To Be Our Town", "I'm Gonna Make Her Mine" * Kinleys - "Crazy Love" * Carolyn Dawn Johnson - "Simple Life" * Brittany Wells - "Too Long", "Bittersweet" *

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- "Rocks" *

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- "Jagged Hearts" *

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- "Long Enough" * Rachel Proctor - "Where I Belong" * Deana Carter - "Liar", "Make Up Your Mind" * Jimmy Wayne - "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me?", "Trespassin'", "You Are" * Kristy Starling - "There Will Come a Day" *

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- "Never Be Forgotten", "Now" * Laura Turner - "Devoted" *

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- "Love Is Stronger Than Time" * Emerson Drive - "How Lucky I Am" * Kristen Mercer - "There Will Come a Day" * Tommy Shane Steiner - "Havin' a Good Time" * J Michael Harter - "Sugar and Gasoline" * John Berry - "Eternally" * Jolie & the Wanted - "You Make Me Feel Like a Woman" * Brian Gowan - "One Good Woman" * Jo Dee Messina - "Closer" * Sons of the Desert - "Albuquerque", "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometimes", "When It's Right" * Chris Cagle - "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" * Mindy McCready - "Over and Over", "Thunder and Roses" * Jennifer Day - "Disappear" * Colin Raye - "You Will Always Be Mine" *

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- "Houston, We Have a Problem" * David Michael Frank - "If I Fall Tonight" *

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- "Amazed" * Emerson Hart - "You Know Who I Am" *

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- "Bleed Out", "Not Broken Anymore" * Nikki Lane - "Walk of Shame", "Coming Home to You", "Look Away", "Save You" * Brendan James - "Nothing for Granted" * Shelly Bonet - "Devoted" * Maggie Sajak - "Wild Boy"

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