Laura Veltz is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock group

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. She was nominated for the first ever Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the

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for her work on releases by

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and

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Early life and career

Laura Veltz started her music career as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of her family pop-rock group

in 1996 to 2006. After the group split up, in 2008, she moved to

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to pursue her career as a songwriter, lured by

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and Mark D. Sanders. She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music group

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on their debut self-titled album. In 2020, Veltz was nominated for her first

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in the category of

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for writing

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's " Speechless".

Songwriting discography

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

References

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