Nicolle Anne Galyon (born July 22, 1984) is a singer, songwriter, producer, record label executive, & publishing executive from Sterling, Kansas. She has written songs for

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, and many others. Galyon has written nine No. 1 hits including "Automatic", Miranda Lambert's chart-topping lead single from her critically album ''

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'', which debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 200 chart and featured five songs by Galyon.

Early life

Nicolle was born to Chris and LaMonna (née Hahn) Galyon of Sterling, Kansas. She has three younger brothers: Riley, Taylor, and Cooper.

Career

Originally from

Sterling, Kansas Sterling is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,248. Sterling is home to Sterling College. History For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Ame ...

, Galyon made her way to

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

in 2002 to attend

Belmont University Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ...

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, Nicolle appeared on ''

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'' as a contestant on Adam Levine's team. There she met

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and

, two friendships that she accredits to kickstarting her songwriting career. Galyon earned her first #1 song with ''

We Were Us "We Were Us" is a song written by Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins, and Jon Nite and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban as a duet with American country music singer Miranda Lambert. It was released in September ...

'' performed by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert. With cowriters 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 performed hit song Automatic. Since then Galyon has had songs recorded by

on her album ''WildHorse'',

on their album ''Obsessed'',

on his album ''

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'',

on their album ''

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'',

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on their album ''Golden'', and

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on his album ''Tangled Up'', among others. Galyon partnered wit
Big Loud
to launch the female-focused record label
Songs & Daughters
The label was announced in July 2019 and signed Madison Kozak as its flagship artist. In 2020, Galyon expanded Songs & Daughters to include a publishing arm. In 2020, Galyon served as a producer and writer on iHeartRadio scripted podcas
"Make It Up As We Go."
Nicolle Galyon currently resides in Nashville.

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 wit
Save the Music

SongFarm
to put music studios in high schools throughout the country. She also provides a college scholarship to a senior at her alma mater, Sterling High School, each year through th
Autobiography Scholarship

Personal life

Galyon married songwriter

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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

Awards and nominations

References

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