He was named Billboard’s Hot Country Songwriter of the Year in 2015. The Academy of Country Music named him Songwriter of the Year in 2014 that same year, he won two GRAMMYs in the Best Country Album and Best Country Song categories for his work on Kacey Musgraves’ debut album Same Trailer Different Park. His compositions have been recorded by Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, and Miranda Lambert, among countless others.
Throughout his career, McAnally has won dozens of awards and accolades including three GRAMMY Awards (out of eleven nominations), three Academy of Country Music Awards (twenty-seven nominations), and a Country Music Association Award (sixteen nominations). In addition, he founded music publishing company SMACKSongs in 2012, relaunched the iconic Monument Records imprint for Sony Music in 2017, created an acclaimed stage musical that is currently being produced for Broadway and has now expanded his reach to television as a coach on NBC’s Songland. 1 songs, three GRAMMY Awards, and two Songwriter of the Year Awards from the Academy of Country Music. In addition to establishing himself as one of the top songwriters in Nashville with over 40 No. Shane McAnally is taking the music industry by storm.