Jessie Jo Dillon

Jessie Jo Dillon (born September 11, 1987^[1]) is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records.^[2][3] She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive.^[1][2] She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations.^[2]

Career

Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna.^[4]

Discography

See also: Category:Songs written by Jessie Jo Dillon

As of October 2020^[update], Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database.^[5] Most are collaborations,^[5] Her biggest hit is "10,000 Hours" (2019), which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and the Canada Country chart.^[6]

Notable songs

• "Crazy Women" (2010)
  • performed by LeAnn Rimes
  • co-written with Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally

• "The Breath You Take" (2010)
  • performed by George Strait
  • co-written with Casey Beathard and Dean Dillon

• "Break Up in the End" (2018)
  • performed by Cole Swindell
  • co-written with Chase McGill and Jon Nite

• "Rich" (2018)
  • performed by Maren Morris
  • co-written with Maren Morris and Laura Veltz

• "10,000 Hours" (2019)
  • performed by Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber
  • co-written with Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, and Dan Smyers

• "To Hell & Back" (2020)
  • performed by Maren Morris
  • co-written with Maren Morris and Laura Veltz

• "Memory Lane" (2023)
  • performed by Old Dominion
  • co-written with Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi

• "Messed Up as Me" (2024)
  • performed by Keith Urban
  • co-written with Shane McAnally, Michael Lotten, and Rodney Clawson

Awards and nominations

Academy of Country Music Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Song of the Year	"Break Up in the End"	Nominated	[7]
2020		"10,000 Hours"	Nominated	[8]
2024	Songwriter of the Year		Won	[9]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Best Country Song	"The Breath You Take"	Nominated
2019		"Break Up in the End"	Nominated	[10]
2022		"Better Than We Found It"	Nominated	[11]
2024		"Buried	Nominated	[12]
	Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical	"Buried", "Girl in the Mirror", "Halfway to Hell", "I Just Killed A Man", "Memory Lane", "Neon Cowgirl", "Screen", "The Town in Your Heart", "Up Above The Clouds (Cecilia's Song)"	Nominated

References

1. Hurst, Jack (29 September 1988). "A Sober Dean Dillon Now Taps Only His Talent". Chicago Tribune.
2. Uitti, Jacob (10 November 2023). "Getting to Know 2024 Grammy Nominee Jessie Jo Dillon". American Songwriter. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
3. Talley, Brittni (6 April 2022). "Jessie Jo Dillon". Nashville Songwriters Association International. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
4. "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
5. Kimpel, Dan (26 October 2020). "Songwriter Profile: Jessie Jo Dillon". Music Connection.
6. LeDonne, Rob (7 November 2019). "How '10,000 Hours' Co-Writer Jessie Jo Dillon Overcame Her Songwriting Fears". Billboard.
7. "2020 ACM Awards Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. September 17, 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
8. "ACM Awards 2019: Full list of winners". CBS News. April 8, 2019.
9. "Here Are the 2024 ACM Awards Winners: Complete List". Billboard. May 16, 2024.
10. Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
11. "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
12. "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.