Artist Information
Josh Kear is a four time Grammy winning Nashville-based songwriter.
His breakthrough number one song was Carrie Underwood’s massive hit “Before He Cheats” which spent five weeks at the top of the charts.
“Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum won Grammys for both Country Song of the Year and Overall Song of the Year in 2011. Josh also won Grammy Awards for Country Song Of The Year for “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away”. Josh was the first songwriter to win the Country Song Of The Year Grammy three times.
The Grand Old Opry celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2025 with a list of the 100 greatest country songs as voted on by fans. Kear wrote three songs on the list - “Need You Now”, “Before He Cheats” and “Watermelon Moonshine”.
A selection of his number one songs includes “Most People Are Good” and “Drunk On You” by Luke Bryan, “Highway Don't Care” by Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, “Drunk On A Plane” and “Woman, Amen” for Dierks Bentley, “God, Your Mama and Me” by Florida Georgia Line (featuring Backstreet Boys), and "Neon Light” by Blake Shelton.
In 2025 Josh received his first ASCAP film and television award for the Meghan Trainor song “Criminals” which featured as the theme song for the Netflix hit show “The Perfect Couple”.
Josh has received three ASCAP country Song of the Year awards for “Before He Cheats”, “Need You Now” and “Drunk On You”. In 2013 he was the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year. Kear was honored at the 2011 ASCAP Awards with a Global Impact Award.
In May 2018 Josh testified alongside Smoky Robinson before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of songwriters rights in support of passing the Music Modernization Act.
