Congrats to Old Dominion‘s Matthew Ramesy, who was honored last night at the 55th annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Country Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The artist was awarded Songwriter-Artist of the Year, for his latest achievements, including two songs that he wrote for his band Old Dominion (“Snapback,” “Song for Another Time”) and another recorded by Sam Hunt (“Make You Miss Me.”).
Old Dominion’s “Snapback” and “Song for Another Time,” which respectively went to #2 and #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart, while Sam Hunt’s “Make You Miss Me”, hit #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart.
Old Dominion has emerged as one of the hottest breaking bands in country music, fusing clever lyrics with hook-heavy pop nuggets to create an infectious sound. The band recently released their highly anticipated sophomore album, Happy Endings, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart & #7 on the Top 200.
Old Dominion recently received an American Music Award nomination for Favorite Duo or Group—Country and two nominations for the Country Music Association Awards for New Artist of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year. The band’s new single, “Written In The Sand,” follows the success of the first single off of the album “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart,” which hit number-one on the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase charts. In addition, the band recently announced their headlining Happy Endings world tour for 2018, with the first leg of dates set to kick off on February 1, 2018 in Canada.
The band released their first full length album Meat and Candy, which was certified GOLD by the RIAA and hailed a “stellar debut “by Entertainment Weekly and declared “one of the hottest breaking bands in county music” by Vice. The group already has several top selling singles under their belts, including the two-week No.1 “Break Up With Him” (PLATINUM), “Snapback” (GOLD) and “Song For Another Time,” which hit #1 the on Billboard Country Airplay and MediaBase charts. In 2016, the band was notably named ACM New Group of the Year, ACCA Breakthrough Group of the Year, AIMP Songwriter Artist of the Year” and Music Row Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
Old Dominion consists of lead singer Matthew Ramsey, lead guitarist Brad Tursi, multi-instrumentalist Trevor Rosen, bassist Geoff Sprung and drummer Whit Sellers.
