Ross Copperman (born October 1, 1982) is an American Grammy-nominated record producer, singer and songwriter. After his experience as an artist in the UK, Copperman went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he pursued a career in country music. He has written 43 No. 1 songs including Billy Currington's "Don't It", Luke Bryan's "Strip It Down", Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" and Kenny Chesney's "Get Along". Copperman has also produced for artists including Brett Eldredge, Dierks Bentley, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Jake Owen, Kelsea Ballerini, Kenny Chesney, Chayce Beckham, Warren Zeiders and Gabby Barrett.
Copperman has received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song with Blake Shelton's "I Lived It", has won Songwriter of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and is a 3x BMI Awards Songwriter of the Year. In 2020, he was nominated for Single of the Year at the CMA Awards with Gabby Barrett's 7× platinum single, "I Hope". The song spent 62 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Copperman co-wrote and co-produced Kelsea Ballerini's album, kelsea, including the No. 1 single and CMA Musical Event of the Year "half of my hometown" (featuring Kenny Chesney).
Biography
Early life Copperman was born and grew up in Roanoke, Virginia. He attended Glenvar High School in Roanoke County.the ross blog: August 2005 He started playing the piano at age 3, and started writing songs in college at James Madison University. The first song he wrote is titled "Fly Away", and it appears on his studio debut album.
Early career Ross signed with Phonogenic Records in the UK and began working on his debut album in 2006. The first single he released, "As I Choke", managed to be the most popular iTunes Single of the Week in the UK, notching up 36,457 downloads in a one-week period.Ross Copperman: Pop's overnight sensation – Features, Music – Independent.co.uk
His second single, "All She Wrote", entered the UK top 40 in May 2007, and was featured in a couple of American TV shows. The third single, "Found You", was released a few months later. His debut album, Welcome to Reality, was released on May 28, 2007. Ross Copperman's original Christmas song "Christmas Time" was released on iTunes on November 20, 2008. Ross Copperman's EP "This is Ross Copperman" was released on iTunes on November 16, 2009.
Present career Despite the success of his UK debut, Copperman decided to relocate to Nashville to focus on songwriting and production. In this period he wrote other notable hits including, "Glass" by Thompson Square, "Tip It On Back" by Dierks Bentley, "Pirate Flag" by Kenny Chesney, "Lay Low" by Josh Turner, "Trouble" by Gloriana and "Prizefighter" by Trisha Yearwood.
Ross has had numerous major synch placements in TV shows and movies, such as CSI: NY, The Vampire Diaries, The Biggest Loser, NCIS, Nashville and Grey's Anatomy which featured his song "The Stars Are On Your Side" in S15, E22.
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Recipient Result Ref 2014 Country Music Association Awards Country Album of the Year Dierks Bentley's Riser 2015 Grammy Awards Country Album of the Year Dierks Bentley's Riser Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play Award x2 Himself, for being a songwriter on 6 No. 1 songs in a 12-month period 2016 Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play Award x2 Himself, for being a songwriter on 6 No. 1 songs in a 12-month period Academy of Country Music Awards Songwriter of the Year Himself BMI Awards Songwriter of the Year Himself 2017 Country Music Association Awards CMA Triple Play Award Himself, for being a songwriter on 3 No. 1 songs in a 12-month period BMI Awards Songwriter of the Year Himself GMA Awards Dove Award for Worship Album of the Year For production of Never Lose Sight by Chris Tomlin 2018 Country Music Association Awards Musical Event of the Year For production of "Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley with The Brothers Osborne Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Dierks Bentley's The Mountain Country Music Association Awards Album of the Year Keith Urban's Graffiti U Academy of Country Music Awards Song of the Year Keith Urban's "Female" 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards Musical Event of the Year "Burning Man" by Dierks Bentley with The Brothers Osborne Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Dierks Bentley's The Mountain Academy of Country Music Awards Songwriter of the Year Himself Grammy Awards Best Country Song Blake Shelton's "I Lived It" BMI AwardsSongwriter of the YearHimself2020Country Music Association AwardsSingle of the Year Gabby Barrett's "I Hope" BMI AwardsSongwriter of the Year Himself 2021Academy of Country Music AwardsSingle of the YearGabby Barrett's "I Hope"2022Country Music Association AwardsSingle of the Year"half of my hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny ChesneyCountry Music Association AwardsMusical Event of the Year"Beers On Me" by Dierks Bentley, Breland, HARDYAcademy of Country Music AwardsMusical Event of the Year"half of my hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini feat. Kenny Chesney
Discography
Albums 2003: Believe 2007: Welcome to Reality 2009: This Is Ross Copperman 2012: Holding On and Letting Go 2012: My Love Will 2013: Lighthouse Shine EP
Singles 2006: "As I Choke" (iTunes Single) 2007: "All She Wrote" 2007: "Found You" 2008: "Bleeding Love" 2008: "Christmas Time" 2015: "Hunger"
Number one hits Listed are the No. 1 country hits Ross Copperman has co-written, as recorded by the artists below:
2013 "Beat of the Music", recorded by Brett Eldredge "Point at You", recorded by Justin Moore 2015 "Don't It", recorded by Billy Currington "Drunk on Your Love", recorded by Brett Eldredge "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16", recorded by Keith Urban "Lose My Mind", recorded by Brett Eldredge "Smoke", recorded by A Thousand Horses "Strip It Down", recorded by Luke Bryan 2016 "American Country Love Song", recorded by Jake Owen "Break on Me", recorded by Keith Urban "Confession", recorded by Florida Georgia Line "I Know Somebody", recorded by LoCash "Setting the World on Fire", recorded by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink "Wanna Be That Song", recorded by Brett Eldredge 2017 "Black", recorded by Dierks Bentley "If I Told You", recorded by Darius Rucker 2018 "Get Along", recorded by Kenny Chesney "Woman, Amen", recorded by Dierks Bentley 2019 “Living”, recorded by Dierks Bentley "Love Ain't", recorded by the Eli Young Band "Love Someone", recorded by Brett Eldredge 2020 "Catch", recorded by Brett Young “Happy Anywhere”, recorded by Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani “Nobody but You”, recorded by Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani "What She Wants Tonight", recorded by Luke Bryan 2021 "Beers and Sunshine", recorded by Darius Rucker 2023
"Dancin' in the Country" recorded by Tyler Hubbard "Gold" recorded by Dierks Bentley
2024
"23" recorded by Chayce Beckham (produced) "Pretty Little Poison" recorded by Warren Zeiders (produced) 2025 "Country House" recorded by Sam Hunt
Songwriting discography