A Big Year For Big Loud Shirt

Independent music publisher Big Loud Shirt has scored again and secured several nods in the world of country music, including Billboard Magazine, the Grammys, the CMAs, the ACMs and NSAI.

Billboard announced its Top Ten Hot Country Songs for 2008 and Big Loud Shirt writers Craig Wiseman (pictured with Ronnie Dunn) and Rodney Clawson nabbed two of the top ten most performed songs in the nation on country radio. “I Saw God Today”, recorded by George Strait, was written by Clawson and landed at #2 while “Love is a Beautiful Thing”, performed by Phil Vassar and penned by Wiseman, came in at #6.

Announced on December 4th, Clawson is nominated for the 2009 Grammy Country Song of the Year for “I Saw God Today” which on November 12th, won the CMAs Single of the Year and was a finalist for Song of the Year. “I Saw God Today” became George Strait’s 56th #1 in April, which broke the mark for #1 records for any artist in any genre. Earlier this year, Clawson was also a finalist for the Academy of Country Music’s Song of the Year award for “Lost In This Moment” recorded by Big & Rich.

“We are so proud to work with Rodney and for our little Music House to have another amazingly blessed year,” said Wiseman. “And next year is looking even better!!”

In 2007, Wiseman had his 16th #1 with Toby Keith for the song “Love Me If You Can”, which, voted on by his songwriter peers, was recognized as one of the heralded ‘Songs I Wished I Had Written’ at the NSAI Awards in the fall of 2008.

Craig has won every major songwriting award including ASCAP’s Country Songwriter of the Year, NSAI Songwriter of the Year, Grammy Country Song of the Year, and CMA and ACM Song of the Year multiple times.

Big Loud Shirt was formed in the fall of 2003 by songwriter/producer Craig Wiseman and has quickly become one of the most successful independent music companies in Nashville. With hits like “Live Like You Were Dying” and “The Cowboy in Me” recorded by Tim McGraw to Carrie Underwood’s Grammy Song of the Year award winning “Before He Cheats” and the two #1 singles “The Good Stuff” and “Summertime” performed by Kenny Chesney, Big Loud Shirt has made a Big Loud impression on the country music scene. Most notably, Big Loud Shirt was ranked #7 on the Billboard Top Ten Publishers, a nation-wide all-genre chart, in November 2007.

In 2006, Big Loud Shirt celebrated the opening of a brand new Music Row office, formed a London publishing company and won the ACM and CMA Song of the Year, “Believe”, by Brooks & Dunn. Wiseman also founded Big Loud Bucks, a worldwide independent copyright administration and licensing company for songwriters and independent music publishers.