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Liz Rose (born in Dallas, Texas) is an American country music songwriter best known for her work with Taylor Swift. She has co-written twenty of Swift's officially-released songs and singles, including "White Horse," "Teardrops on My Guitar," and "You Belong with Me," which won her and Swift a Grammy Award in 2010.
Biography
Liz Rose was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Irving, Texas. Rose moved to Nashville, Tennessee with her then-husband, Johnny Rose, and began writing songs through the suggestion of a friend. One of her first cuts was "Elisabeth," which was recorded by Billy Gilman. In 2003, Gary Allan took Rose's "Songs About Rain" (co-written with Pat McLaughlin) into the country top 20.
Rose began writing songs with Taylor Swift on Swift's 2006 self-titled debut album, on which Rose has seven co-writer's credits. Among those cuts were the album's first two singles, "Tim McGraw" and "Teardrops on My Guitar," which helped Rose win a Songwriter of the Year award from SESAC in 2007.
Rose continued to collaborate with Swift on her second album, 2008's Fearless, collaborating on the singles "White Horse" and "You Belong with Me" as well as the title track. "White Horse" won both of them the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2010, and "You Belong with Me" was nominated for Song of the Year.
On Swift's fourth album, 2012's Red, Rose co-wrote one song, entitled "All Too Well."
She has also worked with songwriting for Swedish country singer Jill Johnson and Nashville-based band Mockingbird Sun, co-writing their second single "Lucky Guy."
She was nominated for Song Of The Year and Best Country Song again in 2016 for her work on the song Girl Crush performed by Little Big Town. She won Best Country Song.
She also contributed to Carrie Underwood's Storyteller album with the song "Like I'll Never Love You Again."
Her daughter is country/Americana artist Caitlin Rose.
Liz Rose first began her career as a songwriter at the age of 37.
A successful lyricist, she does not play an instrument.
Songs written
| Discography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes | |
| Lauren Alaina | Wildflower (2011) | "Like My Mother Does" | Nathan Chapman, Nikki Williams | ||
| Gary Allan | See If I Care (2003) | "Songs About Rain" | Pat McLaughlin | ||
| Eli Young Band | Life at Best (2011) | "Crazy Girl" | Lee Brice | #1 US Hot Country Songs, #1 Year End Hot Country Songs, 2x Platinum | |
| 10,000 Towns (2014) | "Angel Like You" | Heather Morgan, Mike Eli | |||
| Jewel | Perfectly Clear (2008) | "Till It Feels Like Cheating" | Jewel | ||
| Sweet and Wild (2010) | "Satisfied" | Jewel | |||
| Jill Johnson | Flirting with Disaster (2011) | "Flirting with Disaster" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver | ||
| "What's a Little Rain" | Jill Johnson, Pam Rose | ||||
| "In One Piece" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver | ||||
| "While You're Sleeping" | |||||
| "I'm Awake Now" | Jill Johnson, Pam Rose | ||||
| "Don't Want to Let You Go" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver | ||||
| "I"m Never Far" | Jill Johnson, Pam Rose | ||||
| "When We Had It So Good" | |||||
| "Roll My Way" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver, Pam Rose | ||||
| "The Sound of Leaving" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver | ||||
| "Used to Think He Was Everything" | Jill Johnson, Lori McKenna | ||||
| "Dreaming Me Away" | Jill Johnson, Lisa Carver | ||||
| Jypsi | Jypsi (2008) | "I Don't Love You Like That" | Stephanie Chapman | ||
| Little Big Town | Tornado (2012) | "Sober" | Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna | ||
| Pain Killer (2014) | "Tumble and Fall" | Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey | |||
| "Girl Crush" | Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey | #1 US Hot Country Songs, 2x Platinum | |||
| "Save Your Sin" | Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey | ||||
| Martina McBride | Shine (2009) | "Walk Away" | Nathan Chapman, Jesse Walker | ||
| Reckless (2016) | "Diamonds" (w/Keith Urban) | Nicolle Galyon, Eric Paslay | |||
| Tim McGraw | Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors (2002) | "All We Ever Find" | Kim Patton-Johnston | ||
| Cassadee Pope | Frame by Frame (2013) | "Edge of a Thunderstorm" | Cassadee Pope, busbee | ||
| RaeLynn | Me | "God Made Girls" | RaeLynn, Nicolle Galyon, Lori McKenna | #1 Country Digital Songs | |
| Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest (2016) | "Every Goodbye | busbee, Ryan Hurd | ||
| Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift (2006) | "Tim McGraw | Taylor Swift | ||
| "Picture to Burn" | Taylor Swift | #3 US Hot Country Songs, 2x Platinum | |||
| "Teardrops on My Guitar" | Taylor Swift | #2 US Hot Country Songs, 3x Platinum | |||
| "Cold As You" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| "Tied Together with a Smile" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| "Stay Beautiful" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)" | Taylor Swift, Brian Maher | ||||
| Fearless (2008) | "Fearless" | Taylor Swift, Hillary Lindsey | Platinum | ||
| "White Horse" | Taylor Swift | #2 US Hot Country Songs, 2x Platinum | |||
| "You Belong with Me" | Taylor Swift | #2 Billboard Hot 100, #1 US Adult Contemporary, #1 US, Hot Country Songs, 7x Platinum | |||
| "Tell Me Why" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| "Come in with the Rain" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| "Superstar" | Taylor Swift | ||||
| Red (2012) | "All Too Well" | Taylor Swift | |||
| Lee Ann Womack | Greatest Hits (2004) | "The Wrong Girl" | Pat McLaughlin | ||
| Nelly Furtado | The Ride (2017) | "Tap Dancing" | Nelly Furtado, Natalie Hemby | ||
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Grammy Awards | Song of the Year | You Belong With Me (shared Taylor Swift) | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | White Horse (shared Taylor Swift) | Won | |
| 2015 | Country Music Association | Song of The Year | Girl Crush (shared with Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey) | Won |
| 2016 | Grammy Awards | Song of The Year | Nominated | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Country Song | Won | ||
| Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | Nominated |
