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词条 Chris Tompkins
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Music career

     2002-09: First hits  2010-12: Increased output  2013-14: Recent projects 

  3. Awards and nominations

  4. Discography

  5. References

  6. External links

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Christopher G. "Chris" Tompkins (born Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is an American songwriter based in Nashville.[1] Since 2002 he has co-written songs for pop, rock, and country artists as diverse as Jimmy Buffett, Jamie Lynn Spears, Hank Williams, Jr., Rascal Flatts, and Plain White T's, and has written charting singles for artists such as Jake Owen, Daughtry, Shelly Fairchild, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, and Tim McGraw.

Tompkins has won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song, first for "Before He Cheats" sung by Carrie Underwood in 2007, and also for Underwood's 2012 song "Blown Away." Tompkins has won a number of other industry awards as well, including Songwriter of the Year by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Among his recent projects is Jason Aldean's 2014 single "Burnin' It Down", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

Early life

Chris Tompkins was born and raised in Greenhill, Alabama and attended Rogers High School.[1] As a teenager Tompkins started playing in a garage band and a country cover band (Keith Whitley, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson) with his good friend, country musician Jason Isbell.

Music career

2002-09: First hits

{{See also|Before He Cheats}}

Tompkins signed his first publishing deal at age 22, moving to Nashville, Tennessee. In 2002 he and Joe Doyle co-wrote a song for J. Michael Harter, and in 2004 Tompkins had his first hit on the Billboard charts, co-writing "Me and Emily" by Rachel Proctor.[1] He also co-wrote "Time Machine" on Shelly Fairchild's 2005 album Ride, as well as "I'm Gone" on Bo Bice's 2007 See the Light album. He started working with Big Loud Shirt Industries during the summer of 2006 as a songwriter.[1]

He and songwriter Josh Kear wrote the platinum seller "Before He Cheats", sung by Carrie Underwood and released in 2007. It was named 2007 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association. Tompkins won the 2007 MusicRow "Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year" award and was honored as the Alabama Music Hall of Fame songwriter of the year.[6] The following year "Before He Cheats" won several categories at the 50th Grammy Awards, including Country Song of the Year. While at the awards Tompkins befriended Tom Higgenson of the indie rock group Plain White T's. They soon began to collaborate, and Tompkins has since co-written several songs on their albums, including "Welcome To Mystery" on Almost Alice.[1]

Tompkins co-wrote the song "Voices" along with Chris Young and Craig Wiseman in 2008, which peaked at No. 37 on Hot Country Songs,[1] and would later reach No. 1 when released in 2010. In 2009 Tompkins wrote "Don't Cost a Dime" on Martina McBride's Shine album.[1]

2010-12: Increased output

{{See also|Blown Away (Carrie Underwood song)}}

In 2010 he co-wrote the song "Ain't Back Yet" with Kenny Chesney. The song reached No. 2 on the country charts, and also appeared in Chesney's movie Summertime in 3-D. Also in 2010, he co-wrote "Kiss Me When I'm Down" by Gary Allan.[1] He worked on a number of charting singles in 2011, including the Chris Young single "Voices."[1] He co-wrote the duet "I Feel Like a Rockstar" in 2012, performed by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw.[1]

He collaborated with Underwood once again on her 2012 album Blown Away, notably on the second single of the same name. The single was co-written with his frequent collaborator Josh Kear, and as noted by interviewer Kurt Wolff, "the melody and overall sound of the song also stand out as something fresh and very different."[13] Tompkins explained to Wolff that "Blown Away" was an "attempt at 'melodic pop' that was 'unique' yet still 'country.'"[13] Tompkins also commented that "Blown Away" is "It's a completely different type of song for Carrie. She's got a lot of pop elements, and I listen to a lot of pop, but I listen to everything from Randy Newman to Mozart to Rihanna to Steely Dan. I think all that stuff shows up in my music, and I think it showed up in 'Blown Away.'"[2] The single peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

2013-14: Recent projects

He also co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's 2013 single "Get Your Shine On" with Rodney Clawson, peaking at #5 on the Hot Country Songs and #1 on the Country Airplay charts. He also co-wrote The Band Perry's 2013 single "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" and Frankie Ballard's 2013 single "Helluva Life". At the 2013 ASCAP Country Music Awards he was awarded "Song of the Year" for Luke Bryan's "Drunk on You". "Jumped Right In" by Canadian country rock artist Dallas Smith was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2013 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.[3]

"Lookin' for That Girl" is a song recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw, released in January 2014.[4] Co-writer James T. Slater told Roughstock that the idea came when writing with Mark Irwin, who suggested that the two write with Tompkins. Slater said that he had an idea that "wasn't really fitting anything" when Tompkins played a loop on a drum machine and came up with the song's title.[5]

He also co-wrote the song "Drunk on a Plane", recorded by Dierks Bentley and released in April 2014.[6] It is Bentley's 18th career single to peak in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay chart and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Drunk on a Plane|artist=Dierks Bentley}}

He co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's 2014 single "Dirt" and co-wrote Jason Aldean's 2014 single "Burnin' It Down", which both peaked at #1 on the Hot Country Singles chart after only 2 weeks in release. The songs hit #11 and #12 on the all genre Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardNominated workCategoryResult
2007MusicRow AwardsChris Tompkins Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year[6]{{Won}}
Alabama Music Hall of FameChris Tompkins Songwriter of the Year{{Won}}
Country Music Association Awards"Before He Cheats" Single of the Year{{Won}}
200850th Grammy Awards Country Song of the Year {{won}}
Song of the Year {{nom}}
201355th Grammy Awards"Blown Away" Country Song of the Year{{Won}}
ASCAP Country Music Awards"Drunk on You" Song of the Year{{Won}}

Discography

{{Main|Category:Songs written by Chris Tompkins}}

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|authorlink=Joel Whitburn|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=483|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://us995.cbslocal.com/2013/02/05/behind-the-song-carrie-underwood-blown-away/|title=Behind The Song: Carrie Underwood "Blown Away"|date=February 9, 2013|accessdate=April 18, 2014|work=US 99.5|publisher=Radio.com|last=Wolff|first=Kurt}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Leah|title=Gord Bamford, Dean Brody Top Contenders at 2013 CCMAs|url=http://www.cbc.ca/live/gord-bamford-leads-2013-ccmas-nominations-and-he-almost-didnt-get-the-news.html|accessdate=November 21, 2013|newspaper=CBC|date=July 17, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Dukes|first=Billy|title=Tim McGraw Announces ‘Sundown Heaven Town’ Album|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/tim-mcgraw-announces-new-sundown-heaven-town-album/|accessdate=April 4, 2014|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=April 3, 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/story-behind-the-song-tim-mcgraw-lookin-for-that-girl|title=Story Behind the Song: Tim McGraw "Lookin' For That Girl"|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|date=20 January 2014|work=Roughstock|accessdate=8 February 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221170214/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/story-behind-the-song-tim-mcgraw-lookin-for-that-girl|archivedate=21 February 2014|df=}}
6. ^{{cite journal|last=Paxman|first=Bob|date=2 June 2014|title=Dierks Bentley — 'Drunk on a Plane'|journal=Country Weekly|volume=21|issue=22|page=66|issn=1074-3235}}
7. ^{{Cite press release| title =2007 ASCAP Country Music Awards at the Ryman | publisher = The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers| date = | url = http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/ascapcma/2007/song.html| accessdate = 18 July 2010}}
8. ^{{cite news| title = Chris Tompkins| url = http://bigloudshirt.com/music/chris-tompkins | publisher = Big Loud Shirt| accessdate = 2014-08-15}}
9. ^{{cite news| title = | first = | last = | url = | newspaper = | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 2014-08-15}}
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External links

  • Chris Tompkins at Big Loud Shirt
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