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| Birth name | Laura Jeanne Veltz |
| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
Laura Jeanne Veltz[1] is an American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock groupCecilia.[2] She was nominated for the first everGrammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the65th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases byMaren Morris,Demi Lovato andIngrid Andress.[3]
Laura Veltz started her music career as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of her family pop-rock groupCecilia in 1996 to 2006. After the group split up, in 2008, she moved toNashville, Tennessee to pursue her career as a songwriter, lured byKye Fleming andMark D. Sanders.[4] She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music groupEdens Edge on theirdebut self-titled album.[5]
In 2020, Veltz was nominated for her firstGrammy Award in the category ofBest Country Song for writingDan + Shay's "Speechless".[6]
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
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| "Slow Motion" | 2011 | Edens Edge | Edens Edge (EP) |
| "Skinny Dippin'" | 2012 | Edens Edge (album) | |
| "Who Am I Drinking Tonight?" | |||
| "Liar" | |||
| "Cherry Pie" | |||
| "What I Love About Your Love" | 2012 | Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer |
| "Drunk Last Night" | 2013 | Eli Young Band | 10,000 Towns |
| "Lonely Eyes" | Chris Young | A.M. | |
| "For a Boy" | 2015 | RaeLynn | Non-album single |
| "Livin' Ain't Killed Me Yet" | Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | |
| "Love You Hate You Miss You" | 2016 | Levi Hummon | Levi Hummon |
| "Sugar" | Maren Morris | Hero | |
| "Rich" | |||
| "I Could Use a Love Song" | |||
| "Space" | |||
| "Piano" | Cassadee Pope | Summer | |
| "We Do Us" | 2017 | Ryan Hurd | Ryan Hurd |
| "We Went to the Beach" | Little Big Town | The Breaker | |
| "Never Again" | Eli Young Band | Fingerprints | |
| "Once" | |||
| "Legacy" | The Cadillac Three | Legacy | |
| "Color" | Carly Pearce | Every Little Thing | |
| "To a T" | 2018 | Ryan Hurd | Platonic |
| "Weed, Whiskey and Willie" | Brothers Osborne | Port Saint Joe | |
| "There's a Girl" | Trent Harmon | You Got 'Em All | |
| "Her" | |||
| "On Paper" | |||
| "My Somebody" | |||
| "Keeping Score" (featuringKelly Clarkson) | Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | |
| "Speechless" | |||
| "One Way" | Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | |
| "Live Forever" | Kane Brown | Experiment | |
| "Second to Last" | Devin Dawson | Dark Horse | |
| "Diamonds or Twine" | 2019 | Ryan Hurd | To a T |
| "Y'all People - Dedicated to the 'CoJo Nation'" | Cody Johnson | Ain't Nothin' to It | |
| "The Feels" | Maren Morris | Girl | |
| "A Song for Everything" | |||
| "Flavor" | |||
| "To Hell & Back" | |||
| "The Bones" | |||
| "That's on Me" | Jake Owen | Greetings from... Jake | |
| "In It" | |||
| "24/7/365" | MacKenzie Porter | Non-album single | |
| "What If I Never Get Over You" | Lady A | Ocean | |
| "What I'm Leaving For" | |||
| "Underwater" | |||
| "Mississippi to Me" | Ryan Hurd | Panorama | |
| "Half Hoping" | Platonic | ||
| "Old Soul" | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | |
| "Woman Like Her" | 2020 | Eric Paslay | Nice Guy |
| "Trying on Rings" | Maddie & Tae | The Way It Feels | |
| "Write a Book" | |||
| "New Dog Old Tricks" | |||
| "Preciatcha" | Caylee Hammack | If It Wasn't for You | |
| "Halfway Home" | Carly Pearce | Carly Pearce | |
| "Heart's Going Out of Its Mind" | |||
| "Woman Down" | |||
| "I Dare You" | Kelly Clarkson | Non-album single | |
| "Never Have I Ever" | Danielle Bradbery | In Between: The Collection | |
| "When This Is Over" (featuringTauren Wells,Rita Wilson &The Oak Ridge Boys) | Jimmie Allen | Bettie James | |
| "Body Language of a Breakup" | Lindsay Ell | Heart Theory | |
| "Sheryl Crow" | Tim McGraw | Here on Earth | |
| "Better than We Found It" | Maren Morris | Non-album single | |
| "The Knife or the Hatchet" | 2021 | Ryan Hurd | Pelago |
| "What a Song Can Do" | Lady A | What a Song Can Do | |
| "Bucket List" | Mitchell Tenpenny | Midtown Diaries | |
| "Whatever Forever Is" | Devin Dawson | The Pink Slip | |
| "It's 'Cause I Am" | Callista Clark | Real to Me | |
| "Real To Me" | |||
| "Woman You Got" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness, Vol. 1 | |
| "Heaven Right Now" | Thomas Rhett | Country Again: Side A | |
| "Bigger Man" (withMaren Morris) | Joy Oladokun | In Defense of My Own Happiness | |
| "Dream Girl" | Idina Menzel | Cinderella | |
| "Indigo" | Mickey Guyton | Remember Her Name | |
| "The Dreaming" | Monsta X | The Dreaming | |
| "Get You" | Shawn Austin | Planes Don't Wait | |
| "Lucky for Me" | 2022 | Eli Young Band | Love Talking |
| "Humble Quest" | Maren Morris | Humble Quest | |
| "Background Music" | |||
| "Detour" | |||
| "Pain" | Ingrid Andress | Good Person | |
| "Freak" (featuringYungblud) | Demi Lovato | Holy Fvck | |
| "Skin of My Teeth" | |||
| "Substance" | |||
| "Eat Me" (featuringRoyal & the Serpent) | |||
| "Holy Fvck" | |||
| "29" | |||
| "Happy Ending" | |||
| "Heaven" | |||
| "Wasted" | |||
| "Come Together" | |||
| "Dead Friends" | |||
| "Feed" | |||
| "4 Ever 4 Me" | |||
| "Spurs" | Madeline Edwards | Crashlanded | |
| "Heavy" | |||
| "Mama, Dolly, Jesus" | |||
| "Playground" | |||
| "These Tears" | Maddie & Tae | Through the Madness Vol. 2 | |
| "Antsy" | Upsahl | Sagittarius | |
| "Another Round" | 2023 | Reyna Roberts | Non-album single |
| "Still Alive" | Demi Lovato | Scream VI | |
| "Hey Little Mama" | Morgan Evans | Life Upside Down | |
| "ONE NATION UNDERDOGS" | Royal & the Serpent | RAT TRAP 1: the blueprint | |
| "Swine" | Demi Lovato | Non-album single | |
| "Make Me Hate Me" | Idina Menzel | Drama Queen | |
| "Good Time Getting There" | Dallas Smith | Dallas Smith | |
| "Get the Hell Out of Here" | Maren Morris | The Bridge | |
| "The Tree" | |||
| "Once A Year" | Ingrid Andress | Non-album single | |
| "Diamond" | Callista Clark | TBA | |
| "Attention" | 2024 | Georgia Webster | SIGNS |
| "Good On You" | Priscilla Block | PB2 | |
| "So Do I" | Tenille Arts | To Be Honest | |
| "Consume" | The Warning | Keep Me Fed | |
| "High Road" (featuringJessie Murph) | Koe Wetzel | 9 Lives | |
| "Love Lies" | Jessie Murph | That Ain't No Man That's the Devil | |
| "Someone In This Room" (featuringBailey Zimmerman) | |||
| "Bang Bang (The Ballad of Amy Fisher)" | |||
| "Leave Me Too" | 2025 | Josh Ross | TBA |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Best Country Song | "Speechless" (Shared withDan + Shay and Jordan Reynolds) | Nominated | [7] |
| 2021 | "The Bones" (Shared withMaren Morris andJimmy Robbins) | Nominated | [8] | |
| 2022 | "Better than We Found It" (Shared with Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins and Jessie Jo Dillon) | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2023 | Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | "Background Music", "Feed", "Humble Quest", "Pain", "29" | Nominated | [10] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Song of the Year | "The Bones" (Shared withMaren Morris andJimmy Robbins) | Won | [11] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Song of the Year | "The Bones" (Shared withMaren Morris andJimmy Robbins) | Won | [12] |
