{"id":6759,"date":"2025-11-18T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/shaboozey-ashley-gorley-awards-2025-ascap-nashville-event\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:30:00","slug":"shaboozey-ashley-gorley-awards-2025-ascap-nashville-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/shaboozey-ashley-gorley-awards-2025-ascap-nashville-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Gorley &amp; Shaboozey Win Top Honors at 2025 ASCAP Nashville Songwriters\u00a0Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ashley-gorley\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ashley-gorley\/\">Ashley Gorley<\/a> and <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shaboozey\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/shaboozey\/\">Shaboozey<\/a> won top honors at the 2025 ASCAP Nashville Songwriters Celebration, with Gorley winning ASCAP country music songwriter of the year for a record 12th time. That\u2019s more times than anyone has won songwriter of the year at an ASCAP awards celebration in any genre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/brandon-lake-ascap-2025-christian-music-songwriter-of-year\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/shaboozey-ashley-gorley-awards-2025-ascap-nashville-event\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/brandon-lake-11th-annual-k-love-fan-awards-2024-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Brandon Lake\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBrandon Lake Wins ASCAP 2025 Christian Music Songwriter of the Year: Full Winners\u00a0List\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/game-awards-2025-nominations-clair-obscur-expedition-33-1236115411\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/shaboozey-ashley-gorley-awards-2025-ascap-nashville-event\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/game-of-the-year-awards-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"The Game Awards 2024 at the Peacock Theater on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGame Awards 2025 Nominations Led by &#8216;Clair Obscur: Expedition 33&#8217; 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&amp; Appears to Respond to NLE Choppa\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tASCAP celebrated the winners at an invitation-only party on Monday (Nov. 17) in Nashville. ASCAP chairman of the board and president <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/paul-williams\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/paul-williams\/\">Paul Williams<\/a>, ASCAP CEO <strong>Elizabeth Matthews<\/strong>, ASCAP executive vp and head of creative membership <strong>Nicole George-Middleton<\/strong> and ASCAP vp of Nashville membership <strong>Mike Sistad<\/strong> handed out awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmong ASCAP\u2019s most-performed country songs of the year, penned by Gorley, are \u201cFix What You Didn\u2019t Break\u201d (Nate Smith), \u201cI Am Not Okay\u201d (Jelly Roll), \u201cLiar\u201d (Jelly Roll) and \u201cPark\u201d (Tyler Hubbard). In June, Gorley was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShaboozey received the ASCAP country music songwriter\/artist of the year honor. In addition to his \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d earning ASCAP\u2019s country music song of the year, his \u201cGood News\u201d (co-written by Sean Cook) is also among ASCAP\u2019s most-performed country songs of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d was co-written by Sean Cook, Jerrell \u201cJ-Kwon\u201d Jones, Joe Capo Kent and Mark \u201cTarboy\u201d Williams. It was published by Sony Music Publishing, Essancy Music, Seeker Music, Range Music Publishing, Tarpo Music Publishing, Hood Hop Music, Kreshendo and Warner Chappell Music. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 19 weeks, tying Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) as the longest-running No. 1 song in Hot 100 history (which dates to 1958).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdditionally, \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d won a CMA Award for single of the year, a Billboard Music Award for top country song and top-selling song, and a Brit Award for international song of the year. Shaboozey is nominated for new artist of the year at Wednesday\u2019s CMA Awards and recently received Grammy nominations for best country solo performance, best country duo\/group performance and best country song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSony Music Publishing is the ASCAP country music publisher of the year. Among their awarded titles are \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d for the second consecutive year, \u201cFix What You Didn\u2019t Break\u201d (Nate Smith), \u201cHard Fought Hallelujah\u201d (Brandon Lake, Jelly Roll), \u201cGood News\u201d (Shaboozey), \u201cCowboys Cry Too\u201d (Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan), \u201cComing Home\u201d (Old Dominion), \u201cCountry House\u201d (Sam Hunt), \u201cI Am Not Okay\u201d (Jelly Roll), \u201c4x4xU\u201d (Lainey Wilson) and \u201cLove You, Miss You, Mean It\u201d (Luke Bryan).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe ASCAP writers and publishers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/brandon-lake-ascap-2025-christian-music-songwriter-of-year\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/brandon-lake-ascap-2025-christian-music-songwriter-of-year\/\">most-performed Christian<\/a> music songs also received their awards at the celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA complete list of ASCAP country music winners can be found at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascap.com\/nashvilleawards25\" target=\"_blank\">ASCAP site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Gorley and Shaboozey won top honors at the 2025 ASCAP Nashville Songwriters Celebration, with Gorley winning ASCAP country music songwriter of the year for a record 12th time. That\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4257,106,216,96,4461,846],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ascap","category-awards","category-genre-country","category-music","category-music-publishing","category-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}