Country superstars Brad Paisley and Toby Keith are among the 12 contenders for the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame class of 2018.
Paisley and Keith are nominated in the Songwriter/Artist category, alongside Ronnie Dunn and Eddy Raven, while eight other nominees have been announced in the Songwriter category.
See the full list of nominees below:
Songwriters/Artists
- Toby Keith - “Should've Been a Cowboy," "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This”
- Brad Paisley - “He Didn't Have to Be," "Letter to Me”
- Ronnie Dunn - Brooks and Dunn's "Neon Moon,” "She's Not the Cheatin' Kind”
- Eddy Raven - “I Got Mexico," "Thank God for Kids"
Songwriters
- Skip Ewing - Clint Black’s "Something That We Do," Kenny Chesney's "Me and You”
- Byron Hill - George Strait's "Fool Hearted Memory," Alabama's "Born Country”
- Ed Hill - Trisha Yearwood's "Georgia Rain," Reba McEntire’s "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
- Wayne Kirkpatrick - Little Big Town's "Boondocks," Broadway musical "Something Rotten!”
- Kerry Kurt Phillips - George Jones' "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," Joe Diffie's "Pickup Man”
- Bob Regan - Randy Travis, "Dig Two Graves," Keith Urban's "Your Everything”
- Jim Rushing - Garth Brooks' "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association," Kathy Mattea's "Lonesome Standard Time”
- Steve Seskin - Ricochet’s "Daddy's Money," Tim McGraw's "Grown Men Don't Cry”
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductees will be announced in August, followed by a formal ceremony in the fall.