Chris Tompkins

There are songwriters, and then there are ACM-nominated songwriters. There are five stellar songwriters who put pen to paper and pick to guitar, creating fan-favorite songs, nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2015 ACM Awards, but only one can win the prize. Who will it be?

The skies were cloudy but spirits were sunny Wednesday (Jan. 16) in Nashville when Carrie Underwood joined songwriters Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins (pictured above) to celebrate the No. 1 status of the song the three penned together, "Blown Away...

Luke Bryan celebrated his recent No. 1 single "Drunk on You" with co-writers of the tune, Josh Kear (pictured above on front row, left), Rodney Clawson (front row, second from right) and Chris Tompkins (front row, right), at the offices of the Country Music Association in Nashville Monday night (Sept...