With nearly two dozen smash hits, multiple BMI songwriting awards, a Grammy for Best Country Song, as well as being inducted into the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame in 2017, Tim Nichols has earned his place among Nashville's most elite and respected tunesmiths.

In 2004, along with Craig Wiseman, Nichols wrote Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying," which stayed at #1 for ten consecutive weeks. In addition to breaking a 30 year record, "Live Like You Were Dying" won the Grammy award for Best Country Song in 2005. It also won the Song of the Year award from the Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, BMI Country Awards, ASCAP Country Awards, Billboard and the Nashville Songwriters Association International. It is the only song to have won every major song award that is presented for country music.

Other Nichols’ hits helped launch the careers of Jo Dee Messina, (Heads Carolina, Tails California) and Dustin Lynch. (Cowboys and Angels) Jana Kramer had a Top 5 hit with I Got The Boy and Sony Music artist Chris Young stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks with the Nichols composition, “The Man I Want To Be.”

More recently Cole Swindell put a new twist on the Jo Dee Messina, Heads Carolina classic by staying at the top of the country charts for 5 weeks with She Had Me At Heads Carolina.

Feeling the importance of giving back to the community and the music industry, Nichols is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association, and a current member of the Nashville Songwriter Association International Board of Directors. In addition to being a past President of the Board of Directors of the High Hopes Preschool and Pediatric Therapy Clinic, Nichols participates in The Warburton and The Rahm, two annual events that benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

When not on Music Row in pursuit of his next hit, or entertaining crowds with his songs and stories, Tim can be found on keynote stages across the country, sharing what chart-topping songwriters know about creativity, collaboration, and teamwork—so that companies, corporations, and businesses can be at the top the charts in their own industries.