Laura Veltz

Laura Jeanne Veltz^[1] is an American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock group Cecilia.^[2] She was nominated for the first ever Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases by Maren Morris, Demi Lovato and Ingrid Andress.^[3]

Laura Veltz
Birth name	Laura Jeanne Veltz
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupations	Songwriter musician
Instruments	Vocals rhythm guitar accordion percussion
Years active	1996–present

Early life and career

Laura Veltz started her music career as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of her family pop-rock group Cecilia in 1996 to 2006. After the group split up, in 2008, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her career as a songwriter, lured by Kye Fleming and Mark D. Sanders.^[4] She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music group Edens Edge on their debut self-titled album.^[5]

In 2020, Veltz was nominated for her first Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Song for writing Dan + Shay's "Speechless".^[6]

Songwriting discography

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album
"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" (featuring Kelly 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" (featuring Tauren 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" (with Maren 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" (featuring Yungblud)		Demi Lovato	Holy Fvck
"Skin of My Teeth"
"Substance"
"Eat Me" (featuring Royal & 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" (featuring Jessie Murph)		Koe Wetzel	9 Lives
"Love Lies"		Jessie Murph	That Ain't No Man That's the Devil
"Someone In This Room" (featuring Bailey Zimmerman)
"Bang Bang (The Ballad of Amy Fisher)"
"Leave Me Too"	2025	Josh Ross	TBA

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Best Country Song	"Speechless" (Shared with Dan + Shay and Jordan Reynolds)	Nominated	[7]
2021		"The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy 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]

Academy of Country Music Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Song of the Year	"The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins)	Won	[11]

Country Music Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Song of the Year	"The Bones" (Shared with Maren Morris and Jimmy Robbins)	Won	[12]