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Aimee Mayo
Mayo in 2020
Background information
Born	(1971-09-28) September 28, 1971 (age 53)
Origin	Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupations	Songwriter author
Years active	1995–present
Organization	Little Blue Typewriter Music
Spouse	Chris Lindsey
Children	3
Relatives	Danny Mayo (father), Cory Mayo (brother)
Website	aimeemayo.com

Aimee Mayo (September 1971) is an American songwriter and author from Gadsden, Alabama. She is best known for co-writing American country band Lonestar's 1999 single "Amazed", which was nominated for Best Country Song at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Biography

Mayo grew up in Gadsden, Alabama, and moved to Nashville at the age of 20. Mayo signed as a songwriter with BMG. At 28, Mayo married fellow songwriter Chris Lindsey. Mayo and Lindsey have three children together.

As a teen, Mayo was surrounded by music. Her father, Danny Mayo, wrote numerous songs, including "Feed Jake" and "Keeper of the Stars". Her brother, Cory Mayo, wrote "You'll Be There", for George Strait in 2005.

Mayo's songs have spent twenty-six weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard charts, and albums featuring her songs have sold over 155 million units worldwide. She is primarily known for writing for artists such as Tim McGraw, Lonestar, Meghan Trainor, The Civil Wars, Backstreet Boys, Adam Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Boyz II Men, Brad Paisley, Billy Currington and Kellie Pickler.

Mayo is one of the few female artists to receive both BMI's Country Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards. Mayo was also a judge on the CMT reality competition show, Can You Duet. In 2020, Mayo released a memoir titled Talking to the Sky.

Mayo was named BMI Songwriter of the Year in 2000. "Amazed", recorded by Lonestar that same year, is her most popular song to date. In 2004, it garnered a Million-Air award from BMI, making it one of the top 125 songs in the BMI catalog out of 6.5 million works. "Amazed" also won ACM (Academy of Country Music) Song of the Year, BMI Song of the Year, NSAI Song of the Year, and was nominated for a Grammy. "Amazed" crossed over to the pop charts and spent two weeks at the top of the Hot 100, making it the first country song to accomplish such a feat since Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers with their 1983 song "Islands in the Stream".

Mayo's song "This One's for the Girls," recorded by Martina McBride, stayed at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for eleven weeks, in addition to reaching number three on the country chart. The song was used as a theme song for the morning show The View. Mayo has received over a dozen BMI Country awards along with BMI Pop Awards for "Amazed" and "This One's for the Girls".

Mayo co-wrote the song "Wheel of the World" on Carrie Underwood's second studio album with husband Chris Lindsey and close friend and collaborator Hillary Lindsey. The title Carnival Ride was chosen by Underwood from the lyrics of "Wheel of the World."

Songwriting credits

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

References

1. Papadatos, Markos (2020-12-05). "Songwriter Aimee Mayo talks about 'Talking to the Sky' book (Includes interview)". Digital Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
2. ""Amazed" Songwriter Aimee Mayo Shares Her Unexpected Journey to Hitmaker". Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
3. https://www.talkingtothesky.com
4. "Bringin' It Backwards: Interview with Aimee Mayo". American Songwriter.
5. "SongwriterUniverse Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
6. Rogers, L. "Glencoe's Aimee and Cory Mayo follow their father's success in Nashville", The Gadsden Times, October 12, 2007.
7. "Carrie's Official Bio". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-22.

External links

• Official Website
• Aimee Mayo at AllMusic
• Aimee Mayo discography at Discogs
• Aimee Mayo at IMDb
• Aimeeland

• 1971 births
• Living people
• American women country singers
• American country singer-songwriters
• Musicians from Gadsden, Alabama
• 21st-century American singer-songwriters
• 21st-century American women singers
• Country musicians from Alabama
• Singer-songwriters from Alabama