Byron Gallimore

Byron Gallimore (born in Puryear, Tennessee) is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, and Jo Dee Messina. Hill's 1999 album Breathe won him the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Gallimore also produced the single "Breathe" from the album.

Biography Gallimore was born in Puryear, Tennessee. He earned an engineering degree from Murray State University. He played in rock 'n' roll and country cover bands from the age of 11 and that led him to songwriting and recording.

In 1980, he won the Music City Song Festival songwriting contest with the single "No Ordinary Woman", which was released that year on the Little Giant record label, peaking at No. 93 on the Billboard country singles charts. He moved to Nashville in 1986.

Gallimore has produced 12 of Tim McGraw's albums, 11 of which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. He has produced more than 50 No. 1 Country Radio singles.

He won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2001 for Faith Hill's album Breathe and produced the single "Breathe" from the album. He also produced the song "Stay" which won a Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy for Sugarland in 2008. Billboard named him Producer of the Year in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

In addition to Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Sugarland, Gallimore has produced Lee Ann Womack, Halfway to Hazard, Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Jo Dee Messina, Jessica Andrews, Randy Travis, Phil Vassar, Terri Clark, and American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina.

Gallimore launched a record label in 2012 called Streamsound Records with Jim Wilkes. The roster includes Jaida Dreyer, who released her debut album I Am Jaida Dreyer in early 2013, Austin Webb and Dakota Bradley. Streamsound Records is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Awards and nominations Year Association Artist Work Category Result 1994 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw Not A Moment Too Soon Album of the Year - Producer 1994 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw Don't Take The Girl Single Record of the Year - Producer 1999 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw A Place In The Sun Album of the Year - Producer 2000 Music Row Magazine Awards Producer of the Year 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw Set This Circus Down Album of the Year - Producer 2001 Country Music Association Awards Tim McGraw Set This Circus Down Album of the Year - Producer 2001 Billboard Music Awards Hot Producer of the Year 2002 Billboard Awards Hot Producer of the Year 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards Phil Vassar Working For A Living Vocal Event of the Year - Producer 2003 Country Music Association Awards Tim McGraw Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors Album of the Year - Producer 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Album of the Year - Producer 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards Producer of the Year 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards Lee Ann Womack I May Hate Myself In The Morning Single Record of the Year - Producer 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Single of the Year - Producer 2004 Country Music Association Awards Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Single of the Year - Producer 2005 Grammy Award Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Best Country Album - Producer 2005 Academy of Country Music Awards Lee Ann Womack There's More Where That Came From Album of the Year - Producer 2005 Academy of Country Music Awards Producer of the Year 2005 Country Music Association Awards Lee Ann Womack There's More Where That Came From Album of the Year - Producer 2005 Country Music Association Awards Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying Album of the Year - Producer 2005 Country Music Association Awards Lee Ann Womack I May Hate Myself In The Morning Single of the Year - Producer 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards Producer of the Year 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards Sugarland Stay Single Record of the Year - Producer 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards Sugarland Stay Video of the Year - Producer 2007 Music Row Magazine Awards Producer of the Year 2008 Grammy Award Tim McGraw Let It Go Best Country Album - Producer 2008 Country Music Association Awards Sugarland Stay Single of the Year - Producer 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards Sugarland Love On The Inside Album of the Year - Producer 2014 Grammy Award Tim McGraw Two Lanes of Freedom Best Country Album - Producer 2014 Country Music Association Awards Tim McGraw Meanwhile Back at Mama's Single of the Year - Producer