Laura Veltz

Laura Jeanne Veltz is an American songwriter and musician. She previously was the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of family pop-rock group Cecilia. 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.

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. She started her songwriting career in Nashville by writing with country music group Edens Edge on their debut self-titled album.

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

Songwriting discography Title Year Artist(s) Album"Slow Motion" 2011Edens Edge Edens Edge (EP)"Skinny Dippin'"2012Edens 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 "Livin' Ain't Killed Me Yet" Reba McEntire Love Somebody"Love You Hate You Miss You"2016 Levi Hummon Levi Hummon"Sugar"Maren MorrisHero"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 BandFingerprints"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 HarmonYou Got 'Em All"Her""On Paper""My Somebody""Keeping Score"Dan + ShayDan + 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 MorrisGirl"A Song for Everything""Flavor""To Hell & Back""The Bones""That's on Me"Jake OwenGreetings from... Jake"In It""24/7/365" MacKenzie Porter "What If I Never Get Over You"Lady AOcean"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 & TaeThe Way It Feels"Write a Book""New Dog Old Tricks""Preciatcha" Caylee Hammack If It Wasn't for You"Halfway Home"Carly PearceCarly Pearce"Heart's Going Out of Its Mind""Woman Down""I Dare You" Kelly Clarkson "Never Have I Ever" Danielle Bradbery In Between: The Collection"When This Is Over" 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 "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 ClarkReal 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" 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 MorrisHumble Quest"Background Music""Detour""Pain" Ingrid Andress Good Person"Freak"Demi LovatoHoly Fvck"Skin of My Teeth""Substance""Eat Me""Holy Fvck""29""Happy Ending""Heaven""Wasted""Come Together""Dead Friends""Feed""4 Ever 4 Me""Spurs"Madeline EdwardsCrashlanded"Heavy""Mama, Dolly, Jesus""Playground""These Tears" Maddie & Tae Through the Madness Vol. 2"Antsy" Upsahl Sagittarius"Another Round"2023 Reyna Roberts "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 "Make Me Hate Me" Idina Menzel Drama Queen"Good Time Getting There" Dallas Smith Dallas Smith"Get the Hell Out of Here"Maren MorrisThe Bridge"The Tree""Once A Year" Ingrid Andress "Diamond" Callista Clark "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" Koe Wetzel 9 Lives"Love Lies"Jessie MurphThat Ain't No Man That's the Devil"Someone In This Room""Bang Bang (The Ballad of Amy Fisher)""Leave Me Too" 2025 Josh Ross Later Tonight

Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Best Country Song "Speechless" 2021 "The Bones" 2022 "Better than We Found It" 2023 Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical "Background Music", "Feed", "Humble Quest", "Pain", "29"

Academy of Country Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Song of the Year "The Bones"

Country Music Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020 Song of the Year "The Bones"