Mark Wright - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	1957
Place of Birth	Fayetteville (Washington County, United States of America, Arkansas)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Wright, Mark
Profession	Record producer, Songwriter
Mark Wright is an American record producer who works mainly in country music. He is known for having worked with Brooks & Dunn, Gary Allan, and Lee Ann Womack. Wright was originally a songwriter, having written for Reba McEntire, Amy Grant, and Kenny Rogers. By 1989, he had moved to RCA Records, where he worked in A&R and co-produced Clint Black's debut album Killin' Time. He also produced Too Cold at Home for Mark Chesnutt, and became senior vice president of MCA Nashville's sister label Decca Records in 1994 until its closure in 1999. In 2001, Wright received a Grammy Award nomination for co-producing Womack's I Hope You Dance. He was later executive vice president of A&R for MCA Nashville, then served in the same position at Sony Music Nashville from June 2003 to December 2006. Wright became president of Universal South Records in 2006, and held the position until the label merged with Toby Keith's Show Dog Records to become Show Dog-Universal Music in 2009, at which point he became president of the new label.

Awards by Mark Wright

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mark Wright.

2007

Academy of Country Music Producer of the Year

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	Watching Airplanes
Academy of Country Music Producer of the Year

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year	Hillbilly Deluxe
Academy of Country Music Vocal Event of the Year	I Don't Want To
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	Hillbilly Deluxe
Academy of Country Music Vocal Event of the Year	Politically Uncorrect
Academy of Country Music Producer of the Year

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	Tough All Over
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	Best I Ever Had

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year	Red Dirt Road
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year	Here for the Party
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	Here for the Party
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	Redneck Woman
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year	Redneck Woman
Academy of Country Music Producer of the Year

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	Red Dirt Road
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	Red Dirt Road

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	Steers and Stripes
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year	Steers and Stripes
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	Ain't Nothing 'Bout You
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year	Ain't Nothing 'bout You

2000

Academy of Country Music Vocal Event of the Year

Honored for : I Hope You Dance

Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year

Honored for : I Hope You Dance

Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year

Honored for : I Hope You Dance

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year	I Hope You Dance
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year	I Hope You Dance
Academy of Country Music Single Record of the Year	I Hope You Dance
Academy of Country Music Album of the Year	I Hope You Dance
Academy of Country Music Vocal Event of the Year	I Hope You Dance

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year	Killin' Time

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