Tia Sillers

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Tia Maria Sillers is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter. She has written over 40 singles in multiple music formats, including the Lee Ann Womack single "I Hope You Dance", and the Kenny Wayne Shepherd single "Blue on Black". Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Sillers' family moved several times during her childhood before finally settling in Nashville, Tennessee in 1980. It was while at Father Ryan High School that Tia first attended Writer's Night shows at the Bluebird Cafe. The writers Don Schlitz and Alan Shamblin were among her earliest influences. While attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sillers began writing songs. The Nashville Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) office on Music Row helped secure her first publishing deal with Tom Collins Music in 1991 and had her first cuts and single with George Ducas on Liberty Records. The single "Lipstick Promises", which peaked at #10, helped establish her reputation. Sillers, along with Mark D. Sanders, wrote the Lee Ann Womack song "I Hope You Dance". The song became a No. 1 country hit and Top 20 pop hit for Lee Ann Womack and received the Grammy Award for "Best Country Song," as well as a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year. The song also received CMA & ACM Awards for Song of the Year in 2000. The song stayed on top of the Billboard Country chart for five consecutive weeks. The song's popularity led to the release of a book entitled "I Hope You Dance", another collaboration of Sillers and Sanders, which beca

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Nashville Picks

Mark Selby's Nashville Picks! Vol. 1

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Nashville Picks! A Music City U.S.A. Compilation Vol. 1

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Sampler Series III

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Mark Selby - Nashville Picks (MP3 Compilation)

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Sweet Old Songs

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Party Tyme Karaoke: Girl Country, Vol. 1 [Sybersound #2]

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After Hours

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Ten Ten Music

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To My Child: Songs of Hope

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Nashville Picks! Vol.1

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