NSAI Songwriter Achievement Awards - 1995
Presented in April 1995

SONG OF THE YEAR
"I Can Love You Like That" by Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond & Jennifer Kimball

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Mark D. Sanders

SONGWRITER/ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Vince Gill


ADULT CONTEMPORARY
“Everlasting Love”
Written By: Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden
Artist: Gloria Estefan

“I Can Love You Like That”
Written By: Jennifer Kimball, Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry
Artist: All-4-One

“In This Life”
Written By: Allen Shamblin, Mike Reid
Artist: Bette Midler


COUNTRY
“Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart”
Written By: Bill LaBounty, Rick Chudacoff
Artist: Shenandoah with Alison Krauss

“I Can Love You Like That”
Written By: Jennifer Kimball, Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond
Artist: John Michael Montgomery

“The Keeper Of The Stars”
Written By: Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo
Artist: Tracy Byrd

“What Mattered Most”
Written By: Gary Burr, Vince Melamed
Artist: Ty Herndon

“You Don’t Even Know Who I Am”
Written By: Gretchen Peters
Artist: Patty Loveless

“When You Say Nothing At All”
Written By: Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet
Artist: Alison Krauss & Union Station

“Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) ”
Written By: Rich Fagan, Robb Royer
Artist: John Michael Montgomery

“Any Man Of Mine”
Written By: R.J. “Mutt” Lange, Shania Twain
Artist: Shania Twain

“Someone Else’s Star”
Written By: Skip Ewing, Jim Weatherly
Artist: Bryan White

“One Boy, One Girl”
Written By: Mark Alan Springer, Shaye Smith
Artist: Collin Raye

“I Like It, I Love It”
Written By: Steve Dukes, Jeb Stuart Anderson, Markus Hall
Artist: Tim McGraw

“I Let Her Lie”
Written By: Tim Johnson
Artist: Daryle Singletary

“Dust On The Bottle”
Written By: David Lee Murphy
Artist: David Lee Murphy

“Go Rest High On That Mountain”
Written By: Vince Gill
Artist: Vince Gill

“Check Yes Or No”
Written By: Danny Wells, Dana Hunt Oglesby
Artist: George Strait

“I Will Always Love You”
Written By: Dolly Parton
Artist: Dolly Parton with Vince Gill

“Can’t Be Really Gone”
Written By: Gary Burr
Artist: Tim McGraw

“If I Had Any Pride Left At All”
Written By: Troy Seals, Eddie Setser, John Greenebaum
Artist: John Berry

“Rebecca Lynn”
Written By: Skip Ewing, Don Sampson
Artist: Bryan White

“It Matters To Me”
Written By: Mark D. Sanders, Ed Hill
Artist: Faith Hill


GOSPEL
“Simple Things”
Written By: Tony Vincent, Doug McKelvey, Charlie Peacock
Artist: Tony Vincent

“God Is In Control”
Written By: Gary Driskell
Artist: Truth

“It Could Have Been Me”
Written By: John P. Kee
Artist: John P. Kee

“We Shall Behold Him”
Written By: Dottie Rambo
Artist: Vickie Winans

“You Can Never Ask Too Much (Of Love)”
Written By: Cedric Dent, David Foster, Linda Thompson
Artist: Take 6


POP
“Everlasting Love”
Written By: Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden
Artist: Gloria Estefan

“You Got It”
Written By: Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty
Artist: Bonnie Raitt

“I Can Love You Like That”
Written By: Jennifer Kimball, Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry
Artist: All-4-One


ROCK
“Deja Voodoo”
Written By: Tia Sillers, Mark Selby
Artist: Kenny Wayne Sheppard

“I Kissed A Girl”
Written By: Jill Sobule, Robin Eaton
Artist: Jill Sobule

“Rock Steady”
Written By: Gretchen Peters, Bryan Adams
Artist: Bryan Adams


URBAN CONTEMPORARY
“Love Of My Life”
Written By: Keith Thomas, BeBe Winans
Artist: BeBe & CeCe Winans

“I Can Love You Like That”
Written By: Jennifer Kimball, Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry
Artist: All-4-One

“Stay With Me”
Written By: BeBe Winans
Artist: BeBe & CeCe Winans