BMI’S ZACH TOP HOSTS FIRST-EVER NO. ONE PARTY FOR “I NEVER LIE”

BMI celebrated six-time CMA-nominee Zach Top and his co-writers Carson Chamberlain (BMI/Producer) and Tim Nichols (BMI) for their double PLATNIUM-certified No. One hit “I Never Lie” at its Nashville office on Wednesday (9/24). The song is currently nominated for “Single of the Year” and “Song of the Year” at the 2025 CMA Music Awards and stems from the Leo33 artists’ debut album Cold Beer & Country Music.

Hosted by BMI’s Mitch Ballard, Top thanked industry guests for championing the song’s traditional storytelling and his co-writers for each of their support early on in his career. To celebrate the chart-topper, the songwriters were each gifted with a custom BMI Taylor 210e DLX guitar. BMI concluded the evening by surprising Top with an early birthday cake. The first-time hitmaker hits the road tomorrow (9/26) to begin his Cold Beer & Country Music fall tour.

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ABOUT ZACH TOP:
“The future of country music” (Billboard), Zach Top adds to an already monumental year with his highly anticipated sophomore album, Ain’t In It For My Health (Leo33), which was released this summer and garnered over 30 million global streams in its first week. Continuing to receive overwhelming acclaim, Rolling Stone declares, “Zach Top holds his own with the country greats…Top’s vocals soar with the confidence of a seasoned storyteller,” while the Los Angeles Times praises, “As crisp as country music gets” and Pitchfork proclaims, “Ain’t In It for My Health, is good, clean country fun, full of clear-eyed comedic writing and tight arrangements.” Additionally, Top is nominated in five categories at the upcoming CMA Awards—Album of the Year (Cold Beer & Country Music), Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year (“I Never Lie”), Song of the Year (“I Never Lie”) and New Artist of the Year—recently earned his first #1 at country radio with “I Never Lie,” was named New Male Artist of the Year at the 2025 ACM Awards and featured in Variety’s 2025 Young Hollywood Impact Report. These accomplishments follow the release of Top’s breakthrough 2024 debut album, Cold Beer & Country Music, which has earned over one billion streams to date and landed on several “Best of” lists including Rolling Stone, Billboard and The New York Times. Known for his engaging live performances, Top recently extended his “Cold Beer & Country Music” tour through this fall and has shared stages with notable artists such as Dwight Yoakam, Billy Strings, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley and Lainey Wilson. Raised in Sunnyside, WA, Top grew up on classic country music around the family farm. At the age of seven, he formed a bluegrass band with his siblings, which set the stage for his future musical ambitions.