| Caitlyn Smith | |
| Birth Name: | Caitlyn Elizabeth Smith |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Cannon Falls, Minnesota, U.S.[1] |
| Origin: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genre: | Country Pop |
| Label: | Monument |
Caitlyn Elizabeth Smith[2] (born June 13, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She was raised in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.[3] Smith's debut album Starfire was released on Monument Records on January 19, 2018.[4] Her second studio album, Supernova, was released on March 13, 2020. Her third album High & Low was released on April 14, 2023.[5]
She has written songs recorded by Meghan Trainor ("Like I'm Gonna Lose You", duet with John Legend, #1 on Billboard Adult Top 40 chart), Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton ("You Can't Make Old Friends"), Avicii ("Chained") and ("Love"), Miley Cyrus ("High") and more.
She released the EP Starfire in July 2016. In January 2017, she announced she had signed a label deal with the newly reformed Monument Records.[6] Smith has played at Lollapalooza, Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Americana Fest and ACL Fest.[4]
Caitlyn was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine's "10 New Artists You Need To Know".[7] She recorded "The Card You Gamble", the theme song of the drama series Monarch, which premiered in 2022.[8]
Caitlyn lives in Nashville with her husband, songwriter Rollie Gaalswyk. They have three sons together, Thomas Miles Gaalswyk (b. 2016), Lewis James Gaalswyk (b. 2018), and Jacob Roland Gaalswyk (b. 2023).[9] [10] [11]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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| US Sales [12] | US Folk [13] | US Heat [14] | ||||||||
| Starfire |
| — | 24 | 6 | ||||||
| Supernova[15] |
| 92 | — | — | ||||||
| High & Low |
| — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Folk | US Heat | US Indie [16] | |||||||
| Everything to You[17] |
| — | — | — | |||||
| Starfire |
| 18 | 16 | 48 | |||||
| High |
| — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AAA [18] | US Country Airplay [19] | |||||||
| "Starfire"[20] | 2018 | — | — | Starfire | ||||
| "Put Me Back Together" | 2019 | — | — | Supernova | ||||
| "Long Time Coming"[21] | 2020 | 35 | — | |||||
| "I Can't"[22] | 2021 | — | 37 | |||||
| "Downtown Baby"[23] | 2022 | — | 59 | High & Low | ||||
| "Lately" | 2023 | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released to that format. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Notes | |
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| "It Ain't Easy" | 2010 | Jason Aldean | My Kinda Party |
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| "Let's Fight" | 2011 | Julie Roberts | Alive |
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| "Let It Hurt" | 2012 | Rascal Flatts | Changed |
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| "You Can't Make Old Friends" | 2013 | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | You Can't Make Old Friendsand Blue Smoke |
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| "Wasting All These Tears" | Cassadee Pope | Frame by Frame |
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| "Hypnotizing" | Hayden Panettiere |
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| "Wild Boy" | Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery |
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| "Dear Heart" | Tenille Townes | Light |
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| "Don't Put Dirt On My Grave Just Yet" | 2014 | Hayden Panettiere |
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| "I Ain't Sinkin' Yet" | Jann Arden | Everything Almost |
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| "Tacoma" | Garth Brooks | Man Against Machine |
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| "Loved" | Lucy Hale | Road Between |
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| "747" | Lady Antebellum | 747 |
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| "The Heart of Dixie" | Danielle Bradbery | Danielle Bradbery |
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| "Hear Your Heart" | 2015 | James Bay | Other Sides (EP) |
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| "What I Do" | Kip Moore | Wild Ones |
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| "I Am What I Am" | Laura Bell Bundy | Another Piece of Me |
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| "Down in Flames" | Chris Isaak | First Comes the Night |
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| "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" | Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend | Title |
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| "The Bird and the Rifle" | 2016 | Lori McKenna | The Bird and the Rifle |
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| "Space" | 2017 | Lindsay Ell | Worth the Wait and The Project |
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| "Everything Without You" | Temecula Road | Non-album single | |||
| "I Don't Trust Myself" | Sara Evans | Words |
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| "Unsaid" | Sunny Sweeney | Trophy |
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| "Same Day Different Bottle" | Lauren Alaina | Road Less Traveled |
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| "Kill Your Love" | Jess Moskaluke | Past the Past |
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| "Put Me Back Together" | 2018 | Cheat Codes featuring Kiiara | Non-album single |
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| "Dying Star" | Ruston Kelly | Dying Star |
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| "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" | 2019 | Jessie Buckley | Wild Rose |
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| "Canary" | Joy Williams | Front Porch |
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| "No Place Like You" |
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| "Every Girl in This Town" | Trisha Yearwood | Every Girl |
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| "I'll Carry You Home" |
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| "Can't Take Back Goodbye" |
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| "High" | 2020 | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts |
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| "Feel" | Fletcher | The S(ex) Tapes |
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| "Goldmine" | Gabby Barrett | Goldmine |
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| "North Star" | 2021 | Tori Kelly | Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas |
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| "Want You To Miss Me" | 2022 | Sunny Sweeney | Married Alone |
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| "Neon Stars" | Wild Rivers | Sidelines |
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| "Island" | 2023 | Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation |
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| Year | Award show | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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| 2020 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Original Song | "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" | [31] | |
| 2022 | CMT Music Awards | Breakthrough Video of the Year | "I Can't" (with Old Dominion) | [32] | |
| Academy of Country Music Awards | New Female Artist of the Year | Caitlyn Smith | [33] | ||
| 2023 | Academy of Country Music Awards |