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Eric Church<\/a> made a bold statement about Hardy<\/a>‘s songwriting at the 2025 ACM Honors<\/a> ceremony on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n As Church was being honored with the ACM Icon award, Hardy brought him up onstage.<\/p>\n The “Hands of Time” singer stepped up to the microphone and waited for the “Chief” chants from the crowd to dwindle down to a point at which he could speak and be heard.<\/p>\n Church then made a major proclamation\u00a0about his pal Hardy, saying, “In my opinion, he’s one of the greatest songwriters Nashville has, that’s ever held a pen.”<\/p>\n Here is the even crazier part: Hardy has never written or even co-written a song with Church, and Church still had those words to say about the “Wait in the Truck” singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n Hardy has written songs for a long list of top country artists, including\u00a0Florida Georgia Line<\/a>, Thomas Rhett<\/a>,\u00a0Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u00a0and many more.<\/p>\n Hardy has written a whopping 16 No. 1 singles since he has worked in Nashville writing country songs, and that includes three that he penned and sang on his own.<\/p>\n Hardy wraps up his Jim Bob Tour in New York City on Sept. 24 at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n As for Church, he is currently on his Free the Machine Tour, which runs through November.<\/p>\n As of this writing, Church has landed 10 No. 1 songs on the Billboard Country<\/em><\/a> charts, both as a solo artist and in collaboration.<\/p>\n Hardy’s full legal name is Michael Wilson Hardy.<\/p>\n He’s been known to sample R-Rated burners and sage truth-tellers \u2014 and then there are two songs about murder. So, Eric Church\u2019s songs fall into rows, but there are a lot of rows in his 15-year-plus catalog.\u00a0<\/p>\n His best song? Taste of Country asked fans, staff and the industry to weigh in and then looked at chart success, sales data pop culture importance to choose No. 1 from No. 50. Songs with strong lyrical content rank high. Songs with creative production rank high. Songs with both ended up in the Top 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat Does Eric Church Think of Hardy’s Songwriting?<\/h3>\n
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What Is Hardy’s Full Name?<\/h3>\n
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