Humble and Kind

LyricPop is a children’s picture book collection by LyricVerse and Akashic Books that launched in June 2020. LyricPop presents your favorite song lyrics by renowned songwriters as illustrated picture books, instilling a love of music and song among young readers. 50,000 copy first printing. Lori McKenna is a GRAMMY Award–winning singer-songwriter. In 2016, McKenna made history by becoming the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association’s Song of the Year two years in a row thanks to cowriting Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” and penning Tim McGraw’s number one “Humble and Kind” solo. Tim McGraw’s performance of the song at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards resulted in 64,000 sales for the week. The single has gone on to sell well over a million copies in the US. ”Humble and Kind” won a GRAMMY for Best Country Song, Video of the Year at the 2016 CMT Music Awards, Song of the Year at the CMA Awards, and Country Song of the Year at the American Music Awards. The song reached number one on the country music charts in both the US and Canada. The McGraw album,

Damn Country Music,

that “Humble and Kind” appears on, reached number five on the

Billboard

200 chart and number three on

Billboard ’s Top Country Albums chart. In 2017, McKenna became the Academy of Country Music’s first female Songwriter of the Year. Her songs have been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including: Reba, Alison Krauss, Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes, etc.