Labeled “one of the best songwriters in the business” by Nashville’s MusicRow magazine, Victoria Banks has been nominated for 11 Canadian Country Music (CCMA) Awards and earned the double honor of being named both CCMA Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in 2010. In her multi-decade tenure as a professional songwriter on Nashville’s Music Row, Victoria has penned ASCAP, SOCAN, CCMA and Covenant-award-winning songs that have been cut by over 100 artists including Carly Pearce, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Isaac Slade (of The Fray), and screen placements including Breakthrough, Nashville, American Idol, and Dancing with The Stars. Her notable cuts include Reba McEntire’s 2024 single “I Can’t” (which was premiered on NBC’s The Voice and performed on the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards), the solo-written “Saints & Angels” (Sara Evans), Jessica Simpson’s Billboard record-breaking “Come on Over”, and numerous songs by Mickey Guyton (including 2021 ACM Awards blockbuster “Hold On, and “What Are You Gonna Tell Her”, which made history as the first original song performed by a Black woman on 2020’s ACM Awards and was one of 4 Banks-penned songs on Guyton’s Grammy-nominated Remember Her Name album). Victoria has released 4 self-penned, self-produced albums, has toured with artists from Reba to Wynonna, appeared on NBC’s Songland TV show, performed alongside the Nashville Ballet in a choreographed set of her songs called City of Dreams, and co-hosts the podcast The Table Women which explores the female experience in entertainment. She is an instructor of Songwriting at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business and a master coach for the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project. She shares songs and stories with her “Ko-fi club” at www.victoriabanks.net
