Nilsen's Southern Harmony have released three albums, two EP's, and a handful of singles. Their songs have been featured in the Netflix series DAG, several other TV series and movies, and been playlisted by radio stations all over the world. Nilsen is one of the very few European composers invited to the prestigious Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, with some of the biggest songwriter names in the US. He has had more than 90 of his songs recorded by other artists, including 3 European top 5's (HotDisc Top 40). Artists such as Linda Gail Lewis, Dallas Moore, Billy Don Burns, and Drew Howard, have all done very well with songs written by Nilsen, just like some of the biggest Norwegian artists.
SUGARADO was named "Country album of the year" by The Southland Music Line (Mississippi, US), and was #5 on the overall list. «Holdin' on to Nothin'» was at #12 on their best songs of 2024 list, regardless of genre. This song was also #1 two weeks in a row on J.C.'s weekly music chart. «Lonely Was My Middle Name» from SUGARADO was the second most requested song from Sept '24 to April '25 at LDM Radio (New York, US), got a nomination for "Country song of the year", and it was put in Heavy Rotation by UK Country Radio. «Pray Like You Mean It» (written with Austin Church), was nominated for Country Song of the Year at LDM Music Awards, and it made the awsome American Songwriter magazines playlist – Hot Indie Favorites
