Beth Nielsen Chapman (born September 14, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter who has written hits for country and pop music performers.

[6] As a child and teenager, she listened to a variety of music including Hoagy Carmichael, Tony Bennett, James Taylor, and Carole King.

[7] In 1976, Chapman played with a rock and pop group, called "Harmony", in Montgomery, Alabama replacing Tommy Shaw, who had just left to join Styx.

[5][8] For the group, she sang and played the acoustic guitar and the piano, performing at the popular bar of a bowling alley, Kegler's Kove.

[9] Chapman had several popular songs on the adult contemporary charts in the 1990s like "I Keep Coming Back to You", "Walk My Way", and "All I Have".

Girls and Guitars" special on Lifetime, singing backing vocals with Emmylou Harris, performing with the ensemble on a cover version of "Take It to the Limit" and on "There's a Light" with Harris, Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow, and Shea Seger singing back-up.

Some of Chapman's songwriting collaborators are Annie Roboff,[10] Bill Lloyd, Eric Kaz,[11] Harlan Howard,[12] Joe Henry,[13] and Judie Tzuke.

Additionally, Back to Love was BBC Radio 2's "Album of the Week" beginning on January 18, 2010.

The song "Sand and Water" was written after Ernest's death; Elton John performed it during his 1997 world tour.