Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, he is best known for songs he composed for H.E.R., Leslie Odom Jr., and Sixpence None the Richer.
[2] While still in high school, Ashworth wrote "I Won't Stay Long", recorded on Sixpence None the Richer's 1997 self-titled album.
By 23, he had produced parts of Michael W. Smith's Healing Rain, for which he received a Grammy nomination and Gold Record.
[4] His career's songwriting and production credits span R&B, Americana, folk, pop and EDM, including collaborations with H.E.R., Leslie Odom Jr., Ruby Amanfu, Dierks Bentley, the Civil Wars, the Lone Bellow, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Brett Dennen, and Laidback Luke.
[2][3][5] In 2016, he sang and co-wrote the Dutch Top 40 Dance Smash "Million Times" with Rui.