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Luke Bryan
Bryan in July 2010
Bryan in July 2010
Background information
Birth nameThomas Luther Bryan[1]
Born (1976-07-17) July 17, 1976 (age 48)[2]
Leesburg, Georgia, US[3]
OriginNashville, Tennessee
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
Years active2004–present
LabelsCapitol Nashville
Websitewww.lukebryan.com

Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American pop country singer. Bryan began his musical career in the mid-2000s, writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington. After signing with Capitol Records in Nashville TN in 2007, he released the album I'll Stay Me, which included the singles "All My Friends Say", "We Rode in Trucks" and "Country Man". Follow-up album Doin' My Thing included "Do I", which Bryan co-wrote with Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum, and the number one singles "Rain Is a Good Thing" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby". Tailgates & Tanlines, released in 2011, includes "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)", and the number one singles "I Don't Want This Night to End", "Drunk on You", and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye". Bryan's fourth album, Crash My Party, was released in August 2013 and includes the number one singles "Crash My Party" and "That's My Kind of Night". Bryan co-wrote all of his singles with the exception of "Drunk on You", "Crash My Party" and "That's My Kind of Night" and co-produced all four albums and one compilation album with Jeff Stevens. Bryan was the recipient of the Academy of Country Music Awards' Entertainer of the Year award.[4]

Life and career

Luke Bryan was born and raised in Leesburg, Georgia. At age fourteen, his parents bought him his first guitar, and after learning to play it, he joined various local bands and began to play in local clubs. He had planned to move to Nashville for the music industry, but his older brother (Chris Bryan) died in a car crash the night before he moved. Luke decided to attend a college closer to home, Georgia Southern University, because he felt his family was more important than going to Music City. At Georgia Southern University, he became a lifelong member of the Eta Zeta Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He kept on with his music career, though, by playing with local bands. Luke Bryan also had a sister named Kelly. She was one of the people who inspired him to go into the music industry. It was hard for them both to get over their brother's death. Bryan started working for the family business at that point, but his unhappiness was obvious. With a little push from his dad (His dad said if he didn't move to Nashville he would fire him), Bryan moved to Nashville in September 2001, and married his college sweetheart, Caroline Boyer. Two months later he signed a songwriting contract with Roger Murrah and one of his songs was on Travis Tritt's album in 2005. Soon after when he was playing in a club he was signed by a representative from Captiol Records right then and there he was offered a record deal and a publishing deal, and he started making his very first album, ‘I’ll Stay Me.’ Tragedy then hit Bryan’s family again when his sister Kelly, who was 39 at the time, suddenly passed away when she was at home with her young son. “They never determined what happened,” Bryan continues. “The autopsies, the coroner, no one could figure it out.” The singer has finally come to terms with the deaths of his brother and sister with the help of his faith, but wishes his sons, "BoBo" and "Taterbug" as Luke and Caroline call them, could meet his siblings.[5]

2007–2008: I'll Stay Me

Bryan performing in 2008

Soon after his arrival in Nashville, Bryan joined a publishing house in the city.[3] Among his first cuts was the title track of Travis Tritt's 2004 album My Honky Tonk History.[6] He was later signed by Capitol Records to a recording contract.[3] In the meantime, Bryan co-wrote Billy Currington's single "Good Directions", which went to number 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts in mid-2007.[7] Bryan co-wrote his debut single, "All My Friends Say", with producer Jeff Stevens. This song reached a peak of number 5 on Hot Country Songs.[8] In August 2007, Capitol released Bryan's debut album, I'll Stay Me.[9] Bryan wrote or co-wrote all but one of its 11 songs. The album's second single, "We Rode in Trucks", peaked at number 33 while "Country Man" reached number 10.[8]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album a positive review, considering Bryan's lyrics "in the mainline of honky tonk tradition" although he thought some of the sound was "calculated".[9]

2009–2010: Doin' My Thing

On March 10, 2009, he released an EP titled Spring Break With All My Friends that featured two new songs, "Sorority Girls" and "Take My Drunk Ass Home," plus an acoustic version of "All My Friends Say."[10] After this EP, he released his fourth single, "Do I". Bryan wrote the song with Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum, whose lead singer Hillary Scott also sings backing vocals on it.[11] The song reached number two on the country songs chart.[8]

"Do I" was included on Bryan's second album, Doin' My Thing, which was released in October 2009. Also included on the album was a cover of OneRepublic's "Apologize".[12] Bryan wrote the album's next two singles, "Rain Is a Good Thing" and "Someone Else Calling You Baby", with Dallas Davidson and Jeff Stevens, respectively. Both of these songs went to number 1 on the country music charts.[8] Allmusic gave this album a positive review as well, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine considering Bryan more "relaxed" in comparison to his debut.[12]

On February 26, 2010, Bryan released a second EP, titled Spring Break 2...Hangover Edition, which featured three new songs: "Wild Weekend", "Cold Beer Drinker", and "I'm Hungover".[10]

Bryan appeared on the April 18, 2010, episode of Celebrity Apprentice alongside fellow country star Emily West. The task for each team was to make-over an up-and-coming country star, with Bryan being selected by team Rocksolid, led by Bill Goldberg, and West being selected by team Tenacity, led by Cyndi Lauper. Bryan's make-over failed to impress the judges, leading to team Rocksolid losing the task. Bryan's new single, Rain Is a Good Thing, and West's single "Blue Sky", were both sold on iTunes with a months worth of sales being donated to Lauper's charity, the Stonewall Community Foundation, resulting in $25,000 being raised.

2011–2012: Tailgates & Tanlines

Bryan released his third EP, Spring Break 3...It's a Shore Thing, on February 25, 2011, featuring four new songs—"In Love With the Girl," "If You Ain't Here to Party," "Shore Thing," and "Love In a College Town."[10] This release was followed by Bryan's seventh single, "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)", which was released on March 14, 2011.[13] Also co-written by Bryan and Davidson,[14] it served as the lead-off single to his third studio album, Tailgates & Tanlines, which was released August 9, 2011.[10] The album peaked at number one on the Top Country Albums and number two on the Billboard 200.[8] "Country Girl" peaked at number 4 on the country charts and number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[8] The album's next three singles—"I Don't Want This Night to End," "Drunk On You," and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"—all reached number one on the country charts.[8] Bryan, along with Eric Church, sang guest vocals on Jason Aldean's "The Only Way I Know," the second single from his 2012 album Night Train.

On March 6, 2012, Bryan released his fourth Spring Break EP entitled Spring Break 4 ... Suntan City. Along with the title track, which Bryan co-wrote with Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, the EP includes "Spring Break-Up," "Little Bit Later On," and "Shake the Sand."[15] Caulfield expresses, "Spring Break is mostly a compilation of tracks previously released on Bryan's four earlier Spring Break-themed EPs, all of which were only available as downloads. Released between 2009 and 2012, the four EPs have sold a combined 145,000, according to Sound- Scan. None of the tracks on those releases were promoted as radio singles".

On October 12, 2012, Luke Bryan announced his first headlining tour, the "Dirt Road Diaries Tour," which started on January 17, 2013 in Evansville, Indiana and visited a total of twenty cities before ending on March 23 in Charlottesville, Virginia.[16] Opening artists on the tour are Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line.[16]

On January 30, 2013, Bryan announced his first compilation album, Spring Break…Here to Party, which includes fourteen songs — twelve from his previous Spring Break EPs and two new tracks. It was released on March 5.[17] The album debuted at number 1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the Billboard 200, becoming the first album of his career to top the all-genre album chart. One of the new Spring Break songs, "Buzzkill", reached the Top 20 on the Hot Country chart.

2013–present: Crash My Party

Bryan's fourth studio album, Crash My Party, was released on August 13, 2013.[18] The album's first single, "Crash My Party", was premiered in a performance at the 2013 ACM Awards and released on April 7, 2013.[19] It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in July 2013. The album's second single, "That's My Kind of Night", was released to country radio on August 5, 2013. It reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart in August 2013 and peaked at Number Two on the Country Airplay chart in October 2013. The album's third single, "Drink a Beer", was released to country radio on November 11, 2013. It reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart in January 2014. "Drink a Beer" was a tribute to his two siblings that had passed. (See "Life and Career" for more information.)

Discography

Main article: Luke Bryan discography
Albums

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result
2010 Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Solo Vocalist[20] Won
Top New Artist[21] Won
CMT Music Awards USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year – "Do I"[22] Won
Country Music Association Awards New Artist of the Year[23] Nominated
2011 CMT Music Awards Best Web Video of the Year – "It's a Shore Thing"[24] Nominated
Nationwide Insurance On Your Side Award[25] Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Country Single — "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"[26] Nominated
Choice Music: Country Male Artist[27] Nominated
American Country Awards[28] Male Artist of the Year Nominated
Single by a Male Artist — "Someone Else Calling You Baby" Nominated
2012 CMT Music Awards Video of the Year: Male — "I Don't Want This Night To End"[29] Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Country Male Artist[30] Nominated
CMA Awards[31] Male Vocalist of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year Nominated
American Music Awards Favorite Male Country Artist[32] Won
Favorite Country Album[33] Nominated
American Country Awards[34][35] Artist of the Year Won
Male Artist of the Year Won
Single of the Year: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
Single by a Male Artist: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
Music Video of the Year: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
Music Video by a Male Artist: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
Album of the Year: "Tailgates and Tanlines" Won
Most Played Radio Track: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
Most Played Radio Track by a Male Artist: "I Don't Want This Night to End" Won
2013 ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year Won
Male Vocalist of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year – "Tailgates and Tanlines" Nominated
Vocal Event of the Year – "The Only Way I Know"(with Jason Aldean & Eric Church) Won
Billboard Music Awards Top Country Artist Nominated
Top Country Album- "Tailgates and Tanlines" Nominated
Top Country Song- "Drunk on You" Nominated
CMT Music Awards Video of the Year - "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Nominated
Male Video of the Year - "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Nominated
Collaboration Video of the Year - "The Only Way I Know" (with Jason Aldean & Eric Church) Won
CMT Performance of the Year - "Drunk on You"/"Feel Again" (with Ryan Tedder) Nominated
American Music Awards Favorite Country Male Artist Won
Favorite Country Album - "Crash My Party" Nominated
2014 ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year Nominated
Male Vocalist of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year - "Crash My Party" Nominated

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 68. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Fabian, Shelly. "Hot Country Guys Under 35". About.com. Retrieved October 22, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c allmusic ((( Luke Bryan > Biography )))
  4. ^ Rogers, Christopher. "ACM Awards Best Moments: Luke Bryan Wins Entertainer Of The Year & More". Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  5. ^ "Luke Bryan Opens Up About the Death of His Brother and Sister". Tasteofcountry.com. October 14, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  6. ^ Lounges, Tom (August 31, 2007). "This Georgian just peachy to country fans". Munster (Indiana) Times. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
  7. ^ Morris, Edward (July 17, 2007). "Luke Bryan Celebrates No. 1 for Billy Currington Hit Singer-Songwriter Grabs Spotlight for "Good Directions"". CMT. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Luke Bryan at AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "I'll Stay Me review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d "Luke Bryan". AOL Music. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  11. ^ "Charles & Dave Co-Writers On Luke Bryan's New Single, Hillary Sings Background Vocals". ladyantebellum.com. April 22, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  12. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Doin' My Thing review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  13. ^ "Luke Bryan, 'Country Girl (Shake It for Me)' – Song Spotlight". Taste of Country. March 14, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  14. ^ "Luke Bryan, 'Country Girl (Shake It for Me)' – Lyrics Uncovered". Taste of Country. March 24, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  15. ^ Luke Bryan's Spring Break 4 EP Due March 6. CMT.com. February, 17 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  16. ^ a b "Luke Bryan Announces 2013 Headlining Tour Dates". Taste of Country. October 12, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  17. ^ "Luke Bryan Is 'Here to Party' With 2013 Spring Break EP". Taste of Country. January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  18. ^ "Luke Bryan Titles New Album "Crash My Party"". Nash FM 94.7. June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  19. ^ "Luke Bryan Excited About Upcoming Album: 'My Voice Seems to Go to a New Level'". Taste of Country. March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  20. ^ "Luke is a Double Winner at 2010 ACM Awards!". lukebryan.com. April 20, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  21. ^ "ACM Awards Winners 2010 – The Boot". The Boot. April 18, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  22. ^ "2010 CMT Awards Winners – The Boot". The Boot. June 9, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  23. ^ "Miranda Lambert Leads 2010 CMA Nominees". The Boot. September 1, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  24. ^ "2011 CMT Music Awards : Web Video of the Year". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  25. ^ "Nationwide® Insurance On Your Side® Award". CMT. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  26. ^ "2011 Teen Choice Awards Winners". Taste of Country. August 7, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  27. ^ "Teen Choice Award Nominees Named". Teen Hollywood. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  28. ^ "2011 American Country Awards: Nominees & Winners". Country Weekly. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  29. ^ "Luke Bryan Wins Male Video of the Year at 2012 CMT Music Awards for 'I Don't Want This Night to End'". Taste of Country. June 6, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  30. ^ "Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum Win at 2012 Teen Choice Awards". Taste of Country. July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  31. ^ "2012 CMA Awards Winners – Full List". Taste of Country. November 1, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  32. ^ "Luke Bryan Scores First-Ever Win at the 2012 American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male". Taste of Country. November 18, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  33. ^ "Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan Lead Country Nominees at the 2012 American Music Awards". Taste of Country. October 9, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  34. ^ "Luke Bryan Sweeps 2012 ACAs Show With Nine Awards, Including Artist of the Year". Taste of Country. December 10, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  35. ^ "2012 American Country Awards Winners – Full List". Taste of Country. December 10, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

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