WHAT IT IS: This breakout country artist is a dynamic performer and a platinum-selling hit songwriter, scoring five #1s, including “Friday Night,” the lead single from his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. The Texas native earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song, as well as a 2016 ACM nom for Song of the Year and a 2013 CMA nom for Song of the Year with “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” (Eli Young Band). Recently, he got his first Grammy nomination as an artist for Best Country Duo/Group Performance with “The Driver”—a collab with friends Charles Kelley and Dierks Bentley —and an ACM Song of the Year nom for “She Don’t Love You.”
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: Summer 2016
SINGLE: “High Class”
TV: Fallon, GMA, Fox & Friends, Queen Latifah; featured track on ESPN’s 2015 College Football Playoffs
LIVE: Brad Paisley’s Country Nation College Tour in 2015 and Crushin’ It World Tour in 2016; Chris Young’s I’m Comin’ Over Would Tour in 2015
INTERNET: YouTube/Vevo video views up 120% (16.7m+ views), Spotify streams up 23%, Instagram followers up 400%+ over past year; 20m+ unique Spotify streams in the last 12 months
RADIO: #1 Most Added in debut week, 10/5/15 add date
PRESS: USA Today, American Songwriter, “She Don’t Love You” included in Nashville Songwriters Association Int’l’s 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written BOOKING: Lane Wilson/WME
PUBLISHING: Warner/Chappell
MANAGEMENT: Kristy Reeves, Rachel Silver/Red Light Mgmt.