WHAT IT IS: Mixing gritty backwoods soul, rock & roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Paradise, Calif., native Nate Smith has been crowned a 2023 Artist to Watch in Nashville by Amazon, CMT and MusicRow. With 174m+ streams, Smith’s gold-certified single, “Whiskey on You”—the longest-running #1 Country debut by a male vocalist in Mediabase Canada history—is paving the way for his self-titled debut album.
ALBUM: Nate Smith
RELEASE DATE: 4/28
SINGLE: “Whiskey on You”
TV: Appeared on CMT Hot 20 Countdown
LIVE: Recently wrapped debut Whiskey on You headlining tour; supporting Thomas Rhett on the 2023 Home Team tour; performing Stagecoach, Country Thunder Arizona, Tortuga, TidalWave, Country Thunder Alberta, C2C London, CRS New Faces, CMA Fest, Country Jam, Summerfest, more
ZINTERNET: Nearly 400m career on-demand streams; 4.3m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 1.6m+ social reach; 96k+ TikTok/Reels UGC creations on “Whiskey on You”; 118k+ TikTok/Reels UGC creations on “Wreckage”
RADIO: “Whiskey on You” #2 at U.S. Country radio (week of 1/16), six weeks at #1 at Canadian Country Radio
PRESS: Stereogum, Country Now, American Songwriter, CMT 2023 Listen Up Artist, MusicRow’s “Next Big Thing,” more
BOOKING: Braeden Rountree/WME
PUBLISHING: Sony Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Chief Zaruk & Simon Tikhman/The Core Ent.