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artist

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. It was released on August 7, 2020 by

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. The album includes the singles " Knockin' Boots", " What She Wants Tonight", " One Margarita", and " Down to One". A deluxe edition with six extra songs, including the album's fifth single "

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" and its sixth single, " Up", was released on April 9, 2021. The album debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number one on the US

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charts, earning 65,000

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s (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.

Background

" Knockin' Boots" was released on April 8, 2019 as the debut single from Bryan's seventh studio album. " What She Wants Tonight" was released on October 24, 2019 as the second single. In January 2020 during an

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Live video, Bryan announced the name of the album would be ''Born Here Live Here Die Here''. In February 2020, Bryan released the title track, the album's track listing and announced it would be released on April 24, 2020. On March 13, 2020, "One Margarita" was released, and it would later be sent to country radio on April 13, 2020, after

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and Bryan postponed the album's release to August 7, 2020 due to the

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. On June 12, 2020, Bryan released the track "Build Me a Daddy" along with a music video for the song.

Commercial performance

''Born Here Live Here Die Here'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 65,000

s (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week. This became Bryan's eleventh US top-ten album. The album also debuted at number one on the US

chart, becoming Bryan's ninth number one album on this chart.

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals * David Dorn – keyboards * Jody Stevens – programming , acoustic guitar , electric guitar ,

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, bass * Charlie Judge – keyboards ,

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* Kyle Fishman – programming *

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– electric guitar * Rob McNelley – electric guitar * John Willis – acoustic guitar ,

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– acoustic guitar , banjo * J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar * Derek Wells – electric guitar * Jake Mitchell – electric guitar * Justin Ostrander – electric guitar * Eddy Dunlap –

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* Mark Hill – bass *

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– drums * Evan Hutchings – drums , percussion * Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson –

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* Perry Coleman – backing vocals * Matt Rogers – backing vocals * Chancie Neal – backing vocals Production and Technical * Brian Wright – A&R * Jeff Stevens – producer * Jody Stevens – producer * Derek Bason – recording, mixing * Chris Small – recording assistant, digital editing, mix assistant * Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Scott Johnson – production coordinator * Sarah Marie Burke – A&R production * Karen Naff – art direction * Wendy Stamberger – art direction, design * Jim Wright – photography * Kera Jackson – art production * Lee Moore – wardrobe stylist * Paula Turner – grooming * Kerri Edwards with KPentertainment and Red Light Management – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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