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Bigger Houses
''Bigger Houses'' is the fifth studio album by American country duo Dan + Shay. It was released through Warner Bros. Nashville on September 15, 2023. All tracks on the album were produced by duo member Dan Smyers and Scott Hendricks. It serves as the follow-up to their previous album, '' Good Things'' (2021). The album was supported by one single, "Save Me the Trouble", and four promotional singles: "Heartbreak on the Map", "Always Gonna Be", the title track, and "We Should Get Married". Background and promotion In a press release for promoting the album, duo member Dan Smyers said: "Some of our records have been more pop- or hip-hop/ R&B-infused. But on this record, I wanted to make tracks that we could hop up at any bar anywhere with our live band and play the songs as they were recorded. Ultimately, this music, this whole album, is something that I'll be able to look back on in a decade or two and be really proud of the way it turned out". Dan + Shay announced the album and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan + Shay
Dan + Shay is an American country pop duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. They are signed to Warner Records Nashville and have released six albums, '' Where It All Began'', '' Obsessed'', '' Dan + Shay'', '' Good Things'', '' Bigger Houses'' and '' It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album''. Of their nine singles, five have topped the Country Airplay chart and three have topped the Hot Country Songs chart. The duo have collaborated with Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth, Rascal Flatts, Lindsey Stirling, RaeLynn, and Kelly Clarkson. From 2019 to 2021, the duo won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the songs "Tequila", " Speechless", and " 10,000 Hours" (with Justin Bieber). Career 2013–2015: ''Where It All Began'' Before the duo's foundation, Mooney was a solo artist on T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment label and Smyers was a member of a group called Bonaventure as well as a previous member of the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Jo Dillon
Jessie Jo Dillon (born September 11, 1987) is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records. She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive. She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations. Career Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna. She received a second at the following ceremony for her work on song by Moroney, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Keith Urban, and Kelsea Ballerini. Discography , Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. Most are collaborations, Her biggest hit is " 10,000 Hours" (2019), which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordie Sampson
Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia. Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to achieve international success as a songwriter in Nashville. He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Rascal Flatts. He has also released albums as a solo performer. Sampson has received a Grammy Award, a Juno Award, two ASCAP Awards, East Coast Music Awards, and honorary degrees from Cape Breton University and St. Francis Xavier University. Background Sampson was born in 1971 to Francis Xavier Sampson (1946–2007) and Florence Ley. Sampson's only musical training as a child were piano lessons he took from his mother. He remembers being surrounded by fiddlers, who were very common in Cape Breton. Initially, he had no interest in fiddle music, but only wanted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Guthro
Dylan Guthro (born January 27, 1991) is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Nashville. The son of musician Bruce Guthro, Dylan released his debut album, ''All That's True'', in 2012. In 2015, Guthro teamed up with fellow Halifax singer-songwriters Carleton Stone and Breagh Mackinnon to form the band Port Cities. Life and career Dylan Guthro was exposed to music since birth as the son of Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro. While on tour with his father, Guthro played some demos he had recorded of his own material to musician Dave Gunning. Gunning was eager to help transform the demos into a full-fledged album. What eventually became ''All That's True'' was recorded and mixed over a number of different sessions during the course of six months. Bruce Guthro co-wrote five of the album's songs, and it was not the first time they had collaborated; Dylan had co-written four on Bruce's previous release, ''No Final Destination''. ''All That's True'' (co-produced by Gunning an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Doleac
Adam Doleac is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Arista Nashville. He has written songs with Darius Rucker and Kane Brown. Early life Doleac grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His father and grandfather ran an electrical business. A natural athlete, Doleac passed up the family business to pursue sports. Before becoming a country music artist, Doleac excelled at many sports and played baseball for the University of Southern Mississippi, eventually appearing in the College World Series. Doleac grew up listening to artists like Amos Lee, Dave Matthews Band, and John Mayer. His first country concert was Toby Keith. Career Early in Doleac's career, the song "Whiskey's Fine", from his independent EP, caught the attention of Sirius XM, SiriusXM's "The Highway Channel". The song would eventually reach number three on the Sirius XM "The Highway's" Hot Country Countdown. Doleac also started having success as a co-writer with other artists including Darius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thompson (singer)
Josh Thompson (born January 23, 1978) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released two studio albums: '' Way Out Here'' for Columbia Records Nashville, and ''Turn It Up (Josh Thompson album), Turn It Up'' for Show Dog-Universal Music, and has charted six singles on Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay, the highest-peaking being "Way Out Here (song), Way Out Here" at No. 15. Thompson has also written songs for Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Brett Young (singer), Brett Young, Morgan Wallen and Darius Rucker. Early life Thompson was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He worked in construction starting at age twelve. As a young adult, he took a nature course in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Nicolet National Forest. Career 2009–2012: ''Way Out Here'' and ''Change'' Thompson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2005. He worked as a songwriter, with his first cut being the title track to Jason Michael Carroll's album ''Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lori McKenna
Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single " Girl Crush" performed by Little Big Town. In 2017, she again won Best Country Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for writing " Humble and Kind" performed by Tim McGraw. McKenna along with Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby and Hillary Lindsey wrote the second single off the soundtrack to the 2018 film '' A Star Is Born'' called " Always Remember Us This Way.” McKenna performed backing vocals along with Lindsey and Hemby, and the song received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Early and personal life McKenna was born and raised in Stoughton, Massachusetts, where she still lives today. Her mother died when she was seven years old, a theme often touched on in her music. She met her husband, Gene McKen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Albert
Andrew Paul Albert is an American country music singer and songwriter from Roswell, Georgia, United States. His songwriting repertoire includes writing for artists such as Blake Shelton, Dustin Lynch, and Carrie Underwood. Albert grew up in Roswell and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2011. He signed a publishing deal with Downtown Music in 2014. Prior to moving to Nashville he was in the pop-rock band Holiday Parade from 2004 to 2011 and Bonaventure in 2011 with Dan Smyers. Albert was the Country First Place Winner of the American Songwriter 2023 Song Contest. Selected writing discography ;2015 * Devin Dawson – “Blind Man” (Neon Cross) (writer) ;2016 * Blake Shelton - " She's Got A Way With Words" (writer) *single * Granger Smith - " If the Boot Fits" (writer) *single * Nick Fradiani - "All On You" (writer) *single * Chris Lane - "All About You" (writer) * Dylan Schneider - "Want You Back" * Kris Allen – “Letting You In” (Dogbear Records) (writer) * 'Nashville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest (musician)
Ernest Keith Smith, (born January 11, 1992) known mononymously as just Ernest (stylized as ERNEST), is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums: ''Locals Only'' (2019), '' Flower Shops (The Album)'' (2022), and ''Nashville, Tennessee'' (2024). He has also written songs recorded by Morgan Wallen, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Chris Lane, and Jelly Roll. His songs are produced by Joey Moi. Biography Ernest was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee and attended Lipscomb Academy there. He took an interest in hip hop music at an early age, citing the ''Space Jam'' soundtrack that he listened to in sixth grade as well as Eminem, John Mayer, and George Strait as his main influences. At age 19, he suffered a heart attack brought on by a viral infection. He developed a drug addiction while in college playing baseball in the National Junior College Athletic Association. After recovering, he moved back to Nashville and began writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Robbins
James Michael Robbins (born September 3, 1989, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his work in contemporary country music. Career In addition to having penned ten number-one singles, he won a CMA Triple Play Award in 2014 for having three #1 songs in a twelve-month period as well as winning the ASCAP country song of the year for Thomas Rhett's '' It Goes Like This''. His songs " We Were Us", performed by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, won the Musical Event of the Year award at the 2014 CMA Awards, the CMA song of the year in 2020 for "The Bones" by Maren Morris and CMA Musical Event of The Year award for his cowritten and coproduced "Half Of My Hometown" by Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney Robbins has produced songs for artists Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Canaan Smith, Carly Pearce, Gnash, Chrissy Metz, Maddie and Tae, Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, RaeLynn, Sabrina Carpenter, and Trent Harmon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Gorley
Ashley Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 81 number 1 songs and has over 400 songs recorded by artists including Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Bon Jovi, Nate Smith, Thomas Rhett, Jason Derulo, Kelsea Ballerini, Morgan Wallen and Dan + Shay. Biography Gorley was born in Danville, Kentucky, the son of Glenn and Sandra Gorley (''née'' Alexander). Gorley graduated Belmont University in 1999 with a Music Business degree. He has continuously given back to the university through teaching music publishing (from 2006 to 2008), speaking at seminars, and mentoring current students. In 2022, Gorley signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing & Domain Capital Group. Outside of songwriting, Gorley has fought for songwriter rights by meeting with The Library of Congress and promoting the Music Mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
