Brantley Keith Gilbert (born January 20, 1985) is an American

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singer, songwriter and record producer from Jefferson,

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. He was originally signed to Colt Ford's label, Average Joes Entertainment, where he released '' Modern Day Prodigal Son'' and '' Halfway to Heaven''. He is now signed to the Valory division of

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where he has released five studio albums—a deluxe edition of ''Halfway to Heaven'', '' Just as I Am'', '' The Devil Don't Sleep'', '' Fire & Brimstone'', ''So Help Me God'', and 14 country chart entries, four of which have gone to number one. He also co-wrote (with Colt Ford) and originally recorded

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's singles " My Kinda Party" and " Dirt Road Anthem."

Career

2007-2013: ''A Modern Day Prodigal Son'' and ''Halfway to Heaven''

Brantley Gilbert went to

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as a songwriter, where he signed to Warner Chappell Publishing. He continued performing at local venues. In 2009, he released his debut album, '' A Modern Day Prodigal Son'', under independent label Average Joes Entertainment. He followed with '' Halfway to Heaven'' in 2010. In 2011, he signed with Valory Music Co., a division of

, who released a deluxe edition of ''Halfway to Heaven''. The album was produced by

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. Its first two singles, " Country Must Be Country Wide" and " You Don't Know Her Like I Do", both went to number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. After them, " Kick It in the Sticks" peaked at number 34, and " More Than Miles" at number 7 on

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. He won the

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''New Male Artist'' award in 2013.

2014-2017: ''Just as I Am'' and ''The Devil Don't Sleep''

Gilbert's second Valory album (third overall), '' Just as I Am'', was released in May 2014. Its lead single, " Bottoms Up," also reached number one. The second single, "

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," featured guest vocals from labelmates

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. The third single, "

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," became Brantley's fourth number one hit in 2015. The album's fourth single was " Stone Cold Sober," released with the album's platinum edition. Ahead of his fourth album, ''The Devil Don't Sleep'', Gilbert released the single " The Weekend" as the album's leadoff single. Also included on the album is "

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." A deluxe edition of ''The Devil Don't Sleep'' includes ten bonus tracks: five demos, and five tracks cut from a live performance at the

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2018-present: ''Fire & Brimstone'' and ''So Help Me God''

In December 2018, Gilbert released a duet with Lindsay Ell, " What Happens in a Small Town", as the leadoff single to his upcoming fifth studio album, '' Fire & Brimstone''. The album was released in October 2019. "Fire’t Up" was released as the second single off the album. In June 2020, Gilbert released the single " Hard Days." The song was later included on a deluxe edition of ''Fire & Brimstone''. In June 2021, Gilbert released the single "The Worst Country Song of All Time", featuring

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, and followed it up with the promotional single "Gone But Not Forgotten" in September 2021. In March 2022, Gilbert and

released another promotional single "Rolex® on a Redneck". Gilbert released his sixth studio album ''So Help Me God'' on November 10, 2022 and announced "Heaven by Then", featuring Blake Shelton and Vince Gill, as the album's second official single.

Songwriting

In addition to his original work, Gilbert has written songs that Colt Ford and

have recorded. The songs " Dirt Road Anthem" (co-written and originally recorded by him and Colt Ford) and " My Kinda Party" were released on Aldean's 2010 album '' My Kinda Party''. "My Kinda Party" was originally recorded by Gilbert on ''Modern Day Prodigal Son'', while "Dirt Road Anthem" was on ''Halfway to Heaven''. Aldean has also covered Gilbert's "The Best of Me", available on the iTunes release of his 2009 album '' Wide Open''. Gilbert has also co-written the tracks "The Same Way" on Aldean's album '' 9'' and "Small Town Small" on his album '' Macon, Georgia''.

Personal life

It was announced in September 2012 that Brantley Gilbert was dating country music singer and actress

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. They met at the CMT Music Awards in June 2012. They were engaged on January 20, 2013, his 28th birthday. They split in August 2013. In June 2015, Gilbert married Georgia school teacher Amber Cochran in a small ceremony at his home. He admitted that she was the girl who inspired his singles "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" and "More Than Miles", among several others. In 2017, on his "The Devil Don't Sleep" tour, he announced he would be a father in November. In 2017, Gilbert and his wife welcomed their first child, a son. In 2019, they welcomed their second child, a daughter. In 2013, Gilbert embarked on an eight-day USO tour to entertain American service members stationed in Italy and Kuwait. Brantley Gilbert was in a near-fatal truck accident when he was 19. Gilbert is an active Christian, and his song "My Faith In You", from his album ''Just as I Am'', speaks of his faith. In May 2015, Gilbert got a tattoo showing his support of the

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Tours

*2011 **Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown Tour **Taste of Country Christmas Tour (headline) with

*2012 **Eric Church's Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour **Toby Keith's Live in Overdrive Tour **Hell on Wheels Tour (headline) Brian Davis, Greg Bates, and

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*2013 **Tim McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom Tour *2014 **Let It Ride (first leg with

, Eric Paslay, and Brian Davis); (second leg with Brian Davis, Chase Bryant,

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, and

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; Lewis and Farr split dates) *2015 **Kenny Chesney's

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*2016 **The Blackout Tour January – April (headline) with Brian Davis, Michael Ray, and Canaan Smith **Take It Outside Tour June – October (headline) with Colt Ford, and

*2017 **The Devil Don't Sleep Tour February – April (headline) with Tucker Beathard and Luke Combs *2018 **The Ones That Like Me Tour (headline) **Kid Rock's Red Blooded Rock N Roll Redneck Extravaganza Tour (co-headline) *2019 ** Not Like Us Tour (headline)

Discography

Albums

*'' A Modern Day Prodigal Son'' (2009) *'' Halfway to Heaven'' (2010) *'' Just as I Am'' (2014) *'' The Devil Don't Sleep'' (2017) *'' Fire & Brimstone'' (2019) *'' So Help Me God'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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