Corey Kent White (born June 21, 1994) is an American

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singer known for his platinum single "Wild as Her" and his follow up single "Something's Gonna Kill Me".

Biography

Corey Kent White was born in

Bixby, Oklahoma Bixby is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is a suburb of Tulsa. The population was 28,609 at the 2020 census and 20,884 in the 2010 census, an increase of 13.70 percent In 2010, Bixby became the 19th larg ...

. Kent grew up listening to

, taking influence from artists such as fellow Oklahoma native

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. Learning the road life early, Kent was just 11 when he joined a touring Western Swing group, traveling the country at the front of a “working class” band brothers for five years before they finally dissolved. Still in high school and unsure of what came next, he nearly quit entirely – but after a chance encounter of being pulled out of the audience and joining Willie Nelson on stage, he was inspired to start writing songs, a new path emerged. At age 17, he moved to Tennessee, hit the pavement and scored a publishing deal. And then the bottom dropped out. He lost his publishing deal, decided to move back to Texas and then epidemic happened As the world started opening up, Corey began touring in Texas and Oklahoma playing in night clubs and opening for bands like Randy Rogers,

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, Kolby Cooper and

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. Corey then emerged on to the ''Billboard'' charts in 2022 with " Wild as Her". Due to popularity on streaming services, the song charted in late 2022. The song is a follow-up to Kent's second studio album, ''21''. Because of this song's initial charting success, ''Billboard'' reported that many Nashville labels were in a

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to sign Kent. RCA Records Nashville signed Kent in August 2022 and began promoting "Wild as Her" to country radio. "Wild as Her" amassed over 300 million streams in its first year, reache
platinum
status in March 2023 and reached th
top spot at Country Radio
in May of the same year. Kent's major label debut and third studio album, ''Blacktop'', was released on June 2, 2023 via RCA Nashville. "Something's Gonna Kill Me" was released on July 10, 2023 as the second single.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Notes

References

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