Dustin Charles Lynch (born May 14, 1985) is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
singer and songwriter, signed to
Broken Bow Records
BBR Music Group (formerly Broken Bow Records) is an American record label based in Nashville. Founded in July 1999 by Benny Brown, the label specializes in country music. The label's executive vice president is Jon Loba.
Craig Morgan had the f ...
. Lynch has released six albums and one EP for the label: a
self-titled
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album in 2012, ''
Where It's At'' in 2014, ''
Current Mood
''Current Mood'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Dustin Lynch. It was released on September 8, 2017, via Broken Bow Records. The album includes the singles " Seein' Red", " Small Town Boy", and "I'd Be Jealous Too". The ...
'' in 2017, ''
Tullahoma'' in 2020, ''
Blue in the Sky'' in 2022 and ''
Killed the Cowboy'' in 2023. He has also released seventeen singles, of which nine have reached number one on
Country Airplay
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since October 20, 2012, although the magazine also retrospectively recognizes the Hot Country Songs charts from January 20, 1990, through October 13, 2012, ...
.
Early life and education
Dustin Charles Lynch was born in
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in southern Middle Tennessee, United States. The population was 20,339 at the 2020 census. In 2019, the population was estimated to be 19,555. It is the principal city of the Tullahoma microp ...
, on May 14, 1985.
In 2003, Lynch graduated from
Tullahoma High School
Tullahoma High School is a public high school located in Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, Coffee County, Tennessee. It is operated by the Tullahoma City Schools.
Campus
The current high school in Tullahoma was established on the North Jack ...
. In 2007, Lynch graduated from
Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a Private university, private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee, Green Hills neighborho ...
in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
with a
B.S. degree in biology while also playing on the school's Men's Golf Team. He said he chose Lipscomb because it is located near the
Bluebird Café
The Bluebird Café is a 90-seat cafe and music venue in Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee. The cafe features acoustic music performances and receives over 70,000 visitors annually.
History
Amy Kurland, a former waitress, opened the Bluebird Caf ...
where he would play and learn the craft of songwriting while attending college.
Although Lynch said he was interested in going to medical school, he decided to pursue a career in music.
Music career
Lynch said he started playing guitar when he was around 8 or 9 but soon abandoned it, and then picked it up again at 15. When he was 16, he performed at the
Bluebird Café
The Bluebird Café is a 90-seat cafe and music venue in Green Hills, Nashville, Tennessee. The cafe features acoustic music performances and receives over 70,000 visitors annually.
History
Amy Kurland, a former waitress, opened the Bluebird Caf ...
in Nashville on an open mic night and was well received by the audience, so he decided to start a band.
2011–2013: ''Dustin Lynch''

Lynch was first signed to
Valory Music Group and left to join
Broken Bow Records
BBR Music Group (formerly Broken Bow Records) is an American record label based in Nashville. Founded in July 1999 by Benny Brown, the label specializes in country music. The label's executive vice president is Jon Loba.
Craig Morgan had the f ...
in late 2011, following the same move by one of its executives.
He released his debut single, "
Cowboys and Angels" in January 2012. Lynch wrote the song with
Josh Leo
Josh Leo (born 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer active in Nashville, Tennessee.
Leo was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1976, he moved to Chicago, Illinois ...
and
Tim Nichols
Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, ...
. That same month, ''
Country Weekly
''Country Weekly'' (known as ''Nash Country Weekly'' from 2015–16) was an American magazine about country music. It was in circulation between April 1994 and May 2016. The publisher, Cumulus Media, now maintains the site Nash Country Daily.
O ...
'' began streaming his songs on its website.
The self-titled debut album, ''
Dustin Lynch
Dustin Charles Lynch (born May 14, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Broken Bow Records. Lynch has released six albums and one EP for the label: a Dustin Lynch (album), self-titled album in 2012, ''Where It's At ...
'', was released in August 2012 and reached number one on the Top Country Albums chart. The album's second single, "
She Cranks My Tractor", became his second top 20 hit in early 2013. It was followed by "
Wild in Your Smile", which made the top 30.
Lynch co-wrote the song "
Somebody Somewhere" by
Dallas Smith
Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the curr ...
, as well as
James Wesley
James Wesley Prosser (born March 9, 1970) is an American country music singer. In 1999, Prosser released the album ''Life Goes On'' through Warner Bros. Records. Ten years later, he signed to Broken Bow Records under the name James Wesley. Wesley ...
's 2013 single "Thank a Farmer".
2014–2015: ''Where It's At''

In early 2014, Lynch released his fourth single and the lead single from his second album, "
Where It's At". It became his first number one single on the
Country Airplay
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since October 20, 2012, although the magazine also retrospectively recognizes the Hot Country Songs charts from January 20, 1990, through October 13, 2012, ...
chart in September 2014, and
the album of the same name was released on September 9, 2014. "
Hell of a Night", and "
Mind Reader" were released to country radio as the album's second and third singles, both of which also reached number one on the Country Airplay charts.
2016–2021: ''Current Mood'' and ''Tullahoma''
"
Seein' Red" was released on July 11, 2016, as the lead single from Lynch's third studio album ''
Current Mood
''Current Mood'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Dustin Lynch. It was released on September 8, 2017, via Broken Bow Records. The album includes the singles " Seein' Red", " Small Town Boy", and "I'd Be Jealous Too". The ...
''.
It hit number one on the Country Airplay chart for the week dated February 25, 2017. "
Small Town Boy" was released on March 20, 2017, as the second single. Following the album's release on September 8, 2017, "I'd Be Jealous Too" was released on October 23, 2017, as the album's third single. It peaked at number 34 on the Country Airplay chart, becoming his lowest charting single of his career. It became his first single to miss the top 10 and to miss number one since "
Wild in Your Smile" in 2014.
In November 2017, Lynch made an appearance at the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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, performing his hit single "Small Town Boy". On September 18, 2018, he was inducted into the
Grand Ole Opry
The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a regular live country music, country-music Radio broadcasting, radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM (AM), WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the ...
. He co-wrote
Brett Kissel
Brett Kissel (born May 27, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer. He has achieved four number-one hits on the Canadian country chart with "Airwaves (Brett Kissel song), Airwaves", "Drink About Me", "A Few Good Stories", and "Make a L ...
's 2018 hit "Guitars and Gasoline".
In May 2018, Lynch released the single "
Good Girl". An
EP entitled ''
Ridin' Roads'' was released on March 8, 2019. Its title track was released to country radio, and reached number one on the Country Airplay in 2020. It would also become the second single from his fourth studio album, ''
Tullahoma'', which was released on January 17, 2020. The album's third single "
Momma's House" was released to country radio on February 3, 2020.
"Red Dirt, Blue Eyes" was released to country radio in
Australia
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as the third single on March 30, 2020.
A re-recorded version of "
Thinking 'Bout You" featuring
MacKenzie Porter
MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released two albums (''MacKenzie Porter'' and '' Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart'') and achieved four Canada Country number ones with " ...
was released to country radio in May 2021.
2021–present: ''Blue in the Sky'' and ''Killed the Cowboy''
Ahead of his fifth studio album, Lynch released the promotional single "Tequila on a Boat" featuring
Chris Lane
Christopher Eric Lane (born November 9, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one album as frontman of the Chris Lane Band, a second album, ''Girl Problems'', and a third album, ''Laps Around the Sun (Chris Lane ...
, on May 14, 2021. The album, ''
Blue in the Sky'', was released on February 11, 2022, and features the single "
Party Mode
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Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the ...
".
On September 8, 2023, Lynch released the song "Killed the Cowboy" as the lead single off his
sixth album of the same name; it was released on September 29, 2023. In 2024, Lynch featured on the single "
Broken Heart Thing" by his labelmate
Madeline Merlo
Madeline Rae Merlo (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. She signed to Open Road Recordings in 2013 and released her debut album, ''Free Soul'', three years later. In 2015, Merlo received the "Rising Star" award fro ...
.
Discography
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Dustin Lynch
Dustin Charles Lynch (born May 14, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Broken Bow Records. Lynch has released six albums and one EP for the label: a Dustin Lynch (album), self-titled album in 2012, ''Where It's At ...
'' (2012)
* ''
Where It's At'' (2014)
* ''
Current Mood
''Current Mood'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Dustin Lynch. It was released on September 8, 2017, via Broken Bow Records. The album includes the singles " Seein' Red", " Small Town Boy", and "I'd Be Jealous Too". The ...
'' (2017)
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Tullahoma'' (2020)
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Blue in the Sky'' (2022)
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Killed the Cowboy'' (2023)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1985 births
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
BBR Music Group artists
Living people
Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
Singers from Nashville, Tennessee
Grand Ole Opry members
21st-century American singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Tennessee
21st-century American male singers