Jace Everett Beasley (born May 27, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Signed to

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in 2005, he released his debut single "That's the Kind of Love I'm In" in 2005, which peaked at No. 52 on the ''

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charts, and was the first single from his self-titled debut album. He also co-wrote Josh Turner's Number One single " Your Man". His song " Bad Things" is the theme for the

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series ''

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'' and peaked No. 2 in Norway in 2009. In the same year, he released his third album, ''Red Revelations'', under the Weston Boys label that peaked No. 12 in Norway.

Biography

Jace Everett was born in

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in 1972. His father's jobs kept them on the move through

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and then St. Louis, MO before moving to Fort Worth, TX at the age of six. He started playing music in his church and in school concerts. He later moved to

Nashville, TN 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 ...

to attend

Belmont University Belmont University is a Private university, private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporate ...

. In 2005, Everett was signed to

. He released his first single, "That's The Kind of Love I'm In", in June 2005. This song charted at No. 52 on the country charts, and was followed in early 2006 by the release of his self-titled debut album. Also in 2006, Josh Turner charted at Number One on the country charts with the song " Your Man", which Everett co-wrote, and for which Everett received a

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award. The album's other singles — "Bad Things," "Nowhere in the Neighborhood" and "Everything I Want" — did not chart in the United States, although "Bad Things" reached No. 2 in Norway, No. 30 in Sweden and No. 49 in UK in 2009. "Bad Things" is used as the theme song for the

TV series ''

''. Charlaine Harris pays homage to the song by including "Bad Things" playing at Merlotte's in the 2010 Sookie Stackhouse mystery ''

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''. It won a 2009

award in the cable television category and was nominated for a 2009 Scream Award for "Best Scream Song of the Year." His album, entitled ''Red Revelations'', was released in June 2009. His duet Evil (Is Going On), a cover of the song written by Willie Dixon, with CC Adcock is part of the True Blood season 2 soundtrack. A new album, "Mr. Good Times" was released in 2011. His latest album, "Terra Rosa" was released digitally on July 23, 2013.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official website
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