Eric Ethridge is a Canadian

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singer and songwriter. He has released two albums ''

Good with Me ''Good with Me'' is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer Eric Ethridge. It was released on October 30, 2020 through Anthem Entertainment Anthem Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The c ...

'' (2020) and ''Family First'' (2024), and has two gold-certified singles in Canada with "

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" and " If You Met Me First".

Early life

Eric Ethridge was raised in

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and played

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as a

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at the

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. Prior to pursuing a full-time career in music, Ethridge attended a chiropractic school in

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and worked as a chiropractor in Sarnia.

Career

Early career and self-titled EP

In 2016, he won the

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's Discovery Award. In July 2018, he released his self-titled debut EP ''Eric Ethridge''. The single "Liquor's Callin' the Shots" reached the top 30 of Canadian country radio. In August 2018, he won the Grand Prize in the 2018 Unsigned Only Music Competition for his song "Girl On Fire". In November 2018, Ethridge signed a worldwide recording and publishing deal with ole, who placed him on their label, Red Dot. Further singles from the EP included "Makin' Me Crazy", "

", and " If You Met Me First", the latter two of which were certified Gold by

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2020-present: ''Good with Me''

In February 2020, Ethridge released his debut US single " Dream Girl", co-written by

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. The track was then included on his April 2020 extended play ''Forever With You''. In August 2020, Ethridge released the single "Kiss Me Goodbye" On October 30, 2020, Ethridge released his debut full-length album ''

'' on

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(rebranded from Red Dot), which includes the singles " Dream Girl", "Kiss Me Goodbye", and "Sad Songs". In 2022, Ethridge signed a management deal with Workshop Music Group and independently released the single "Made in Mexico".

Personal life

Ethridge married fellow Canadian country singer-songwriter Kalsey Kulyk in December 2019. During the

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, the couple moved from

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into a van and performed under the "Love on the Road" banner throughout Canada. In August 2021, Kulyk gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Wilder, in

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Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ethridge, Eric Living people Canadian country singer-songwriters Musicians from Sarnia Singers from Ontario 21st-century Canadian male singers Anthem Records artists Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian male singer-songwriters Western Mustangs football players 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters