Brantley Gilbert

Brantley Keith Gilbert (born January 20, 1985 in Jefferson , Georgia ) is an American country pop singer.

biography

Brantley Gilbert grew up listening to southern country and rock music. At the age of 19, he was in a serious car accident when he drove off the road in a drunk truck. The event and its processing formed the beginning of his music career. First he appeared as a solo musician with songs he had written himself and then founded his own band.

Eventually he went to Nashville, where he signed a songwriting contract with Warner Chappell Publishing . He wrote for Jason Aldean and Colt Ford , among others . He released his first album, A Modern Day Prodigal Son , on Colt Ford's independent label Average Joe’s in 2009 , but had only modest success. When his second album Halfway to Heaven threatened to flop, he went to Valory Music . With the improved support, the song Country Must Be Country Wide made it to number one on the country charts. With You Don't Know Her Like I Do he was able to take the top position for a second time and both songs also made it into the top 50 of the official single charts . The album rose to number two on the country charts and stayed on the charts for over three years. It came in fourth on the official sales charts and was awarded platinum for over one million copies sold . The two singles were also million sellers. He was named New Male Vocalist of the Year at the ACM Awards .

Brantley Gilbert's third album, Just as I Am , was released in 2014 and immediately hit number one on the country charts. It was produced by Dann Huff . With Bottoms Up it produced another country number one and million seller, which made it to number 20 on the official charts.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
2009	A Modern Day Prodigal Son	US38 (3 weeks) US	Country58 (35 weeks) Country
2010	Halfway to Heaven	US4th platinum (135 weeks)US	Country2 (171 weeks) Country
2014	Just as I Am	US2 platinum (101 weeks)US	Country1 (114 weeks) Country
2017	The Devil Don't Sleep	US2 gold (25 weeks)US	Country1 (60 weeks) Country
2019	Fire & Brimstone	US9 (8 weeks) US	Country1 (19 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	Country	Remarks
2011	Country Must Be Country Wide Halfway to Heaven	US50 platinum (21 weeks)US	Country1 (37 weeks) Country
2011	You Don't Know Her Like I Do Halfway to Heaven	US49 platinum (24 weeks)US	Country1 (34 weeks) Country
2012	Kick It in the Sticks Halfway to Heaven	US- platinum US	Country29 (19 weeks) Country
2012	More Than Miles Halfway to Heaven	US73 gold (19 weeks)US	Country21 (29 weeks) Country
2013	Bottoms Up Just as I Am	US20th × 5 Quintuple platinum (25 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
2014	Small Town Throwdown Just as I Am	US67 gold (11 weeks)US	Country13 (17 weeks) Country	feat. Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett
2014	One Hell of an Amen Just as I Am	US44 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country5 (31 weeks) Country
2015	Stone Cold Sober Just as I Am	US- gold US	Country23 (23 weeks) Country
2016	The Weekend The Devil Don't Sleep	US64 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country9 (38 weeks) Country
2017	The Ones That Like Me The Devil Don't Sleep	-	Country22 (30 weeks) Country
2019	What Happens in a Small Town Fire & Brimstone	US53 gold (14 weeks)US	Country7 (47 weeks) Country	with Lindsay Ell
2019	Blue on Black	US66 (1 week) US	-	with Five Finger Death Punch , Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Brian May
2020	Hard days	US95 (1 week) US	Country27 (1 week) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2014	My Baby's Guns 'n' Roses Just as I Am	US87 (1 week) US	Country18 (2 weeks) Country
	17 Again Just as I Am	US90 (1 week) US	Country19 (1 week) Country
	If You Want a Bad Boy Just as I Am	-	Country47 (1 week) Country
2015	Read Me My Rights Just as I Am	-	Country46 (1 week) Country
2017	Outlaw in Me The Devil Don't Sleep	-	Country45 (1 week) Country
	Tried to Tell Ya The Devil Don't Sleep	-	Country47 (1 week) Country
	You Could Be That Girl The Devil Don't Sleep	-	Country50 (1 week) Country
2019	Not Like Us Fire & Brimstone	-	Country48 (1 week) Country
2019	Man That Hung the Moon Fire & Brimstone	-	Country44 (1 week) Country

More songs

My Kind of Crazy (2010; US:gold)
Them Boys (2011)

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↑ Near-Fatal Truck Crash Leads Brantley Gilbert To Music , Frank Seres, K-Law 101, October 12, 2011
↑ ACM Awards Database , search: Winner Name = "Brantley Gilbert"
↑ ^a ^b Brantley Gilbert in the US charts (Billboard)
↑ ^a ^b Brantley Gilbert in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)

Web links

Official Homepage (English)
Brantley Gilbert at Allmusic (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Gilbert, Brantley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gilbert, Brantley Keith (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American country pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th January 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jefferson , Georgia

[klaw-1] Near-Fatal Truck Crash Leads Brantley Gilbert To Music , Frank Seres, K-Law 101, October 12, 2011

[ACM-2] ACM Awards Database , search: Winner Name = "Brantley Gilbert"

[billboard-3] Brantley Gilbert in the US charts (Billboard)

[ausz-4] Brantley Gilbert in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA)