Brett Young
Brett Young (born March 23, 1981 in Anaheim , California ) is an American country singer.
Career
Brett Young grew up in California and learned to play the guitar as a teenager. In high school, he helped with school services and did the musical design when the musical director couldn't be present. Mostly he was a successful baseball player during his school days , on the high school and college teams and was already under observation by the professional teams when an elbow injury ended his sports career.
Then he took Gavin DeGraw as a musical role model and began writing songs. His appearances expanded across California and in 2007 he recorded a first EP . Two more EPs followed in 2011 and 2013. By then he had made a name for himself in his home country, played in the most famous event halls and had opened with performances by musicians such as Colbie Caillat and Katy Perry .
Since his musical development was mainly towards country and country pop, he decided to go to Nashville in the mid-2010s . Another self-produced EP brought him a record deal with the Big Machine label and in February 2016 he released his first real EP there. It hit the official US charts straight away . The song Sleep Without You was particularly successful and made it into the top 50 of the single charts and number 3 on the country charts. The single was awarded gold . It took another year before his debut album Brett Young was finished and released. He reached number 18 in the album charts and number 2 among the country albums. The song In Case You Didn't Know became another chart hit and a top 10 hit in the country charts. It went platinum (equivalent to 1 million units sold).
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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US | Country | |||
2017 | Brett Young |
US18th
platinum
(132 weeks)US |
Country2 (... weeks) Country |
First published: February 10, 2017
|
2018 | Ticket to LA |
US15 (15 weeks) US |
Country1 (... week) Country |
First published: December 7, 2018
|
More albums
- 2012: Brett Young
- 2013: On Fire
- 2013: Broken Down
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2016 | Brett Young EP |
US189 (3 weeks) US |
Country30 (19 weeks) Country |
First published: February 12, 2016
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More EPs
- 2007: Brett Young
- 2011: Make Believe
- 2011: Acoustic
- 2012: Supposed to Be
- 2015: Country in California
- 2019: The Acoustic Sessions
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2016 | Sleep Without You Brett Young |
US47
platinum
(18 weeks)US |
Country3 (33 weeks) Country |
First published: April 11, 2016
|
2017 | In Case You Didn't Know Brett Young |
US19th × 5
(28 weeks)US |
Country2 (52 weeks) Country |
First published: January 9, 2017
|
Like I Loved You Brett Young |
US46
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country3 (27 weeks) Country |
First published: July 17, 2017
|
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2018 | Mercy Brett Young |
US29 × 3
(20 weeks)US |
Country2 (34 weeks) Country |
First published: February 20, 2018
|
Here Tonight Ticket to LA |
US42
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country2 (33 weeks) Country |
First published: September 24, 2018
|
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2019 | Catch Ticket to LA |
US29
gold
(17 weeks)US |
Country5 (42 weeks) Country |
First published: June 3, 2019
|
2020 | lady |
- |
Country22 (... weeks) Country |
First published: May 1, 2020
|
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: | ||||
2018 | Don't Wanna Write This Song Ticket to LA |
- |
Country32 (1 week) Country |
Chart entry: December 22, 2018
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More singles
- 2013: Let It All In
- 2020: I Do (with Astrid S )
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Canada (MC) | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × gold2 | 14 × platinum14th | 15,000,000 | riaa.com |
All in all | 3 × gold3 | 16 × platinum16 |
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Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Brett Young at Allmusic (English)
- Author participations at austriancharts.at
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Young, Brett |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Anaheim , California , United States |