Chris Cagle

Chris Cagle (2010)

Chris Cagle (born November 10, 1968 in DeRidder , Louisiana ) is an American country singer . His biggest hit was the number one single I Breathe In, I Breathe Out . In 2015 he ended his career.

Career

The son of an Exxon executive lived in DeRidder, Louisiana until the age of four and then moved with his family to the suburbs of Houston , Texas. Cagle began to take guitar lessons at the age of six, but gave them up after a while because his hands were too small for the classical concert guitar. He began playing the piano during high school and soon picked up the guitar again.

Cagle enrolled at the University of Texas at Arlington , but began to spend more and more time performing nightly in clubs until he quit his studies at 19 to devote himself entirely to music. In 1994 he moved to Nashville , Tennessee, and worked on his songwriting there, with the help of songwriter Harlan Howard, who eventually released Cagle's first song.

A few years later, Cagle met the producer Donna Duarte, whom he invited to attend the recording of some demo tapes. Duarte then presented Cagle's songs to her employer Scott Hendricks, the president of Virgin Records Nashville, who signed Cagle.

When Virgin Records closed its country division, Cagle moved to Capitol Records in Nashville, where he released his first album Play it Loud in 2001 . This was followed by his first No. 1 hit in the country charts with the song I Breathe In, I Breathe Out and other albums in 2003 and 2005.

Cagle's fourth studio album, My Life's Been a Country Song , was released in February 2008. In 2012, his last album, Back in the Saddle, followed .

In May 2008, Cagle was arrested in Nashville for assaulting his girlfriend. He was arrested again in December 2013. This time he was accused of driving a car while drunk.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
2000	Play It Loud	US164 gold (24 weeks)US	Country19 (99 weeks) Country
2003	Chris Cagle	US15th gold (36 weeks)US	Country1 (75 weeks) Country
2005	Anywhere but Here	US24 (20 weeks) US	Country4 (48 weeks) Country
2008	My Life's Been a Country Song	US8 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country
2012	Back in the saddle	US27 (6 weeks) US	Country6 (53 weeks) Country

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	US	Country	Remarks
2010	The Best of Chris Cagle	-	Country34 (29 weeks) Country
2012	10 great songs	-	Country68 (1 week) Country
2013	Icon	-	Country48 (3 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
2000	My Love Goes On and On Play It Loud	US76 (11 weeks) US	Country15 (23 weeks) Country
2001	Laredo Play It Loud	US60 (12 weeks) US	Country8 (31 weeks) Country
2001	I Breathe In, I Breathe Out, Play It Loud	US35 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (36 weeks) Country
2002	Country by the Grace of God Play It Loud	-	Country33 (20 weeks) Country
2002	What a Beautiful Day Chris Cagle	US41 (20 weeks) US	Country4 (32 weeks) Country
2003	Chicks Dig It Chris Cagle	US53 (15 weeks) US	Country5 (30 weeks) Country
2004	I'd Be Lying Chris Cagle	-	Country39 (13 weeks) Country
2005	Miss Me Baby Anywhere but Here	US67 (14 weeks) US	Country12 (31 weeks) Country
2006	Wal-Mart Parking Lot Anywhere but Here	-	Country42 (9 weeks) Country
2006	Anywhere but Here Anywhere but Here	-	Country52 (9 weeks) Country
2007	What Kinda Gone My Life's Been a Country Song	US54 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (40 weeks) Country
2008	No Love Songs My Life's Been a Country Song	-	Country53 (3 weeks) Country
2011	Got My Country On Back in the Saddle	US86 (9 weeks) US	Country12 (38 weeks) Country
2012	Let There Be Cowgirls Back in the Saddle	US96 (3 weeks) US	Country26 (31 weeks) Country