Chris Young (country singer)
Chris Young (born June 12, 1985 in Murfreesboro , Tennessee ; real name Christopher Alan Young ) is an American country singer .
Career
Young's grandfather Richard Yates had already appeared in the country music show Louisiana Hayride and Chris Young followed in his footsteps. Even while he was still in school, he also appeared in clubs around Nashville and released albums he had produced himself . He studied at college in Nashville and his hometown Murfreesboro and still completed up to 150 gigs on the side.
In 2006, he finally took part in the talent show Nashville Star and won the competition, which earned him a recording deal. In the same year his self-named debut album was released, which immediately made it to number 3 on the country charts. It was three years before his next album The Man I Want to Be . It was just as successful as its predecessor. It contained the song Gettin 'You Home , with which he had his first number one hit on the country song charts and a Top 40 hit on the official charts.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2006 | Chris Young |
US22 (6 weeks) US |
Country3 (27 weeks) Country |
First published: October 3, 2006
|
2009 | The Man I Want to Be |
US19th
platinum
(53 weeks)US |
Country6 (78 weeks) Country |
First published: September 1, 2009
|
2011 | neon |
US4th
platinum
(52 weeks)US |
Country2 (95 weeks) Country |
First published: July 12, 2011
|
2013 | AT THE |
US3
gold
(30 weeks)US |
Country2 (83 weeks) Country |
First published: September 17, 2013
|
2015 | I'm comin 'over |
US5
platinum
(27 weeks)US |
Country1 (77 weeks) Country |
First published: November 13, 2015
|
2016 | It must be Christmas |
US48 (3 weeks) US |
Country4 (11 weeks) Country |
First published: October 14, 2016
|
2017 | Losing sleep |
US5 (5 weeks) US |
Country1 (37 weeks) Country |
First published: October 20, 2017
|
EPs
- 2010: Voices (First released May 25, 2010)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2006 | Drinkin 'Me Lonely Chris Young |
- |
Country42 (17 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | You're Gonna Love Me Chris Young |
- |
Country48 (12 weeks) Country |
|
2008 | Voices The Man I Want to Be |
US53
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (53 weeks) Country |
|
2009 | Gettin 'You Home (The Black Dress Song) The Man I Want to Be |
US33
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (38 weeks) Country |
|
The Man I Want to Be The Man I Want to Be |
US48
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (31 weeks) Country |
||
2011 | Tomorrow neon |
US36 × 2
(21 weeks)US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
|
You neon |
US34
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (31 weeks) Country |
||
2012 | Neon neon |
US92
gold
(4 weeks)US |
Country23 (23 weeks) Country |
|
I can take it from there neon |
US63
gold
(12 weeks)US |
Country16 (24 weeks) Country |
||
2013 | Aw Naw A. M. |
US45
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country4 (26 weeks) Country |
|
2014 | Who I Am with You A. M. |
US48
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country8 (26 weeks) Country |
|
Lonely Eyes A. M. |
US50
platinum
(18 weeks)US |
Country4 (27 weeks) Country |
||
2015 | I'm comin 'over, I'm comin' over |
US33 × 2
(23 weeks)US |
Country8 (36 weeks) Country |
|
2016 | Think of You I'm Comin 'Over |
US53
platinum
(32 weeks)US |
Country14 (26 weeks) Country |
feat. Cassadee Pope
|
Sober Saturday Night I'm Comin 'Over |
US47
gold
(11 weeks)US |
Country4 (39 weeks) Country |
feat. Vince Gill
|
|
2017 | Losing Sleep Losing Sleep |
US60
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country17 (38 weeks) Country |
|
2018 | Hangin 'on Losing Sleep |
US63
gold
(13 weeks)US |
Country8 (40 weeks) Country |
|
2019 | Raised on Country |
US54
gold
(13 weeks)US |
Country10 (28 weeks) 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: | ||||
2017 | Setting the Night on Fire Kane Brown |
- |
Country45 (1 week) Country |
with Kane Brown
|
Where I Go When I Drink Losing Sleep |
- |
Country45 (1 week) Country |
||
2019 | Drowning |
US-
gold
US
|
Country18 (27 weeks) Country |
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Web links
- official website (English)
- Chris Young at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Young, Chris |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Young, Christopher Alan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Murfreesboro , Tennessee , USA |