Clint Black
Clinton Patrick "Clint" Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long Branch , New Jersey , USA ) is an American country singer. Between 1989 and 1999 he reached the top of the Billboard Country Songs with 13 tracks .
Beginnings
Clint grew up in Texas as the youngest of four brothers. At 15 he learned to play the guitar and soon after played bass guitar in his brother Kevin's band. In 1987 he met the guitarist and songwriter Hayden Nicholas . They began to write songs together and a year later they were able to attract Bill Ham , the manager of ZZ Top . Bill Ham brokered a contract with RCA for Clint Black that same year .
Career
Black's first single, A Better Man , hit number 1 on the country charts in 1989. His CD Killin 'Time , which was released shortly thereafter, sold more than three million copies and achieved triple platinum status . In addition, three other number 1 singles were released. Black received numerous awards for Best Album , Best Single , Best Male Vocalist , Artist of the Year , Songwriter of the Year , etc.
The success was repeated a year later with the CD Put Yourself in My Shoes . Once again, more than three million records were sold (triple platinum), and again there were several single releases that reached top positions. The songwriting duo Clint Black / Hayden Nicholas hit the top after just two years. The third CD, The Hard Way , was released in 1992 and reached number 2 on the country charts, as was the follow-up album No Time to Kill from 1993
In the following years, Black studio albums appeared again and again, all of which were able to place in the top 10 of the country charts, most recently in 1999 the album D'lectrified . After a five-year break, the album Spend My Time was released in 2004 by Black's newly founded label “Equity Music Group” , which again reached number 3 on the country charts. In 2005 the album Drinkin 'Songs & Other Logic was released , which could not build on the previous successes.
Private life
Black married the singer and actress Lisa Hartman in 1991 and their daughter was born in 2001. Hartman and Black stood together in 1998 for the television film Cadillac Jack: A cowboy never gives up in front of the camera and also appeared as a duet partner.
Discography
Albums
year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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US | Country | |||
1989 | Killin 'Time RCA |
US31 × 3
(143 weeks)US |
Country1 (195 weeks) Country |
|
1990 | Put Yourself In My Shoes RCA |
US18th × 3
(80 weeks)US |
Country1 (111 weeks) Country |
|
1992 | The Hard Way RCA |
US8th
platinum
(41 weeks)US |
Country2 (55 weeks) Country |
|
1993 | No Time To Kill RCA |
US14th
platinum
(52 weeks)US |
Country2 (75 weeks) Country |
|
1994 | One Emotion RCA |
US37
platinum
(33 weeks)US |
Country8 (62 weeks) Country |
|
1995 | Looking For Christmas RCA |
US138 (7 weeks) US |
Country25 (10 weeks) Country |
|
1997 | Nothin 'But The Taillights RCA |
US43
platinum
(43 weeks)US |
Country4 (81 weeks) Country |
|
1999 | D'lectrified RCA |
US75
gold
(23 weeks)US |
Country7 (72 weeks) Country |
|
2004 | Spend My Time Equity |
US27 (7 weeks) US |
Country3 (16 weeks) Country |
|
Christmas With You |
- |
Country46 (3 weeks) Country |
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2005 | Drinkin 'Songs and Other Logic RCA |
- |
Country36 (3 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | The Love Songs |
- |
Country37 (4 weeks) Country |
|
2015 | One purpose |
- |
Country13 (3 weeks) Country |
More albums
- 2019: Still Killin 'Time
Compilations
year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1996 | Greatest Hits RCA |
US12 (40 weeks) US |
Country2 (104 weeks) Country |
|
2001 | Greatest Hits II RCA |
US97 × 2
(7 weeks)US |
Country8 (51 weeks) Country |
|
2003 | Super hits 2 |
- |
Country53 (11 weeks) Country |
|
Ultimate Clint Black |
- |
Country39 (17 weeks) Country |
||
2007 | 16 Biggest Hits |
- |
Country72 (2 weeks) Country |
|
2013 | When I Said I Do |
US162 (3 weeks) US |
Country30 (14 weeks) Country |
More compilations
- 1998: great hits
- 2018: The Clint Black Christmas Collection
EPs
- 2008: The Long Cool EP
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1989 | Better Man Killin 'Time |
- |
Country1 (24 weeks) Country |
|
Killin 'Time Killin' Time |
- |
Country1 (21 weeks) Country |
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1990 | Nobody's Home Killin 'Time |
- |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
|
Walking Away Killin 'Time |
- |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
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Nothing's News Killin 'Time |
- |
Country3 (21 weeks) Country |
||
Put Yourself In My Shoes Put Yourself In My Shoes |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
||
Til 'Santa's Gone (I Just Can't Wait) Home for the Holidays |
- |
Country34 (16 weeks) Country |
||
1991 | Loving Blind Put Yourself In My Shoes |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Where Are You Now Put Yourself In My Shoes |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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One More Payment Put Yourself In My Shoes |
- |
Country7 (20 weeks) Country |
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1992 | We Tell Ourselves The Hard Way |
- |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Burn One Down The Hard Way |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
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1993 | When My Ship Comes In The Hard Way |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
A Bad Goodbye No Time to Kill |
US43 (11 weeks) US |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
with Wynonna
|
|
No Time to Kill No Time to Kill |
- |
Country3 (20 weeks) Country |
||
State Of Mind No Time to Kill |
- |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
||
Tuckered out |
- |
Country74 (1 week) Country |
B-side of State of Mind
|
|
1994 | A Good Run Of Bad Luck No Time to Kill |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Half The Man No Time to Kill |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
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Untanglin 'My Mind One Emotion |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
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1995 | Wherever You Go One Emotion |
- |
Country3 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Summer's Comin ' One Emotion |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
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One Emotion One Emotion |
- |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
||
Life Gets Away One Emotion |
- |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
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The Kid Looking for Christmas |
- |
Country67 (3 weeks) Country |
||
1996 | Like The Rain Greatest Hits |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Half Way Up Greatest Hits |
- |
Country6 (20 weeks) Country |
||
1997 | Something That We Do Nothin 'But The Taillights |
US76 (9 weeks) US |
Country2 (21 weeks) Country |
|
Still Holding On Nothin 'But The Taillights |
- |
Country11 (20 weeks) Country |
with Martina McBride
|
|
1998 | Nothin 'But The Taillights Nothin' But The Taillights |
- |
Country1 (29 weeks) Country |
|
The Shoes You're Wearing Nothin 'But The Taillights |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
||
Loosen Up My Strings Nothin 'But The Taillights |
- |
Country12 (20 weeks) Country |
||
1999 | You Don't Need Me Now Nothin 'But The Taillights |
- |
Country29 (15 weeks) Country |
|
When I Said I Do D'lectrified |
US31 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (27 weeks) Country |
||
2000 | Been There D'lectrified |
US44 (20 weeks) US |
Country5 (22 weeks) Country |
with Steve Wariner
|
Love She Can't Live Without D'lectrified |
- |
Country30 (20 weeks) Country |
||
2001 | Easy For Me To Say Greatest Hits II |
- |
Country27 (20 weeks) Country |
with Lisa Hartman Black
|
2002 | Money Or Love Greatest Hits II |
- |
Country50 (6 weeks) Country |
|
2003 | Iraq and Roll |
- |
Country42 (7 weeks) Country |
|
2004 | Hey good lookin ' |
US63 (11 weeks) US |
Country8 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Spend My Time Spend My Time |
- |
Country16 (4 weeks) Country |
||
The Boogie Man Spend My Time |
- |
Country51 (9 weeks) Country |
||
My Imagination Spend My Time |
- |
Country42 (8 weeks) Country |
||
Christmas With You Christmas with You |
- |
Country54 (1 week) Country |
||
2005 | Rainbow In The Rain Drinkin 'Songs and Other Logic |
- |
Country44 (11 weeks) Country |
|
2006 | Drinkin 'Songs & Other Logic Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic |
- |
Country54 (7 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | The Strong One The Long Cool EP |
- |
Country37 (30 weeks) Country |
|
2008 | Long Cool Woman The Long Cool EP |
- |
Country58 (2 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: | ||||
1992 | This Nightlife The Hard Way |
- |
Country61 (8 weeks) Country |
|
1993 | Desperado Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles |
- |
Country54 (20 weeks) Country |
More singles
- 2005: Code of the West
- 2006: Heartaches
- 2015: Time for That
- 2016: You Still Get to Me (with Lisa Hartman Black)
- 2016: Still Calling It News
- 2019: This Old House (with Trace Adkins , Dierks Bentley , Sara Evans , Cody Jinks, Michael Ray, Darius Rucker , Travis Tritt & Steve Wariner )
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1991 | Hold On Partner Tribute |
- |
Country42 (10 weeks) Country |
with Roy Rogers
|
1992 | Hotel Whiskey Maverick |
- |
Country54 (11 weeks) Country |
with Hank Williams, Jr.
|
1998 | Same Old Train Tribute to Tradition |
- |
Country59 (5 weeks) Country |
with various artists
|
Video albums
- 1990: Put Yourself In My Shoes (US:gold)
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) | 3 × gold3 | 4 × platinum4th | 550,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × gold2 | 12 × platinum12 | 12,550,000 | riaa.com |
All in all | 5 × gold5 | 16 × platinum16 |
The most important awards
year | Org. | Award | title |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | ACM | Album Of The Year | Killin 'time |
ACM | Single Of The Year | A better man | |
ACM | Top male vocalist | ||
ACM | Top New Male Vocalist | ||
CMA | Horizon Award | ||
1990 | CMA | Male Vocalist Of The Year | |
TNN | Album Of The Year | Killin 'time | |
TNN | Star of Tomorrow | ||
1999 | ACM | Vocal Event Of The Year | When I Said I Do |
literature
- Erlewine, Michael et al. (Ed.): All Music Guide to Country Music. The experts guide to the best recordings in country music . San Francisco, Cal .: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, pp. 38f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits . 7th revised and expanded edition, New York City, New York: Billboard Books, 2005, pp. 45–47
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: US
- ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Black, Clint |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Black, Clinton Patrick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Long Branch , New Jersey , USA |