Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley (2010)

Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American country musician. By March 2018, he had eleven number one songs and six number one albums on the country charts.

Life

Dierks Bentley, who grew up in Phoenix, started out as a rock musician, then switched to country music. After finishing school, he began college in Nashville , the center of the genre.

The entry into the local music scene was initially disappointing. It was only when he came into contact with bluegrass at the Station Inn that he found a satisfactory musical environment. He perfected his guitar playing and started writing songs. With the support of friends, he produced his own album in 2001. The Capitol label became aware of the young talent and took him under contract.

The single What Was I Thinkin , released from the 2003 album Dierks Bentley , reached number one on the country charts. The album itself achieved platinum status. Bentley had made the breakthrough after years of hard work. He was named “Young Artist of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music .

Extensive touring activities followed. In 2005 he became a permanent member of the Grand Ole Opry . In the same year his second album Modern Day Drifter was released , which was again awarded platinum. He co-wrote most of the songs as a co-author. The two decoupled singles Come a Little Closer and Settle For a Slowdown reached the top of the country charts.

The album Long Trip Alone , released in 2006, was gilded. With the single Every Mile a Memory Dierks Bentley could again conquer number one in the country charts. The song also earned him a Grammy nomination.

In April 2009 Dierks Bentley presented his fifth album Feel That Fire . With the single of the same name and the title Sideways , he again took first place in the country charts.

In early 2010 Bentley's bluegrass album Up on the Ridge was released , on which he fused bluegrass and country with the help of the Punch Brothers and the Del McCoury Band.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2003	Dierks Bentley	US26th platinum (76 weeks)US	Country4 (104 weeks) Country
2005	Modern day drifters	US6th platinum (80 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2006	Long trip alone	US5 gold (52 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2008	Greatest Hits - Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008	US9 (21 weeks) US	Country2 (78 weeks) Country
2009	Feel that fire	US3 gold (34 weeks)US	Country1 (75 weeks) Country
	iTunes: Live From SoHo	-	Country51 (1 week) Country
2010	Up on the ridge	US9 (22 weeks) US	Country2 (62 weeks) Country
2012	Home	US7th gold (32 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2014	Riser	US6th gold (75 weeks)US	Country1 (91 weeks) Country
2016	Country & Cold Cans	US54 (2 weeks) US	Country12 (7 weeks) Country	EP
	Black	US2 gold (62 weeks)US	Country1 (75 weeks) Country
2018	The Mountain	US3 (6 weeks) US	Country1 (... week) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2003	What Was I Thinkin ' Dierks Bentley	US22nd gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (35 weeks) Country
	My Last Name Dierks Bentley	-	Country17 (27 weeks) Country
2004	How Am I Doin ' Dierks Bentley	US49 (16 weeks) US	Country4 (37 weeks) Country
2005	Lot of Leavin 'Left to Do Modern Day Drifter	US47 (19 weeks) US	Country3 (25 weeks) Country
	Come a Little Closer Modern Day Drifter	US31 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (28 weeks) Country
2006	Settle for a Slowdown Modern Day Drifter	US42 (18 weeks) US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Every Mile a Memory Long Trip Alone	US48 (16 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Long Trip Alone Long Trip Alone	US66 (12 weeks) US	Country10 (25 weeks) Country
2007	Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go) Long Trip Alone	US46 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (27 weeks) Country
2008	Trying to Stop Your Leaving Long Trip Alone	US73 (15 weeks) US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
	Feel That Fire Feel That Fire	US32 gold (21 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
2009	Sideways Feel That Fire	US35 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (21 weeks) Country
	I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes Feel That Fire	US52 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (28 weeks) Country
2010	Up on the Ridge Up on the Ridge	US99 (1 week) US	Country21 (15 weeks) Country
	Draw Me a Map Up on the Ridge	-	Country33 (16 weeks) Country
2011	At I the Only One Home	US39 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Home Home	US44 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
2012	5-1-5-0 Home	US33 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Tip It On Back Home	US66 (16 weeks) US	Country16 (29 weeks) Country
2013	Bourbon in Kentucky Riser	-	Country40 (2 weeks) Country
	I hold on riser	US40 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country3 (30 weeks) Country
2014	Drunk on a plane riser	US27 × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country
	Say you do riser	US52 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country5 (30 weeks) Country
2015	Riser riser	-	Country26 (20 weeks) Country
2016	Somewhere on a Beach Black	US35 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	Different for Girls Black	US42 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country	feat. Elle King
	Black Black	US56 gold (19 weeks)US	Country4 (30 weeks) Country
2017	What the Hell Did I Say Black	-	Country35 (1 week) Country
2018	Woman, Amen The Mountain	US53 (12 weeks) US	Country7 (24 weeks) Country
	Burning Man The Mountain	US45 (17 weeks) US	Country5 (33 weeks) Country	feat. Brothers Osborne
2019	Living The Mountain	US51 gold (16 weeks)US	Country6 (27 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:
2005	Domestic, Light and Cold Modern Day Drifter	-	Country51 (4 weeks) Country
2008	Sweet & Wild Greatest Hits	-	Country51 (4 weeks) Country
2015	Sounds of Summer Riser	-	Country38 (7 weeks) Country
2016	I'll Be The Moon Black	-	Country40 (1 week) Country	feat. Maren Morris
	Pick Up Black	-	Country34 (1 week) Country

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2013	The South Bury Me in My Boots	-	Country32 (20 weeks) Country	with Florida Georgia Line and Mike Eli as "The Cadillac Three"
2015	The Driver The Driver	-	Country37 (11 weeks) Country	Charles Kelley feat. Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay
2016	Forever Country	US1 (18 weeks) US	Country21 (4 weeks) Country	as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"
2017	Flatliner You Should Be Here	US56 (18 weeks) US	Country10 (32 weeks) Country	Cole Swindell feat. Dierks Bentley

More singles

• Don't Leave Me in Love (2001)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2006: for the album Modern Day Drifter 2013: for the singles Am I The Only One 2013: for the singles 5-1-5-0 2014: for the singles I Hold On 2017: for the singles Black

Platinum record  Canada 2014: for the singles Drunk On A Plane 2017: for the singles Somewhere On A Beach 2017: for the singles Different For Girls

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3	450,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	14 × gold14th	9 × platinum9	16,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	19 × gold19th	12 × platinum12

The most important awards

year	organization	Award	title
2003	ACM	Top new artist
2005	CMA	Horizon Award
2009	CMT	Performance of the Year	Country boy

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US

Web links

Commons : Dierks Bentley  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Bentley's website