Scotty McCreery

Scotty McCreery, 2011

Scott Cooke "Scotty" McCreery (* 9. October 1993 in Garner , North Carolina ) is an American country - singer . In 2011, he won the tenth season of American Idol .

Life

Scotty McCreery was born on October 9, 1993 in Garner, North Carolina to Judy and Michael McCreery. He went to West Lake Middle School and Garner Magnet High School . On June 16, 2018, he married Gabi Dugal, whom he has known since childhood.

American Idol

McCreery sang in Milwaukee ( Wisconsin before) and surprised the judges with his deep bass voice . He was never among the last two or three ( English bottom two or three ). On May 25, 2011, McCreery won the final against Lauren Alaina , becoming the youngest male winner and second youngest winner after Jordin Sparks .

Appearances

show	song	Original interpreter
Audition	Your Man Country Club	Josh Turner Travis Kick
Hollywood (1)	Your Man	Josh Turner
Hollywood (2)	Get Ready (group)	The Temptations
Hollywood (3)	I hope you dance	Lee Ann Womack
Las Vegas	Hello, Goodbye (group)	The Beatles
Hollywood (4)	Long Black Train	Josh Turner
Top 24 (12 Men)	Letters from Home	John Michael Montgomery
Top 13	The River	Garth Brooks
Top 12	Can I Trust You with My Heart	Travis kick
Top 11 (1)	For Once in My Life	Stevie Wonder
Top 11 (2)	Country Comfort	Elton John
Top 9	That's all right	Arthur Crudup
Top 8	I cross my heart	George Strait
Top 7	Swingin '	John Anderson
Top 6	You've Got a Friend Up on the Roof (with Lauren Alaina)	Carole King The Drifters
Top 5	Gone Always on My Mind	Montgomery Gentry Brenda Lee
Top 4	Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Young Blood	Alan Jackson The Coasters
Top 3	Amazed Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not She Believes in Me	Lonestar Thompson Square Kenny Rogers
final	Gone Check Yes or No I Love You This Big	Montgomery Gentry George Strait Scotty McCreery

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2011	Clear as Day	US1 platinum (46 weeks)US	Country1 (78 weeks) Country
2012	Christmas with Scotty McCreery	US4th gold (18 weeks)US	Country2 (12 weeks) Country
2013	See you tonight	US6 (23 weeks) US	Country1 (54 weeks) Country
2018	Seasons change	US7th gold (7 weeks)US	Country1 (... week) Country

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2011	American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery	US12 (2 weeks) US	Country3 (7 weeks) Country
2018	Scotty McCreery QVC Bundle	US93 (1 week) US	Country20 (1 week) Country	Bundle from the albums "Clear As Day" and "Christmas With Scotty McCreery"

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2011	American Idol Season 10 Highlights: Scotty McCreery	US10 (13 weeks) US	Country2 (17 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2011	I Love You This Big Clear as Day	US11 platinum (16 weeks)US	Country15 (16 weeks) Country
	The Trouble with Girls Clear as Day	US55 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country17 (27 weeks) Country
2012	Water Tower Town Clear as Day	-	Country38 (18 weeks) Country
2013	See You Tonight See You Tonight	US52 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country10 (38 weeks) Country
2014	Feelin 'It See You Tonight	US84 gold (11 weeks)US	Country16 (28 weeks) Country
2017	Five More Minutes Seasons Change	US44 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country4 (45 weeks) Country
2018	This Is It Seasons Change	US42 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (35 weeks) Country
2019	In Between Seasons Change	US53 gold (13 weeks)US	Country12 (33 weeks) Country

Web links

Commons : Scotty McCreery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Scotty McCreery in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: [2]