Artist:Parker McCollum
Song:Pretty Heart
Album:Gold Chain Cowboy
Singer songwriter Parker McCollum recorded for his own label before signing with MCA Nashville in 2019. Pretty Heart was his first MCA single and it was a top five country hit. He was born June 15, 1992 in Conroe, TX which is near Houston. He listened to country music as a child and learned to play guitar as a teen. He also started writing songs. After graduating high school, McCollum moved to Austin and released a single in 2013 followed by an EP and a 2015 album all on his own label. McCollum has cited Ryan Bingham as an influence. His music at the time was categorized as Americana as opposed to Country. That may be because McCollum lived in Austin as opposed to Nashville. When McCollum's 2017 EP Probably Wrong charted, record companies came calling. McCollum signed with MCA Nashville in 2019. Pretty Heart was his first single. It reached #4 on the Country Singles chart and #36 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was released on the 2020 EP Hollywood Gold and then on the 2021 album Gold Chain Cowboy. The album was produced by Jon Randall who has produced Dierks Bentley and others. McCollum first performed Pretty Heart on Instagram in 2014. He showed it to Randy Montana at a 2018 songwriting session. Montana made some changes and MCA urged McCollum to make it his first single. Montana released an album on Mercury in 2011. He has written several songs with Luke Combs. McCollum's latest single To Be Loved By You reached #6 on the Country Singles chart. He won Best New Male Artist at the ACM Awards and Breakthrough Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards. So McCollum is off to a good start. Here's the video for Pretty Heart by Parker McCollum. The girl in the video is acting student Amanda Lougee.
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