Song:Voices
Album:The Man I Want To Be
Chris Young was the winner of the 2006 edition of the TV talent show Nashville Star. This earned him a contract with RCA Records and he has had four number one country music hits including Voices. He was born June 12, 1985 in Murfreesboro, TN. His grandfather Richard Yates was a performer on the Louisiana Hayride radio show. He started performing in Nashville clubs while in high school and toured while attending college at Belmont University and then Middle Tennessee State. While fronting the house band at Cowboy's in Arlington, TX, it was suggested that Young should audition for the Nashville Star TV talent show. He won the contest and a contract with RCA Records. His 2006 debut CD Chris Young did OK but it did not produce a hit single. Voices was released as a single in May 2008. It reached #37 on the Country Music Singles chart. When his 2009 CD The Man I Want To Be was released in Sept. 2009, Gettin' You Home became his first number one hit. The CD was certified Gold. Voices reached number one on the Country Music Singles chart when it was re-released in June 2010. Young co-wrote Voices with Nashville songwriters Chris Tompkins and Craig Wiseman. Wiseman has been around since the late 80s and has written hits for Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw among others. Tompkins won a Grammy for the Carrie Underwood hit Before He Cheats. The Man I Want To Be was produced by James Stroud. He started out as a session drummer and has been a producer and record executive since the 80s most significantly with Giant Records in the 90s. The Man I Want To Be is available as a budget CD. Chris Young's latest CD Neon was released July 2011 and Tomorrow gave him his fourth number one country hit. I expect we will hear more from Chris Young for many years. Here's the video for Voices by Chris Young.
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