Chris Young Biography

The country music artist Chris Young was born in 1985 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Long before Young’s career was launched following his win on Nashville Star in 2006, he developed an interest in music and performance when he was still an elementary school child, appearing in local children’s theater shows and singing in the school choir. Young continued his studies in music all the way through college, until in the mid-2000’s, he was encouraged to audition for the television competition Nashville Star.

Chris Young won Nashville Star in 2006, and immediately after signed with RCA Records. He released his debut single, “Drinkin’ Me Lonely” shortly thereafter, followed by his debut album, Chris Young.  The album spawned the additional singles “You’re Gonna Love Me” and “Voices,” the latter of which became Young’s first top forty hit. But it was Chris’s sophomore effort, with the album The Man I Want to Be, that gave him his first number one country hit with “Getting’ You Home (The Black Dress Song.)” The single also rose into the top forty on the mainstream charts and was followed by another number one country song, “The Man I Want to Be.”

Since that time, Chris Young has also released the albums Neon (2011) and A.M. (2013), giving audiences the additional number one singles “Tomorrow” and “You.” The albums have also spawned the top twenty country hits “Neon,” “I Can Take it From There,” “Aw Naw,” and “Who I Am with You.” This far in his career, Chris young has already been nominated for multiple awards and recognitions, including four Academy of Country Music awards (for Top New Male Vocalist, Top New Solo Vocalist, Single of the Year for “Tomorrow,” and Male Vocalist of the Year); two Country Music Association award (for New Artist of the Year); and a Grammy Award (for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, for “Getting’ You Home (The Black Dress Song.)”

Chris Young’s career is just getting started, but his star has been on a steady rise for the last decade. Chris continues to perform and record, and has plans to return to the studio for his next album release in the coming years.