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The Country Music Association’s CMA Foundation is donating $1.4 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville’s 78,000 public school students. The announcement was made Tuesday night (Jan. 31) prior to the third CMA Keep the Music Playing All Stars Concert at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. Chris Young [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) Who among us hasn’t tried to better ourselves? To rid our lives of some bad habit? Chris Young tried and failed. He tends to tweet a lot about [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) Let’s all hold hands and go around the table and say what we’re most thankful for. Oh, wait. That might be hard to pull off with all of [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) All Chris Young can think about is gettin’ you home. And gettin’ that [expletive] out the door. If you missed Young’s show Thursday (Nov. 17) at Rabb’s Steakhouse [...]
On the heels of Chris Young‘s fourth consecutive No. 1 single, “Tomorrow,” a tune that unforgettably dripped with sexuality and regret, the singer-songwriter returns with a lighter, buoyant tune, “You.” Co-writing it with Luke Laird (“Last Name,” “So Small,” “Temporary Home”), their collaborative effort is currently featured on Young’s newest [...]
Biography
A native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Chris Young grew up performing in children’s theater where his family and friends discovered his singing talent. The youngster enjoyed the full support of his parents from the start. Whenever he asked for help, they came through without hesitation, whether it meant paying for vocal lessons or buying his first guitar.
In high school, rather than playing sports, Young focused on getting better at music. With help from his family, he and his friends rented out a storage unit and, despite a lack of air conditioning, practiced daily, giving up summer afternoons to rehearse.
Young went to college, taking music business classes first at Belmont University in Nashville, then at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. After two years of studying, he was performing more than 150 shows a year. He soon gained the attention of talent scouts from leading Nashville record labels and top music publishing companies.
When a Texas nightclub agent invited him to front the house band at the Cowboy’s honky-tonk in Arlington, Texas, Young accepted. One of his more faithful fans insisted he audition for the TV talent competition, Nashville Star. Young at first balked, until the friend told him that this year’s winner would, for the first time, get a recording contract with RCA Records. The friend paid for Young’s ticket to audition in Houston.
Young won the competition in 2006 and released his single, “Drinkin’ Me Lonely,” a few months later. His RCA label debut was produced by Buddy Cannon.