Scotty McCreery

Scotty McCreery
McCreery performing at the Ryman Auditorium in 2020
McCreery performing at the Ryman Auditorium in 2020
Background information
Birth nameScott Cooke McCreery
Born (1993-10-09) October 9, 1993 (age 31)
Garner, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active2011–present
Labels
Spouse
Gabi Dugal
(m. 2018)
Websitescottymccreery.com

Scott Cooke McCreery[3] (born October 9, 1993) is an American country singer. He rose to fame after winning the tenth season of American Idol in May 2011.

His debut studio album, Clear as Day, was released in October 2011 and was certified platinum in the United States. The album includes the top 20 country songs, "I Love You This Big" and "The Trouble with Girls". McCreery released a Christmas album, Christmas with Scotty McCreery, in October 2012 and it has been certified gold. He released his third album, See You Tonight, in October 2013. Its title track became his first single to reach the top ten on Billboard's Country charts. Setting a new record in July 2017 with his single "Five More Minutes",[4] McCreery became the only country music artist in Country Aircheck/Media base history to chart a song without the backing of a record label;[5] it topped Billboard in February 2018. His fourth album, Seasons Change, was released in March 2018 and became McCreery's fourth top 10 album in the United States.[6] His fifth album, Same Truck, was released on September 17, 2021.[7]

In 2024, McCreery received one of country music's crowning achievements when he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was inducted on April 20 by his childhood hero Josh Turner.

  1. ^ "Billboard Country Update 5/31/2011" (PDF). Billboard. May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "Scotty McCreery Signs New Record Deal with Triple Tigers/Sony Music Entertainment". Sounds Like Nashville. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  3. ^ Dukes, Billy (October 8, 2012). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Scotty McCreery". Taste of Country. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Scotty McCreery, Chris Stapleton Songs Debut On Mediabase Country Radio Chart". Headlineplanet.com. August 6, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Scotty McCreery sets chart record, scores record deal". The Tennessean. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  6. ^ Caulfield, Keith (March 25, 2018). "XXXTentacion's '?' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". AllAccess. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

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