Corey Smith (musician)
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Corey Smith is a country/rock/blues singer and guitarist.

Background

Growing up in Jackson County
Jackson County, Georgia
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population in 2000 was 41,589. Explosive growth is evident with a population of 63,544 in the 2009 Census estimates. The county seat is Jefferson.-History:...

 allowed Corey Smith to visit the college town of Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

 regularly. Smith originally attended Gainesville State College
Gainesville State College
Gainesville State College is a state college of the University System of Georgia serving northeast Georgia since 1964. The Gainesville State College Gainesville Campus, located 45 miles northeast of Atlanta and six miles southwest of downtown Gainesville in Oakwood, is on Georgia State Route 53...

, before transferring to the University of West Georgia
University of West Georgia
The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003...

 for his now wife. As it would turn out, however, she got into the University of Georgia, so he followed suit. At the University of Georgia, he majored in Social Studies education. He continued to write songs and play for his friends at parties. Corey’s music became popular amongst his peers. He taught high school World Geography.

Albums

His first Album is titled “Undertones” which contains one of his most requested songs titled “Twenty One.” The second album Corey released is titled “In the Mood.” Corey Smith made the songs on this record similar to his first one because of the response he got from fans who welcomed the booze-driven lyrics. Corey Smiths’ third album, The Good Life, was written and released in 2005. The album is titled after Coreys' song The Good Life, which can be seen on Cmt
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

.com Corey has completed his most recently released album titled Keeping Up with the Joneses in November 2009. His next album titled The Broken Record was released on June 21st 2011 .

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US Country US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

US
Folk
Folk Albums
Folk Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009...

US
Heat
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

US Indie
Independent Albums
The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...

US
Rock
Undertones
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Razor & Tie
    Razor & Tie
    Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct...

  • Formats: CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

In the Mood
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Undertone Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

  • The Good Life
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Undertone Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • Hard-Headed Fool
  • Release date: September 25, 2007
  • Label: Undertone Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • Keeping Up with the Joneses
  • Release date: November 27, 2009
  • Label: Undertone Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • The Broken Record
  • Release date: June 21, 2011
  • Label: Average Joe's Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • 17 114 6 2 20 30
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Singles

    Year Single Peak positions Album
    US Country
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

    2011 "Twenty-One" 50 The Broken Record
    "Maybe Next Year"A

    • A Current single.

    Music videos

    Year Video Director
    2011 "Twenty-One" Potsy Ponciroli
    "Drugs"
    "Maybe Next Year" David Poag

    External links

    • http://www.jambase.com/Artists/39214/Corey-Smith/Bio
    • http://denver.decider.com/performers/corey-smith,3764/
    • http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/id_1548587/lyrics.jhtml
    • http://www.coreysmithmusic.com
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