Easton Corbin
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Easton Corbin is an American country music
singer. He signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2009 and released his self-titled
debut album in March 2010, featuring the two Number One hits "A Little More Country Than That
" and "Roll With It
", as well as the top 15 hit "I Can't Love You Back
".
. He lived on his grandparents' farm following his parents' divorce, and was introduced to country music
-themed television programs such as Hee Haw
. After taking guitar lessons from session musician Pee Wee Melton at age fourteen, Corbin joined a band, which won an opening slot at a music festival, followed by opening slots for Janie Fricke
and Mel McDaniel
.
Corbin later attended the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and earned an agribusiness degree, before marrying his wife, Briann, on September 2, 2006. He and Briann then moved to Nashville, Tennessee
, on October 14, 2006, where he worked at an Ace Hardware
store and performed at writers' nights. A distant cousin
, who is a professor of entertainment management, recommended Corbin to contacts in Nashville, Tennessee
. Joe Fisher, senior director of A&R
at Universal Music Group Nashville
, signed Corbin to the Mercury Nashville label in 2009. He released his debut single, "A Little More Country Than That", in July of that same year. Rory Lee Feek
of Joey + Rory
wrote the song with Don Poythress and Wynn Varble. The label released a four-song digital extended play
entitled A Little More Country Than That on August 18, 2009, shortly before the single entered Top 40 on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
chart. Corbin's self-titled debut album was released in March 2010, under the production of Carson Chamberlain. The album had first-week sales of 43,000 copies, making for the highest first-week sales on the Mercury Nashville label in seven years.
"A Little More Country Than That" peaked at Number One on the country charts dated for the week ending April 3, 2010, making Corbin the first solo male country artist to send a debut single to Number One since Dierks Bentley
's "What Was I Thinkin'
" in 2003. "Roll with It
" was released as the album's second single, which hit number one in October 2010. Corbin has also signed onto Brad Paisley
's H20 World Tour, which began in May 2010. The album's third single "I Can't Love You Back
" released to radio on November 8, 2010.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer. He signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2009 and released his self-titled
Easton Corbin (album)
Upon its release, Easton Corbin received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable...
debut album in March 2010, featuring the two Number One hits "A Little More Country Than That
A Little More Country Than That
"A Little More Country Than That" is the title of a song written by Joey + Rory's Rory Lee Feek, Wynn Varble, and Don Poythress, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in August 2009 as Corbin's debut single and is included on his self-titled debut album...
" and "Roll With It
Roll with It (Easton Corbin song)
"Roll with It" is the title of a song written by David Lee, Tony Lane and Johnny Park, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in April 2010 as Corbin's second single and is included on his self-titled debut album.-Content:...
", as well as the top 15 hit "I Can't Love You Back
I Can't Love You Back
"I Can't Love You Back" is the title of a song co-written by Bobby Bowman, Carson Chamberlain, Jeff Hyde and Clint Daniels, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin...
".
Biography
Easton Corbin is a native of Gilchrist County, FloridaGilchrist County, Florida
Gilchrist County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 14,437. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 16,402. Gilchrist County has only one traffic light in the entire county and has no road with more than one lane of traffic...
. He lived on his grandparents' farm following his parents' divorce, and was introduced to country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
-themed television programs such as Hee Haw
Hee Haw
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
. After taking guitar lessons from session musician Pee Wee Melton at age fourteen, Corbin joined a band, which won an opening slot at a music festival, followed by opening slots for Janie Fricke
Janie Fricke
Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....
and Mel McDaniel
Mel McDaniel
Mel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's...
.
Corbin later attended the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and earned an agribusiness degree, before marrying his wife, Briann, on September 2, 2006. He and Briann then moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, on October 14, 2006, where he worked at an Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware Corporation is a hardware cooperative based in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. ACE Hardware Corporation, with 4,444 stores, does over $3 billion in retail hardware sales annually down from its peak of $12.5 billion in 2007.-History:...
store and performed at writers' nights. A distant cousin
Cousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
, who is a professor of entertainment management, recommended Corbin to contacts in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. Joe Fisher, senior director of A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
at Universal Music Group Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, and Lost Highway Records...
, signed Corbin to the Mercury Nashville label in 2009. He released his debut single, "A Little More Country Than That", in July of that same year. Rory Lee Feek
Rory Lee Feek
Rory Lee Feek is an American country music singer and songwriter. In his career, he has written singles for Clay Walker, Blake Shelton, Tracy Byrd and other artists. He and his wife, Joey Martin Feek, comprise the duo Joey + Rory, who placed third on the first season of the CMT talent show Can You...
of Joey + Rory
Joey + Rory
Joey+Rory is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Rory Lee Feek and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife. Joey is the duo's lead vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo was the third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet in 2008...
wrote the song with Don Poythress and Wynn Varble. The label released a four-song digital extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled A Little More Country Than That on August 18, 2009, shortly before the single entered Top 40 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
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...
chart. Corbin's self-titled debut album was released in March 2010, under the production of Carson Chamberlain. The album had first-week sales of 43,000 copies, making for the highest first-week sales on the Mercury Nashville label in seven years.
"A Little More Country Than That" peaked at Number One on the country charts dated for the week ending April 3, 2010, making Corbin the first solo male country artist to send a debut single to Number One since Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip...
's "What Was I Thinkin'
What Was I Thinkin'
"What Was I Thinkin" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. Released in April 2003 as the first single from his self-titled debut album, the song became his first Number One hit on the U.S...
" in 2003. "Roll with It
Roll with It (Easton Corbin song)
"Roll with It" is the title of a song written by David Lee, Tony Lane and Johnny Park, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in April 2010 as Corbin's second single and is included on his self-titled debut album.-Content:...
" was released as the album's second single, which hit number one in October 2010. Corbin has also signed onto Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
's H20 World Tour, which began in May 2010. The album's third single "I Can't Love You Back
I Can't Love You Back
"I Can't Love You Back" is the title of a song co-written by Bobby Bowman, Carson Chamberlain, Jeff Hyde and Clint Daniels, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin...
" released to radio on November 8, 2010.
Studio albums
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| US Country |
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... |
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| A Little More Country Than That |
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Singles
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| 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... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2009 | "A Little More Country Than That A Little More Country Than That "A Little More Country Than That" is the title of a song written by Joey + Rory's Rory Lee Feek, Wynn Varble, and Don Poythress, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in August 2009 as Corbin's debut single and is included on his self-titled debut album... " |
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| 2010 | "Roll with It Roll with It (Easton Corbin song) "Roll with It" is the title of a song written by David Lee, Tony Lane and Johnny Park, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in April 2010 as Corbin's second single and is included on his self-titled debut album.-Content:... " |
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| "I Can't Love You Back I Can't Love You Back "I Can't Love You Back" is the title of a song co-written by Bobby Bowman, Carson Chamberlain, Jeff Hyde and Clint Daniels, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin... " |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "A Little More Country Than That" | Stephen Shepherd |
| 2010 | "A Little More Country Than That" (acoustic) | |
| "I Can't Love You Back" | Shaun Silva Shaun Silva Shaun Silva is a music video director who works primarily in the country music field. He has directed a number of music videos for many country music artists, including many of Kenny Chesney's music videos. His other clients include: Jack Ingram, Sugarland, Luke Bryan, Brooks & Dunn, and Rascal... |
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CMT Music Awards CMT Music Awards The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on CMT. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com.-History:... |
USA Weekend USA Weekend USA Weekend is a national publication distributed through more than 800+ newspapers in the United States. It reaches 47 million readers in 22.6 million households every weekend. Awarded for its journalism and design, USA WEEKEND focuses on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel.... Breakthrough Video of the Year - "A Little More Country Than That A Little More Country Than That "A Little More Country Than That" is the title of a song written by Joey + Rory's Rory Lee Feek, Wynn Varble, and Don Poythress, and recorded by American country artist Easton Corbin. It was released in August 2009 as Corbin's debut single and is included on his self-titled debut album... " |
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| Country Music Association Country Music Association The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre... |
New Artist of the Year | ||
| Single of the Year - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| American Country Awards American Country Awards The American Country Awards is a newly created country music awards show, entirely voted on by fans. Created by the Fox Network, the awards honor country music artists in music, video, and touring categories. In addition to the CMA Awards, the ACM Awards, and the CMT Music Awards, it is the fourth... |
New/Breakthrough Artist of the Year | ||
| Single of the Year - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| Single by a Male Artist - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| Single by New/Breakthrough Artist - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| Music Video of the Year - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| Music Video by a Male Artist - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| Music Video by New/Breakthrough Artist - "A Little More Country Than That" | |||
| 2011 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Top New Solo Vocalist | |