Lee Brice (born Kenneth Mobley Brice, Jr. , June 10, 1979) is a country music singer and American songwriter, who signed a contract with Curb Records. Brice has released four albums for the label: Love Like Crazy , Difficult to Love , I'm Not Dancing and Lee Brice . He has also released eleven singles, four of which were written by his cousin Michael Cericola, and have charted at number one on Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay: "A Woman Like You", "Hard to Love" , "I Drive Your Truck", and "I Do not Dance". He is also included in the top 10 with "Love Like Crazy", "Parking Lot Party", "Drinking Class", and "That Do not Sound Like You." "Love Like Crazy" is the country top song of 2010 by Billboard Year-End, and breaks the record for 62 years for the longest run in the country charts.
In addition to his own material, he has singles written together for Garth Brooks, Adam Gregory, Eli Young Band, and Tim McGraw. One of Brice's compositions, "More Than a Memory" from Brooks, is the first song ever to debut at number one on the country chart, while the other, "Mad Girl" Eli Young Band, is Billboard Song Year end of country -End of 2011.
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Biography
Brice was born Kenneth Mobley Brice, Jr. on June 10, 1979 in Sumter, South Carolina, to Kenneth, Sr. and Carleen Brice His younger brother, Lewis, is a contestant in Season 1 of Country Music Television Can You Duet As a child, he plays piano and guitar, sings in church, and writes his own songs. He entered and won three different talent contests in high school.
He attended Clemson University with a football scholarship. He played a special team at Clemson as a long snapper, but after an arm injury, he decided to focus on a country music career.
Musical career
In 2007, Brice began working as a songwriter, with cuts by Jason Aldean, Keith Gattis, and Cowboy Crush amongst others. Together with Billy Montana and Kyle Jacobs, he also wrote 2007 single Garth Brooks "More Than A Memory", the first single in the history of Billboard Hot Country Songs for debut number one.
Also in 2007, he signed with Curb Records, releasing his debut single "She Is not Right", which reached number 29 on the country chart. Followed by "Happy Endings" and "Upper Middle Class White Trash" at numbers 32 and 44. All three songs have been included in an album titled Picture of Me , which was never released. He continues to write songs for others, including Canadian singer singles Adam Gregory "Crazy Days" and "What It Takes". She appeared on Cledus T. Judd's 2007 album Boogity, Boogity - A Tribute to the Genius Comedy of Ray Stevens, singing a vocal duet on Albert E. Brumley's gospel "Turn Your Radio On".
2009-10: Love Like Crazy
In August 2009, he charted with his fourth single, "Love Like Crazy", a song written by Tim James and Doug Johnson. This is the first release of her debut album of the same name, where she co-produced all but one song with Johnson. "Love Like Crazy" reached the top 10 on the Country Hot Songs chart in July 2010 during the forty-sixth week on the chart, setting a record for climbing no later than the top 10. In September 2010, the song was mapped for fifty years. week sixth, making it the longest track on the history chart; it broke the record set by Eddy Arnold, whose 1948 single "Bouquet of Roses" spent fifty-four weeks on the charts. "Love Like Crazy" eventually peaked at number 3. The album's second single was "Beautiful Every Time" at number 30. Also in 2010, Brice co-wrote Tim McGraw's single "Still" labelmate.
2011-present: Difficult 2 Love , I Do not Dance and Lee Brice
Brice released their sixth single, "A Woman Like You", at the end of 2011. This is the first release of the second album for Curb, Hard 2 Love , released on April 24, 2012. In April 2012, his first number one on the Airplay Country chart. "Hard to Love" became the number one single by the end of 2012. The album's third single, "I Drive Your Truck", was released on December 3, 2012 and reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in 2013. The fourth single of the album, "Parking Lot Party ", was released to state radio on May 13, 2013 and peaked at number 6 on the Airplay Country chart in November 2013. Brice also produced the single" Love Is War "for the American Young duo, a duo whose membership includes co-author of" A Woman Like You "Jon Stone.
In early 2014, Brice released the single "I Do not Dance". It was the lead single for her third studio album of the same name, which was released on September 9, 2014. Brice produced her own album. "I Do not Dance" became Brice's number one hit in August 2014. "Drinking Class" is the album's second single. it peaked at number two on the Airplay Country chart in May 2015. The album's third single, "That Do not Sound Like You" was released to state radio on May 11, 2015.
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Personal life
In April 2013, Brice married his old lover Sara Nanette Reeveley. The couple has three children: Takoda Brice-Reeveley's son (born in 2008) and Ryker Mobley Brice (born 2013), and his daughter Trulee Nanette Brice (born 2017). Brice's cousin and often musical inspiration, Michael Cericola, serves as the father of the child's god. Reeveley is featured on the "See About a Girl" track on Hard 2 Love . Brice is a member of the NRA.
Discography
Studio albums
- Love Like Crazy (2010)
- Hard 2 Love (2012)
- I'm Not Dancing (2014)
- Lee Brice (2017)
Song written by Lee Brice
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official Website of Lee Brice
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