Country music has evolved since its emergence into the music sphere in the early 1920s to become a popular and widely accepted genre of music. This particular brand of music has made legends out of so many artists. Famous among them are Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers, Patsy Cline, Shania Twain, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, and Kane Brown.
Kane Brown is a country music songwriter and singer of American Origin. He is already on his way to becoming a country music legend as he is currently the first musician to record number one on all of the five main Billboard country charts at the same time. Join me as we learn more about his life, family, and career.
Kane Brown Biography
Named Kane Allen Brown at birth, the American Country singer was born on 25th, October 1993 in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the United States of America. He was born to a mother of white ethnicity and to a father who was of both black and Cherokee descent.
The songwriter while growing up attended a number of schools and this was largely due to the constant relocation of his family mainly within Georgia before they finally settled in Red Bank Tennessee. Some of the schools included Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School in Georgia, Ridgeland High School, Soddy High School, Daisy High School, and Red Bank High School.
Although he grew up around country music, Kane took a liking to the R&B music genre. However, his interest and love for country music began to gain momentum while he was in 11th grade after he won a school talent show performing 'Gettin' You Home” by popular Country music singer, Chris Young.
The 3-time American Music Award winner started out by auditioning for two popular TV music competition series- American Idols and X-factor. Although he passed the X factor auditions, he opted out of the show because he didn’t want to be included in a boy band put together by the show’s producers. In 2014 a year after the X Factor audition, Brown started doing covers of popular songs and posting them on social media platforms. In less than a year, he recorded a large following and viewing of his videos.
His September 30th, 2015 cover of 'Check Yes or No' by George Strait received well over 7 million views, and shortly after this, his followers on Facebook got to a million plus. Kane released his debut extended play (EP) record, “Closer”, in June 2015 which reached number 22 on the Top Country Albums chart. It sold over 3000 copies in its first week.
He went on to release a short clip of his new single 'Used to Love You Sober' in October 2015 and in just 3 hours upon release, it had over a million views while the main song was released a few weeks after. The song was made a part of his EP Chapter 1 which was released shortly after he got signed by RCA Records in 2016. 'Used to Love You Sober' got to number 2 on the Country Digital Songs Chart, selling 38,000 copies in just 2 days.
Brown’s first album which was titled 'Kane Brown' after himself, was officially released on December 2nd, 2016. 'What Ifs', which he did alongside his high school friend, Lauren Alaina, was part of the album which went on to receive a Platnum rating by RIAA. Brown released a second album 2 years after he released the first one. It was labeled 'Experiment' and was dropped on air in November 2018.
Kane Brown’s first record label signing was with an American record label, Zone 4. He is currently signed as an artist under the American Country music record label, RCA Records Nashville in Tennessee. Over the years, Kane’s albums and songs have topped several billboard charts and have earned many nominations and awards.