{"id":1315211,"date":"2019-10-02T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812634"},"modified":"2019-10-02T11:26:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:26:47","slug":"kane-brown-cmt-artist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/kane-brown-cmt-artist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Brown: CMT Artist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:682661?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/morrise\/\" title=\"Posts by Edward Morris\" rel=\"author\">Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">18m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>While other aspiring artists were knocking on doors up and down Music Row in search of a record deal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kane-brown\">Kane Brown<\/a> was already taking his music directly to the people on social media \u2014 and building a huge fan base in the process. And it continues to build.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a year of high points, Brown says. \u201cGoing back on tour with Jason Aldean I was really excited about. It\u2019s my last time being direct support, and I get to do it with one of my buddies. Getting a No. 1 with \u2019Good As You\u2019 and sharing it with some of my close friends was awesome. And having a baby \u2014 there\u2019s a bunch of things going on for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:6c055a85-0f9f-4ae4-a3d5-a73958e255e3\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Born and raised near the Georgia-Tennessee border, Brown showed an early interest in both country and R&amp;B music. In high school, he sang in various ensembles, in one of which he met Lauren Alaina. His later duet with her, \u201cWhat Ifs,\u201d would give him his first chart triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Alaina\u2019s success on <em>American Idol<\/em> \u2014 she was runner up in the tenth season \u2014 Brown auditioned for that show and for <em>The X Factor<\/em> in 2013. While he didn\u2019t click with <em>Idol<\/em>, <em>The X Factor<\/em> was impressed enough to offer to make him a member of a boy band. Brown declined and began posting his cover versions of various country acts on YouTube in 2014. The response was both quick and heartening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8nkc2KKjd8?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8nkc2KKjd8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>With a financial boost from a Kickstarter campaign, he released his first EP, <em>Closer<\/em>, in 2015, He followed it that same year with his co-composition, \u201cUsed to Love You Sober.\u201d It garnered a torrent of hits within hours and by now has racked up well over 11 million of them.<\/p>\n<p>Brown signed with RCA Records in early 2016 and released his first full-length album, <em>Kane Brown<\/em>, at the end of that year. The album included \u201cWhat Ifs,\u201d his pairing with Alaina, and the song went No. 1 in 2017. The accompanying music video won a CMT Music Awards trophy in 2018 for best collaborative effort.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017, Brown set a Guinness world record by being the first artist to top all five <em>Billboard<\/em> country charts at the same time. \u201cWhat Ifs\u201d dominated the Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay and Country Streaming lists, while \u201cHeaven,\u201d his follow-up single crowned the Country Digital Songs rankings. As if these victories were not heady enough, Brown\u2019s self-titled collection returned to No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mS3TeZEp_PE?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mS3TeZEp_PE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><em>Experiment<\/em>, Brown\u2019s second RCA package, was released in late 2018. It not only topped the country chart but the <em>Billboard<\/em> 200, as well, which ranks the bestselling albums in all genres. From <em>Experiment<\/em> came two more No. 1\u2019s: \u201cLose It\u201d and \u201cGood as You.\u201d Except for \u201cHeaven,\u201d Brown has co-written all his hits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first album was kind of me trying to get people to understand who I was, who I came from,\u201d Brown muses. \u201cFor <em>Experiment<\/em>, I needed more live show songs. So we got a bunch that are just very dancy, a little more grooving than our old ones. And then this next album we\u2019re gonna work on is just me changing to just writing better lyrics and focusing on that and actually having a message.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukHikH_10CA?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukHikH_10CA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Apart from his CMT honors, Brown has been a finalist for Academy of Country Music, <em>Billboard<\/em> Music and Teen Choice awards. He is currently speeding up the songs charts with \u201cHomesick,\u201d a song he has particularly strong feelings about. \u201cFor me, it just speaks to the heart. You know it was just for me being on the road all the time last year and not being around my wife or my family or dogs. It\u2019s kind of going into myself asking me if I always want to be on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown is known for his collaborations with other artists, among them Khalid and Marshmello. \u201cI just love not getting put in a box,\u201d he says. \u201cI love country music. It\u2019s always gonna be my number one genre, I\u2019m never gonna go and put out a pop album. But collaborating with those artists [reaches] another huge fan base over there. It gets me over there a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2kvzwuek_vk?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2kvzwuek_vk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>So who else would he like to work with? \u201cI\u2019d probably say H.E.R. We\u2019re trying to do something with her right now. She\u2019s an amazing, amazing vocalist and an amazing guitar player. I think she would be great for, like, <em>CMT Crossroads<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Point noted. With all his incredible accomplishments this year, this is why Kane Brown is one of the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>THE STATS<\/strong><br \/>3 major label albums, including EPs, (2 No. 1\u2019s, 1 platinum, 1 gold)<br \/>13 singles (4 No. 1\u2019s, 1 gold, 2 platinum, 2 quadruple-platinum)<br \/>2 CMT Music Awards (collaborative video and male video of the year)<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Edward Morris is a veteran of country music journalism. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a frequent contributor to CMT.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812634\/kane-brown-cmt-artist-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Edward Morris 18m ago While other aspiring artists were knocking on doors up and down Music Row in search of a record deal, Kane Brown was already taking his music directly to the people on social media \u2014 and building a huge fan base in the process. And it continues to build. This has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:56:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}