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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American country singer (born 1993)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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href="/wiki/File:ScottyMcCreery2020_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="McCreery performing at the Ryman Auditorium in 2020"><img alt="McCreery performing at the Ryman Auditorium in 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-ScottyMcCreery2020_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="757" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">McCreery performing at the <a href="/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditorium</a> in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Scott Cooke McCreery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1993-10-09) October 9, 1993 (age 31) <a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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(";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">2011–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group_Nashville" title="Universal Music Group Nashville">Mercury Nashville</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/19_Recordings" title="19 Recordings">19</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Triple_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple Tigers">Triple Tigers</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Gabi Dugal</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2018)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scottymccreery.com">scottymccreery.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Scott Cooke McCreery<a href="#cite_note-10_Things_pg._2-3">[3]</a> (born October 9, 1993) is an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> singer. He rose to fame after winning the <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_(season_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idol (season 10)">tenth season</a> of <a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a> in May 2011. His debut studio album, <a href="/wiki/Clear_as_Day" title="Clear as Day">Clear as Day</a>, was released in October 2011 and was certified platinum in the United States. The album includes the top 20 country songs, "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_This_Big" title="I Love You This Big">I Love You This Big</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Girls_(song)" title="The Trouble with Girls (song)">The Trouble with Girls</a>". McCreery released a Christmas album, <a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Scotty_McCreery" title="Christmas with Scotty McCreery">Christmas with Scotty McCreery</a>, in October 2012 and it has been certified gold. He released his third album, <a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight" title="See You Tonight">See You Tonight</a>, in October 2013. Its <a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight_(song)" title="See You Tonight (song)">title track</a> became his first single to reach the top ten on <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'s Country charts. Setting a new record in July 2017 with his single "<a href="/wiki/Five_More_Minutes_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="Five More Minutes (Scotty McCreery song)">Five More Minutes</a>",<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> McCreery became the only country music artist in Country Aircheck/Media base history to chart a song without the backing of a record label;<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> it topped Billboard in February 2018. His fourth album, <a href="/wiki/Seasons_Change_(Scotty_McCreery_album)" title="Seasons Change (Scotty McCreery album)">Seasons Change</a>, was released in March 2018 and became McCreery's fourth top 10 album in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-BB200-6">[6]</a> His fifth album, <a href="/wiki/Same_Truck" title="Same Truck">Same Truck</a>, was released on September 17, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> In 2024, McCreery received one of country music's crowning achievements when he became a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Grand_Ole_Opry_members" title="List of Grand Ole Opry members">member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>. He was inducted on April 20 by his childhood hero <a href="/wiki/Josh_Turner" title="Josh Turner">Josh Turner</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> McCreery was born on October 9, 1993, in <a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner, North Carolina</a>, the son of Judy (née Cooke) and Michael McCreery.<a href="#cite_note-In_the_Tour_Bus-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> His parents originally planned on naming him Evan, but changed their minds on their way to the hospital.<a href="#cite_note-10_Things_pg._2-3">[3]</a> McCreery is of one quarter <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a> descent; his father, a manufacturing systems analyst for <a href="/wiki/Schneider_Electric" title="Schneider Electric">Schneider Electric</a>, was born in <a href="/wiki/Aguadilla,_Puerto_Rico" title="Aguadilla, Puerto Rico">Aguadilla</a>, Puerto Rico, to a military father and a Puerto Rican mother from <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>, both of whom later moved to <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_North_Carolina" title="Aberdeen, North Carolina">Aberdeen, North Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-This_is_my_new_life!-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Pilot-12">[12]</a> McCreery's mother is a real estate agent for Fonville Morisey.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> She also owns a <a href="/wiki/Tanning_salon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanning salon">tanning salon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton, North Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a> McCreery's older sister, Ashley, attended <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Charlotte" title="University of North Carolina at Charlotte">UNC Charlotte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Pilot-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Both were raised in Garner.<a href="#cite_note-The_Pilot-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-gac-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-CMT-17">[17]</a> Around the age of five or six, McCreery received a book about <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> from his grandmother, and Elvis became McCreery's earliest musical influence.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-Talks_Elvis,_Gaga-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Impersonated_Elvis-20">[20]</a> He began learning guitar when he was around nine or ten years old.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-Icon_Competition-21">[21]</a> McCreery attended Timber Drive Elementary School in Garner, West Lake Middle School in <a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garner_Magnet_High_School" title="Garner Magnet High School">Garner Magnet High School</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> He participated in all three schools' choruses,<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-CMT-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-Deejays_recall-23">[23]</a> and he also sang at his middle school graduation.<a href="#cite_note-Icon_Competition-21">[21]</a> He sang <a href="/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor">tenor</a> as a freshman in high school, where he was named Rookie of the Year. In his second year, he switched to singing <a href="/wiki/Bass_(voice_type)" title="Bass (voice type)">bass</a> and began singing in his church.<a href="#cite_note-maxpreps-24">[24]</a> He also starred in a school production of <a href="/wiki/Bye_Bye_Birdie_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bye Bye Birdie (musical)">Bye Bye Birdie</a> that year, playing the role of Conrad Birdie.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a> McCreery went on to join a vocal ensemble called Die Meistersingers that was formed by his high school chorus teacher, Meredith Clayton, and with which he performed across the United States.<a href="#cite_note-maxpreps-24">[24]</a> In 2009, McCreery won a singing contest called "Clayton Idol", which was held by <a href="/wiki/WQDR-FM" title="WQDR-FM">WQDR-FM</a> at the Clayton Harvest Festival in <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton, North Carolina</a>. After winning, he held several local shows with the radio station, raising money for sick children.<a href="#cite_note-Deejays_recall-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Later the same year, he was one of thirty-six finalists in a contest called Rip the Hallways, which featured teenage vocalists from across North Carolina.<a href="#cite_note-Icon_Competition-21">[21]</a> On the eve of Valentine's Day, 2010, McCreery performed in a variety show called Gift 4, which was held by the town of Garner.<a href="#cite_note-May_be_a_contestant-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In April of that year, he performed at the second annual Boots, Bands, and Bulls benefit concert. Funds from the concert went to Brittany's Battle, a Garner-based nonprofit that supports those affected by cancer. The concert was held in Raleigh, and country singer <a href="/wiki/Jason_Michael_Carroll" title="Jason Michael Carroll">Jason Michael Carroll</a> also performed.<a href="#cite_note-May_be_a_contestant-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Growing up, McCreery attended First Baptist Church in Garner. He led the church's youth praise band, Audience of One.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In addition to his musical pursuits, McCreery was a member of his high school baseball team. His coach, Derik Goffena said of him, "He doesn't throw terribly hard. His best pitch is a curveball as far as getting people out. If he had to start he probably wouldn't walk more than one or two in a game."<a href="#cite_note-maxpreps-24">[24]</a> McCreery was working as a bagger at <a href="/wiki/Lowes_Foods" title="Lowes Foods">Lowes Foods</a> when he auditioned for American Idol.<a href="#cite_note-The_Pilot-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_Idol">American Idol</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: American Idol">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg/175px-Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg" decoding="async" width="175" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg/263px-Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg/350px-Scotty_McCreery_May_14_2011_CROPPED2.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>McCreery in 2011</figcaption></figure> McCreery auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, at the age of sixteen. He originally planned on auditioning in Nashville, but decided not to when he discovered that the date conflicted with an annual church camp. He sang "<a href="/wiki/Your_Man_(Josh_Turner_song)" title="Your Man (Josh Turner song)">Your Man</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Turner" title="Josh Turner">Josh Turner</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Put_Some_Drive_in_Your_Country" title="Put Some Drive in Your Country">Put Some Drive in Your Country</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a> for his audition,<a href="#cite_note-In_the_Tour_Bus-8">[8]</a> and then reprised "Your Man" for his first Hollywood Week performance.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> For the subsequent Group Round, he joined with Jacee Badeaux, Frances Coontz, Clint Jun Gamboa, and Monique de los Santos. Calling themselves "The Guaps", they chose to perform "<a href="/wiki/Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)" title="Get Ready (The Temptations song)">Get Ready</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a>. However, during a late stage of their preparation, Gamboa decided that Badeaux was not contributing enough to the group and forced him to leave. Before the performance, McCreery apologized to the judges for letting this happen. All five singers advanced to the next round.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> For his second Hollywood Week solo performance, McCreery sang "<a href="/wiki/I_Hope_You_Dance_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Hope You Dance (song)">I Hope You Dance</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a>. He was not familiar with the lyrics and forgot them onstage. Afterward, he said that he did not feel that he deserved to go forward in the competition. The judges decided to give him another chance though,<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> and following a well-received performance of Josh Turner's "<a href="/wiki/Long_Black_Train" title="Long Black Train">Long Black Train</a>", selected him as one of the twenty-four contestants that would move forward to the voting rounds of the competition.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> McCreery did not venture far out of the country genre throughout the competition,<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> although one of his most acclaimed performances was of <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Top_6_Parker-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-Michael_Slezak-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-tvline.com-45">[45]</a> Taking note of <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_(season_8)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idol (season 8)">season eight</a> winner <a href="/wiki/Kris_Allen" title="Kris Allen">Kris Allen</a>'s success with a stripped-down version of the rap song "<a href="/wiki/Heartless_(Kanye_West_song)" title="Heartless (Kanye West song)">Heartless</a>", McCreery considered doing an acoustic version of a hip-hop or R&B song, such as "<a href="/wiki/So_Sick" title="So Sick">So Sick</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> or something by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Wilson_(singer)" title="Charlie Wilson (singer)">Charlie Wilson</a>. Instead, he went with <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Gentry" title="Montgomery Gentry">Montgomery Gentry</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Gone_(Montgomery_Gentry_song)" title="Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)">Gone</a>", a country song with rap-like cadences.<a href="#cite_note-Slezak_Interview-46">[46]</a> It was regarded by some as his best moment of the finals.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-Franklin_Top_10_of_Season-48">[48]</a> On making the Top 3, McCreery and the other remaining finalists earned celebratory hometown visits.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> While back in Garner, McCreery made an appearance at his high school's prom, threw the first pitch at a baseball game between the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Wolfpack" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina State Wolfpack">North Carolina State Wolfpack</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_baseball" title="Florida State Seminoles baseball">Florida State Seminoles</a>, and performed for a crowd of around thirty-thousand at Lake Benson Park. He was joined by his guitar teacher, Gary Epperson and Epperson's band, Gavinhart.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a> As McCreery was singing Josh Turner's "Your Man", Turner himself surprised McCreery onstage and joined him for the song.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> McCreery entered the finale with fellow country singer <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Alaina" title="Lauren Alaina">Lauren Alaina</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Weird_and_Wonderful-52">[52]</a> with whom he had shared duets several times that season.<a href="#cite_note-Michael_Slezak-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-tvline.com-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> This was the youngest match-up in the history of the series. Alaina was sixteen at the time, and McCreery had turned seventeen since auditioning.<a href="#cite_note-Weird_and_Wonderful-52">[52]</a> He went on to become the series' youngest male winner and second youngest winner overall, after <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_(season_6)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idol (season 6)">season six</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jordin_Sparks" title="Jordin Sparks">Jordin Sparks</a>, who was also seventeen when she won.<a href="#cite_note-CMT-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Because of his age, McCreery had to have one of his parents live with him throughout the competition; usually his mother. They lived in a mansion with the other contestants for a short time, but moved into an apartment of their own before the end of the series.<a href="#cite_note-Garnerclayton-13">[13]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="width:90%; margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"> <caption>American Idol season 10 performances and results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Episode </th> <th>Theme </th> <th>Song choice </th> <th>Original artist </th> <th>Order # </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Audition </td> <td rowspan="2">Auditioner's Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Your_Man_(Josh_Turner_song)" title="Your Man (Josh Turner song)">Your Man</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Turner" title="Josh Turner">Josh Turner</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">N/A </td> <td rowspan="8">Advanced </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Put_Some_Drive_in_Your_Country" title="Put Some Drive in Your Country">Put Some Drive in Your Country</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hollywood Round, Part 1 </td> <td>First Solo </td> <td>"Your Man" </td> <td>Josh Turner </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hollywood Round, Part 2 </td> <td>Group Performance </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Ready_(The_Temptations_song)" title="Get Ready (The Temptations song)">Get Ready</a>" (with Monique De Los Santos, Frances Coontz and Clint Jun Gamboa) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a> </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hollywood Round, Part 3 </td> <td>Second Solo </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Hope_You_Dance_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Hope You Dance (song)">I Hope You Dance</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a> </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Las Vegas Round </td> <td>Songs of The Beatles Group Performance </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Goodbye" title="Hello, Goodbye">Hello, Goodbye</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hollywood Round Final </td> <td>Final Solo </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Black_Train_(song)" title="Long Black Train (song)">Long Black Train</a>" </td> <td>Josh Turner </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 24 (12 Men) </td> <td>Personal Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Letters_from_Home_(song)" title="Letters from Home (song)">Letters from Home</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Montgomery" title="John Michael Montgomery">John Michael Montgomery</a> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 13 </td> <td>Your Personal Idol </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_River_(Garth_Brooks_song)" title="The River (Garth Brooks song)">The River</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td rowspan="16">Safe </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 12 </td> <td>Year You Were Born </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Can_I_Trust_You_with_My_Heart" title="Can I Trust You with My Heart">Can I Trust You with My Heart</a>" </td> <td>Travis Tritt </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 11 </td> <td>Motown </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life" title="For Once in My Life">For Once in My Life</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 11<a href="#endnote_1">1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Tumbleweed_Connection" title="Tumbleweed Connection">Country Comfort</a>" </td> <td>Elton John </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 9 </td> <td>Rock & Roll Hall of Fame </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_All_Right" title="That's All Right">That's All Right</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Crudup" title="Arthur Crudup">Arthur Crudup</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 8 </td> <td>Songs from the Movies </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Cross_My_Heart" title="I Cross My Heart">I Cross My Heart</a>" — <a href="/wiki/Pure_Country" title="Pure Country">Pure Country</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 7 </td> <td>Songs from the 21st Century </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Swingin%27_(John_Anderson_song)" title="Swingin' (John Anderson song)">Swingin'</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Anderson (musician)">John Anderson</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Top 6 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> </td> <td>Solo "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>" </td> <td>Carole King </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duet_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duet (music)">Duet</a> "<a href="/wiki/Up_on_the_Roof_(song)" title="Up on the Roof (song)">Up on the Roof</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Alaina" title="Lauren Alaina">Lauren Alaina</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Drifters_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Drifters (American band)">The Drifters</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Top 5 </td> <td rowspan="2">Songs from Now and Then </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Gone_(Montgomery_Gentry_song)" title="Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)">Gone</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Gentry" title="Montgomery Gentry">Montgomery Gentry</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind" title="Always on My Mind">Always on My Mind</a>" </td> <td>American standard </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Top 4 </td> <td>Songs That Inspire </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Were_You_(When_the_World_Stopped_Turning)" title="Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)">Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller" title="Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller">Leiber & Stoller</a> Songbook </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Young_Blood_(The_Coasters_song)" title="Young Blood (The Coasters song)">Young Blood</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">The Coasters</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Top 3 </td> <td>Contestant's Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Amazed" title="Amazed">Amazed</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lonestar" title="Lonestar">Lonestar</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" title="Jimmy Iovine">Jimmy Iovine</a>'s Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Gonna_Kiss_Me_or_Not" title="Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not">Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thompson_Square" title="Thompson Square">Thompson Square</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Judges' Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/She_Believes_in_Me" title="She Believes in Me">She Believes in Me</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Finale </td> <td>Favorite Performance </td> <td>"Gone" </td> <td>Montgomery Gentry </td> <td>1 </td> <td rowspan="3">Winner </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a>'s Choice </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Check_Yes_or_No" title="Check Yes or No">Check Yes or No</a>" </td> <td>George Strait </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coronation Song </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_This_Big" title="I Love You This Big">I Love You This Big</a>" </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td>5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_1">^Note 1</a> Due to the judges using their one save on <a href="/wiki/Casey_Abrams" title="Casey Abrams">Casey Abrams</a>, the Top 11 remained intact for another week, when two contestants were eliminated.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg/270px-American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg/405px-American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg/540px-American_Idol_Tour_Season_10_Scotty_McCreery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Season 10 American Idol tour, Scotty McCreery performing with <a href="/wiki/Thia_Megia" title="Thia Megia">Thia Megia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haley_Reinhart" title="Haley Reinhart">Haley Reinhart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pia_Toscano" title="Pia Toscano">Pia Toscano</a></figcaption></figure> McCreery released his coronation single "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_This_Big" title="I Love You This Big">I Love You This Big</a>" immediately after winning the tenth season of American Idol. The song entered the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a> chart at number 32, becoming the highest debut for a debut single since the chart converted to BDS data the week of January 20, 1990.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> The song sold 171,404 units in its first week,<a href="#cite_note-prnews_June_3,_2011-57">[57]</a> and was certified gold on August 25, 2011. A music video for the song, shot on Angels Point near Dodger Stadium, was released on August 9, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> He signed with Mercury Nashville,<a href="#cite_note-zap2it_June_1,_2011-60">[60]</a> earning a contract that gave him over $250,000 in advances for recording the first album.<a href="#cite_note-billboard_May_26,_2011-61">[61]</a> Both McCreery and <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Alaina" title="Lauren Alaina">Lauren Alaina</a> were invited to present at the <a href="/wiki/CMT_Music_Awards" title="CMT Music Awards">CMT Music Awards</a> on June 8, 2011,<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> and they also both performed on the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> on June 10.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> McCreery performed "I Love You This Big" and George Strait's song "Check Yes or No."<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Their trip to Nashville was also featured later in an <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> Special CMA Music Fest: Country's Night to Rock where McCreery performed "Your Man" with Josh Turner at the <a href="/wiki/CMA_Music_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="CMA Music Festival">CMA Music Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> McCreery toured with the <a href="/wiki/American_Idols_LIVE!_Tour_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011">American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011</a>, which began in <a href="/wiki/West_Valley_City,_Utah" title="West Valley City, Utah">West Valley City, Utah</a>, on July 6, 2011, and ended in <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> on September 21, 2011. McCreery recorded <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Please_Remember_Me" title="Please Remember Me">Please Remember Me</a>" and it was released on March 8, 2012. It was used as the exit song on the <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_(season_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idol (season 11)">eleventh season</a> of American Idol.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011:_Clear_as_Day">2011: Clear as Day</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011: Clear as Day">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scotty_McCreery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Scotty_McCreery.jpg/220px-Scotty_McCreery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="392" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Scotty_McCreery.jpg/330px-Scotty_McCreery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Scotty_McCreery.jpg/440px-Scotty_McCreery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2126" data-file-height="3792" /></a><figcaption>McCreery performing in 2011.</figcaption></figure> McCreery's debut album, <a href="/wiki/Clear_as_Day" title="Clear as Day">Clear as Day</a>, was released on October 4, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Tracks from the album include a song from <a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a>,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> and the title track "Clear as Day".<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> McCreery aimed to include an explicitly Christian song in that album and he included the song "Old King James," which dwells on a Bible being passed down for generations.<a href="#cite_note-Christian_Post-71">[71]</a> On October 3, 2011, the day before his debut album was scheduled to be released, <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> premiered a TV special, Introducing: Scotty McCreery.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> The album sold 197,000 on its debut week, and McCreery made history as the first country act to debut at No. 1 on <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> with their first studio album, as well as the youngest man to open at the top of the chart with his debut release.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> It reached No. 1 on five separate Billboard charts – Billboard 200, Top Current Albums, Digital Albums, Internet Albums, and Top Country Albums. With the debut album Clear as Day reaching number one on the Billboard 200, he joined <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Studdard" title="Ruben Studdard">Ruben Studdard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clay_Aiken" title="Clay Aiken">Clay Aiken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Daughtry" title="Chris Daughtry">Chris Daughtry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Lambert" title="Adam Lambert">Adam Lambert</a> as the only Idol contestants to have a number one album. Clear as Day has since been certified platinum with over 1 million units shipped.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Before the release of his album, a single from this album, "<a href="/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Girls_(song)" title="The Trouble with Girls (song)">The Trouble with Girls</a>", was premiered on radio on August 30, 2011,<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> and released onto iTunes on September 1, 2011. The news that "The Trouble with Girls", along with the album Clear as Day, had been certified gold coincided with McCreery's appearance on <a href="/wiki/Today_(NBC_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Today (NBC program)">Today</a> on November 23, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The next day, the Thanksgiving Day of 2011, McCreery performed "The Trouble With Girls" at the 85th <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" title="Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade">Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a> in New York City then headlined the Macy's Great Tree Lighting at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta in the evening.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On November 9, 2011, McCreery performed a track from his album, "Walk in the Country", and announced the CMA Radio Stations of the Year honors at the 45th Annual <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">Country Music Association Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> The next day McCreery joined other country stars in Nashville to tape the CMA Country Christmas special that aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> on December 1.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> He performed "<a href="/wiki/The_First_Noel" title="The First Noel">The First Noel</a>", which was included in his Christmas album the following year, during the second annual CMA Country Christmas.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> On October 19, 2011, McCreery sang the <a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">National Anthem</a> in Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">World Series</a> between the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>. He also performed on the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Parks_Christmas_Day_Parade" title="Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade">Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade</a> at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World</a> on December 25, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> McCreery was nominated and won the first of his awards at the 2nd Annual <a href="/wiki/American_Country_Awards" title="American Country Awards">American Country Awards</a> on December 5, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-allaccess1-83">[83]</a> He performed his second single at the award show and won in the New Artist category.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> He also won the Best New Artist award at the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">ACM Awards</a> on April 1, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> He received the Breakthrough Video of the Year Award at the <a href="/wiki/CMT_Music_Awards" title="CMT Music Awards">CMT Music Awards</a> on June 6, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-graduation-86">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012:_Christmas_with_Scotty_McCreery">2012: Christmas with Scotty McCreery</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2012: Christmas with Scotty McCreery">edit</a>]</div> In 2012, he opened for <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> along with <a href="/wiki/The_Band_Perry" title="The Band Perry">The Band Perry</a>. The tour kicked off on January 12 with tour dates announced for the first quarter of 2012.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Scotty_McCreery" title="Christmas with Scotty McCreery">Christmas with Scotty McCreery</a>, was released on October 16, 2012. The album includes nine holiday classics and two new holiday songs.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> It debuted at No. 4 on Billboard 200 with sales of 41,000,<a href="#cite_note-Idol_Chatter_10-24-2012-89">[89]</a> and was certified gold on November 26, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-United_StatesScotty_McCreeryChristmas_With_Scotty_McCreeryalbumCertRef-90">[90]</a> The Christmas album was included in the Scotty McCreery QVC Bundle, which also contains Clear as Day, released through <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, and sold 5,000 copies the first week.<a href="#cite_note-roughstock_Nov7-91">[91]</a> McCreery also hopes to make more Christmas albums in the future.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> McCreery performed a track from the album, "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "<a href="/wiki/Jingle_Bells" title="Jingle Bells">Jingle Bells</a>" in the <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_Center_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree">Christmas in Rockefeller Center</a> special broadcast on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> on November 28, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> He also sang "<a href="/wiki/Winter_Wonderland" title="Winter Wonderland">Winter Wonderland</a>" at the CMA Country Christmas show aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> on December 20, 2012.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> He performed <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Back_in_Town" title="Santa Claus Is Back in Town">Santa Claus Is Back in Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Did_You_Know%3F" title="Mary, Did You Know?">Mary, Did You Know?</a> at the "Christmas in Washington" gala, an annual seasonal celebration benefiting the Children's National Medical Center attended by the President.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–2015:_See_You_Tonight">2013–2015: See You Tonight</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2013–2015: See You Tonight">edit</a>]</div> McCreery's second album, <a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight" title="See You Tonight">See You Tonight</a>, was released on October 15, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> The album was produced by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Rogers_(record_producer)" title="Frank Rogers (record producer)">Frank Rogers</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight_(song)" title="See You Tonight (song)">title track</a> was released in May of that year as the lead single, and became McCreery's first song to reach the top ten on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> McCreery wrote the song with <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Gorley" title="Ashley Gorley">Ashley Gorley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zach_Crowell" title="Zach Crowell">Zach Crowell</a>. "<a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_It_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="Feelin' It (Scotty McCreery song)">Feelin' It</a>" was released as the second single in April 2014<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> and debuted at number fifty-four on the Country Airplay chart.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> The single reached the top ten on Billboard Country Airplay.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015–2019:_Departure_from_Mercury,_Go_Big_or_Go_Home,_and_Seasons_Change">2015–2019: Departure from Mercury, Go Big or Go Home, and Seasons Change</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2015–2019: Departure from Mercury, Go Big or Go Home, and Seasons Change">edit</a>]</div> In August 2015, McCreery released the single "<a href="/wiki/Southern_Belle_(song)" title="Southern Belle (song)">Southern Belle</a>", which was intended as the lead single for a third Mercury album.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The single failed to gain much traction on the radio, peaking at No. 45 on Billboard Country Airplay. On February 3, 2016, it was confirmed that McCreery had parted ways with Mercury.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> He mentored two semi-finalists during the fifteenth season of American Idol. McCreery sang with Jeneve Rose Mitchell on "<a href="/wiki/Gone_(Montgomery_Gentry_song)" title="Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)">Gone</a>" and with Jenna Renae on his own "<a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight" title="See You Tonight">See You Tonight</a>". On April 7, 2016, he returned to American Idol for the original series' final show, performing a country medley with Idol alumni Kellie Pickler, Lauren Alaina, Kree Harrison, Bucky Covington, Constantine Maroulis, Ace Young, Diana DeGarmo, and Skylar Laine. He wrote a book, Go Big or Go Home, which was released May 3, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> He describes the book as a travelogue about specific memories throughout his life. He went on a book tour.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> McCreery signed a new management deal with Triple 8 on October 24, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> McCreery released his new single, "<a href="/wiki/Five_More_Minutes_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="Five More Minutes (Scotty McCreery song)">Five More Minutes</a>" to digital retailers and streaming services on May 5, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> The song was co-written by McCreery, Frank Rogers, and Monty Criswell, after the passing of his grandfather. On June 12, 2017, McCreery released a music video for the single which includes home videos of his life.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> "Five More Minutes" is the first song released without a record label to ever chart on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Top 50.<a href="#cite_note-chatter-109">[109]</a> On August 15, 2017, McCreery signed a new label deal with Triple Tigers Records/Sony Music Entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-chatter-109">[109]</a> In January 2018, "Five More Minutes" became McCreery's first number one single on the country singles charts. On August 5, 2018, McCreery appeared on "<a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Family_Feud" title="Celebrity Family Feud">Celebrity Family Feud</a>" and won $25,000 for his charity, <a href="/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital" title="St. Jude Children's Research Hospital">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-$25,000-110">[110]</a> McCreery released his second single, "<a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="This Is It (Scotty McCreery song)">This Is It</a>", to digital retailers on March 9, 2018.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> The single peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country charts.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> McCreery released his third single, "<a href="/wiki/In_Between_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="In Between (Scotty McCreery song)">In Between</a>", to radio on April 1, 2019,<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> which later became his third consecutive number one on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country charts. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–2022:_Same_Truck">2020–2022: Same Truck</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2020–2022: Same Truck">edit</a>]</div> "<a href="/wiki/You_Time" title="You Time">You Time</a>" was released on September 23, 2020<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> as the first single to his fifth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Same_Truck" title="Same Truck">Same Truck</a>, which was released on September 17, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> "<a href="/wiki/Damn_Strait" title="Damn Strait">Damn Strait</a>" was released on October 18, 2021, as the second single.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> A deluxe version was released that included the single "<a href="/wiki/It_Matters_to_Her" title="It Matters to Her">It Matters to Her</a>" that peaked at No. 3 on the <a href="/wiki/Country_Airplay" title="Country Airplay">country airplay</a> chart. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023–present:_Rise_&_Fall">2023–present: Rise & Fall</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2023–present: Rise & Fall">edit</a>]</div> McCreery released the single "<a href="/wiki/Cab_in_a_Solo" title="Cab in a Solo">Cab in a Solo</a>" on August 18, 2023 as the lead single to his sixth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Rise_%26_Fall_(album)" title="Rise & Fall (album)">Rise & Fall</a>. It reached number one in May of 2024 ahead of the release of the album. <a href="/wiki/Rise_%26_Fall_(album)" title="Rise & Fall (album)">Rise & Fall</a> was received with positive reviews and commercial success, drawing comparisons to 90's country. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> McCreery is a <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Garner_Magnet_High_School" title="Garner Magnet High School">Garner Magnet High School</a> in 2012,<a href="#cite_note-graduation-86">[86]</a> and attended <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>, pursuing a bachelor's degree in communications.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Although he is one fourth Puerto Rican, he does not speak Spanish fluently, and regrets that he did not learn the language when he was younger.<a href="#cite_note-This_is_my_new_life!-11">[11]</a> In September 2017, McCreery became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> They were married on June 16, 2018, in the Mountains of North Carolina in Ashe County.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> In June 2022, McCreery and his wife Gabi announced that they were expecting their first child, a baby boy, in November. Their son was born on October 24, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influences">Influences</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Influences">edit</a>]</div> McCreery said that during his childhood, he listened to <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a>; and he cites <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> as his greatest musical influence.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_interests">Personal interests</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal interests">edit</a>]</div> McCreery is an avid sports fan and is a particular fan of the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> — his father having grown up in the Boston area.<a href="#cite_note-Got_Country_Online-125">[125]</a> He is an avid fan of <a href="/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack" title="NC State Wolfpack">NC State Wolfpack</a> sports, having been raised in the greater Raleigh area and attended NC State University.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> McCreery sang the <a href="/wiki/Star_Spangled_Banner" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Spangled Banner">National Anthem</a> before the Patriots AFC divisional game on January 16, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> On October 4, 2013, he began blogging for <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>,<a href="#cite_note-MLBlogs_Network-128">[128]</a> continuing to blog for the remainder of the <a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2013 Major League Baseball season">2013 Major League Baseball season</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scotty_McCreery_discography" title="Scotty McCreery discography">Scotty McCreery discography</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clear_as_Day" title="Clear as Day">Clear as Day</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_Scotty_McCreery" title="Christmas with Scotty McCreery">Christmas with Scotty McCreery</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight" title="See You Tonight">See You Tonight</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seasons_Change_(Scotty_McCreery_album)" title="Seasons Change (Scotty McCreery album)">Seasons Change</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Same_Truck" title="Same Truck">Same Truck</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise_%26_Fall_(album)" title="Rise & Fall (album)">Rise & Fall</a> (2024)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Film & Television </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Film </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Season Ten winner </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hart_of_Dixie" title="Hart of Dixie">Hart of Dixie</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Season 1 - Episode 19: "Destiny & Denial" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Family_Feud" title="Celebrity Family Feud">Celebrity Family Feud</a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Season 5 - Episode 7: "Scotty McCreery vs. Chris Kattan and Amber Riley vs. Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>Five More Minutes </td> <td>Executive Producer & Writer </td> <td>Hallmark Television Film <a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours">Tours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Tours">edit</a>]</div> Headlining <ul><li>Weekend Roadtrip Tour (2013)</li> <li>See You Tonight Tour (2014)</li> <li>Seasons Change Tour (2018)</li> <li>You Time Tour (2021)</li></ul> Co-headlining <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_LIVE!_Tour_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011">American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011</a> (2011)</li></ul> Supporting <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_Reality_World_Tour" title="Virtual Reality World Tour">Virtual Reality World Tour</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riot_Tour" title="Riot Tour">Riot Tour</a> (2015)</li> <li>Make It Sweet Tour (2019)</li> <li>Town Ain't Big Enough Tour (2020)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Philanthropy">edit</a>]</div> In 2011, McCreery participated in Operation Christmas Child, a program dedicated to donating toys to impoverished children around the world.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> Every year since then, he has participated in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Hope_(charity)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Hope (charity)">City of Hope</a> Celebrity Softball Game, which raises funds for cancer research.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> He performed a benefit concert in November 2012, through which he raised $5,000 for <a href="/wiki/World_Vision" class="mw-redirect" title="World Vision">World Vision</a> to help with the <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Hurricane Sandy</a> relief efforts,<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> and the following year, World Vision acted as the charitable sponsor for McCreery's Weekend Roadtrip Tour (2013).<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Over the course of a 2013 <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Ballpark" title="Ballpark">ballpark</a> tour, McCreery donated $50,000 to various youth baseball programs across the United States, including Major League Baseball's <a href="/wiki/Reviving_Baseball_in_Inner_Cities" title="Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities">Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities</a> (RBI) program.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> McCreery became a National Goodwill Ambassador for the 12.14 Foundation in February 2014.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> He has an active role in promoting the Foundation's arts program, supporting their fundraising efforts, and creating awareness for their vision and objectives to help the people of <a href="/wiki/Newtown,_Connecticut" title="Newtown, Connecticut">Newtown, Connecticut</a>. On December 4, 2014, McCreery performed a benefit concert which raised $60,000 to the foundation.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> In December 2017, McCreery and other country artists recorded a charity single, a cover of <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama's</a> "<a href="/wiki/Angels_Among_Us" title="Angels Among Us">Angels Among Us</a>," to benefit <a href="/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital" title="St. Jude Children's Research Hospital">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Angels_Among_Us-140">[140]</a> McCreery appeared on "<a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Family_Feud" title="Celebrity Family Feud">Celebrity Family Feud</a>" on August 5, 2018, and won $25,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.<a href="#cite_note-$25,000-110">[110]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honors and awards">edit</a>]</div> In 2017 McCreery received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Long_Leaf_Pine" title="Order of the Long Leaf Pine">Order of the Long Leaf Pine</a>, the highest civilian award given by the State of North Carolina. He received the award on stage at a performance at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> in Nashville, Tennessee. He was nominated for the award by outgoing governor <a href="/wiki/Pat_McCrory" title="Pat McCrory">Pat McCrory</a> and conferred the award by his replacement <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper">Roy Cooper</a>.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> In 2024, McCreery was inducted as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Grand_Ole_Opry_members" title="List of Grand Ole Opry members">member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>, following an invitation by <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> in December 2023.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_awards">Music awards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Music awards">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Association </th> <th>Category[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </th> <th>Recipient </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Teen_Choice_Awards" title="2011 Teen Choice Awards">Teen Choice Awards 2011</a> </td> <td>Choice Music: Breakout Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Country_Awards" title="American Country Awards">American Country Awards</a> </td> <td>Artist of the Year: New Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> </td> <td>Best New Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2012_Billboard_Music_Awards" title="2012 Billboard Music Awards">Billboard Music Awards</a> </td> <td>Top New Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top Country Album </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clear_as_Day" title="Clear as Day">Clear as Day</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CMT_Music_Awards" title="CMT Music Awards">CMT Music Awards</a> </td> <td>USA Breakthrough Video of the Year </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Girls_(song)" title="The Trouble with Girls (song)">The Trouble with Girls</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MusicRow" title="MusicRow">MusicRow</a> Awards </td> <td>Breakthrough Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2012_Teen_Choice_Awards" title="2012 Teen Choice Awards">Teen Choice Awards 2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teen_Choice_Award_for_Choice_Music_-_Male_Country_Artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Teen Choice Award for Choice Music - Male Country Artist">Choice Male Country Artist</a> </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Choice TV: Male Reality Star (American Idol) </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Country_Awards" title="American Country Awards">American Country Awards</a> </td> <td>Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist </td> <td>Scotty McCreery </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Country Awards</a> </td> <td>Top 50 Songs </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/See_You_Tonight_(song)" title="See You Tonight (song)">See You Tonight</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Country Awards</a> </td> <td>Top 50 Songs </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Five_More_Minutes_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="Five More Minutes (Scotty McCreery song)">Five More Minutes</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BMI_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BMI Awards">BMI Country Awards</a> </td> <td>Top 50 Songs </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(Scotty_McCreery_song)" title="This Is It (Scotty McCreery song)">This Is It</a>" </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CMT_Music_Awards" title="CMT Music Awards">CMT Music Awards</a> </td> <td>CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year </td> <td>"Damn Strait" (from CMT Campfire Sessions) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Idols_winners" title="List of Idols winners">List of Idols winners</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Scotty_McCreery&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/billboardbiz/photos/pdf/country_update_0531.pdf">"Billboard Country Update 5/31/2011"</a> (PDF). <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>. 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Graham Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cho" title="Henry Cho">Henry Cho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terri_Clark" title="Terri Clark">Terri Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Conlee" title="John Conlee">John Conlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dailey_%26_Vincent" title="Dailey & Vincent">Dailey & Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Rio" title="Diamond Rio">Diamond Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Evans" title="Sara Evans">Sara Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gatlin" title="Larry Gatlin">Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Isaacs" title="The Isaacs">The Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan 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selflink">Scotty McCreery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Montgomery" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Montgomery">Eddie Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Morgan" title="Craig Morgan">Craig Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan" title="Lorrie Morgan">Lorrie Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Mule_Deer" title="Gary Mule Deer">Gary Mule Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Oak_Ridge_Boys" title="The Oak Ridge Boys">The Oak Ridge Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Crow_Medicine_Show" title="Old Crow Medicine Show">Old Crow Medicine Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Pardi" title="Jon Pardi">Jon Pardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carly_Pearce" title="Carly Pearce">Carly Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Phillips_(country_singer)" title="Stu Phillips (country singer)">Stu Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Pruett" title="Jeanne Pruett">Jeanne Pruett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rascal_Flatts" title="Rascal Flatts">Rascal Flatts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riders_in_the_Sky_(band)" title="Riders in the Sky (band)">Riders in the Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darius_Rucker" title="Darius Rucker">Darius Rucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Schlitz" title="Don Schlitz">Don Schlitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannie_Seely" title="Jeannie Seely">Jeannie Seely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Van_Shelton" title="Ricky Van Shelton">Ricky Van Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Smith" title="Connie Smith">Connie Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Snider_(musician)" title="Mike Snider (musician)">Mike Snider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Stuart" title="Marty Stuart">Marty Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Tillis" title="Pam Tillis">Pam Tillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Turner" title="Josh Turner">Josh Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Vincent" title="Rhonda Vincent">Rhonda Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wariner" title="Steve Wariner">Steve Wariner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Watson" title="Gene Watson">Gene Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Whites" title="The Whites">The Whites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wills" title="Mark Wills">Mark Wills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisha_Yearwood" title="Trisha Yearwood">Trisha Yearwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(singer)" title="Chris Young (singer)">Chris Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #AF0700; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 black, inset -2px -2px 0 black;;width:1%">Former members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_%22Stringbean%22_Akeman" title="David "Stringbean" Akeman">David "Stringbean" Akeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Anglin" title="Jack Anglin">Jack Anglin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Ashworth" title="Ernest Ashworth">Ernest Ashworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeFord_Bailey" title="DeFord Bailey">DeFord Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashful_Brother_Oswald" title="Bashful Brother Oswald">Bashful Brother Oswald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bate" title="Humphrey Bate">Humphrey Bate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binkley_Brothers%27_Dixie_Clodhoppers" title="Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers">Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margie_Bowes" title="Margie Bowes">Margie Bowes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Brasfield" title="Rod Brasfield">Rod Brasfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ed_Brown" title="Jim Ed Brown">Jim Ed Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Browns" title="The Browns">The Browns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Butler_and_Pearl" title="Carl Butler and Pearl">Carl Butler and Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Campbell_(comedian)" title="Archie Campbell (comedian)">Archie Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Carlisle" title="Bill Carlisle">Bill Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Carson" title="Martha Carson">Martha Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carter_Sisters" title="The Carter Sisters">The Carter Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maybelle_Carter" title="Maybelle Carter">Maybelle Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Carter_Cash" title="June Carter Cash">June Carter Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeke_Clements" title="Zeke Clements">Zeke Clements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Cline" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Clower" title="Jerry Clower">Jerry Clower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoney_Cooper" title="Stoney Cooper">Stoney Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Lee_Cooper" title="Wilma Lee Cooper">Wilma Lee Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_Copas" title="Cowboy Copas">Cowboy Copas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels" title="Charlie Daniels">Charlie Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" title="Skeeter Davis">Skeeter Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Delmore_Brothers" title="The Delmore Brothers">The Delmore Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_DeZurik_Sisters" title="The DeZurik Sisters">The DeZurik Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Jimmy_Dickens" title="Little Jimmy Dickens">Little Jimmy Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Diffie" title="Joe Diffie">Joe Diffie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Dill" title="Danny Dill">Danny Dill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood" title="Jimmy Driftwood">Jimmy Driftwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Drusky" title="Roy Drusky">Roy Drusky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Paducah" title="The Duke of Paducah">The Duke of Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Dunn" title="Holly Dunn">Holly Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Flatt" title="Lester Flatt">Lester Flatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Foley" title="Red Foley">Red Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Fox" title="Curly Fox">Curly Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Gentry" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Gentry">Troy Gentry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Grammer" title="Billy Grammer">Billy Grammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Greene" title="Jack Greene">Jack Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gully_Jumpers" title="The Gully Jumpers">The Gully Jumpers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theron_Hale" title="Theron Hale">Theron Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton_IV" title="George Hamilton IV">George Hamilton IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Harkreader" title="Sid Harkreader">Sid Harkreader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkshaw_Hawkins" title="Hawkshaw Hawkins">Hawkshaw Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Hay" title="George D. Hay">George D. Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoot_Hester" title="Hoot Hester">Hoot Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hill" title="Goldie Hill">Goldie Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Houston_(singer)" title="David Houston (singer)">David Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Howard" title="Jan Howard">Jan Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferlin_Husky" title="Ferlin Husky">Ferlin Husky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_James" title="Sonny James">Sonny James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Jean_(singer)" title="Norma Jean (singer)">Norma Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_%26_Jesse" title="Jim & Jesse">Jim & Jesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_%26_Jack" title="Johnnie & Jack">Johnnie & Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandpa_Jones" title="Grandpa Jones">Grandpa Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Jordanaires" title="The Jordanaires">The Jordanaires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Kershaw" title="Doug Kershaw">Doug Kershaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Ketchum" title="Hal Ketchum">Hal Ketchum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Kincaid" title="Bradley Kincaid">Bradley Kincaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pee_Wee_King" title="Pee Wee King">Pee Wee King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Locklin" title="Hank Locklin">Hank Locklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonzo_and_Oscar" title="Lonzo and Oscar">Lonzo and Oscar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lord" title="Bobby Lord">Bobby Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Louvin" title="Charlie Louvin">Charlie Louvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Louvin" title="Ira Louvin">Ira Louvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Luman" title="Bob Luman">Bob Luman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon" title="Uncle Dave Macon">Uncle Dave Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Maddox" title="Rose Maddox">Rose Maddox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_McDaniel" title="Mel McDaniel">Mel McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_McReynolds" title="Jesse McReynolds">Jesse McReynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGee_Brothers" title="McGee Brothers">McGee Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Morgan_(singer)" title="George Morgan (singer)">George Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Mullican" title="Moon Mullican">Moon Mullican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_C._Newman" title="Jimmy C. Newman">Jimmy C. Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Osborne" title="Bobby Osborne">Bobby Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Osborne" title="Sonny Osborne">Sonny Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck" title="Johnny Paycheck">Johnny Paycheck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb_Pierce" title="Webb Pierce">Webb Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Pillow" title="Ray Pillow">Ray Pillow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(singer)" title="Ray Price (singer)">Ray Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Reeves" title="Del Reeves">Del Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reeves" title="Jim Reeves">Jim Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Rhodes" title="Leon Rhodes">Leon Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Ritter" title="Tex Ritter">Tex Ritter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Russell_(singer)" title="Johnny Russell (singer)">Johnny Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusty_and_Doug" title="Rusty and Doug">Rusty and Doug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepard" title="Jean Shepard">Jean Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Slim_(country_singer)" title="Mississippi Slim (country singer)">Mississippi Slim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Smith_(musician)" title="Carl Smith (musician)">Carl Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiddlin%27_Arthur_Smith" title="Fiddlin' Arthur Smith">Fiddlin' Arthur Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sovine" title="Red Sovine">Red Sovine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stanley" title="Ralph Stanley">Ralph Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Ruby" title="Texas Ruby">Texas Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._J._Thomas" title="B. J. Thomas">B. J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson" title="Uncle Jimmy Thompson">Uncle Jimmy Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tompall_%26_the_Glaser_Brothers" title="Tompall & the Glaser Brothers">Tompall & the Glaser Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Tubb" title="Justin Tubb">Justin Tubb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Van_Dyke" title="Leroy Van Dyke">Leroy Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" title="Porter Wagoner">Porter Wagoner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Walker_(musician)" title="Billy Walker (musician)">Billy Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Walker_(musician)" title="Charlie Walker (musician)">Charlie Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dottie_West" title="Dottie West">Dottie West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Whitley" title="Keith Whitley">Keith Whitley</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman" title="Slim Whitman">Slim Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wilburn_Brothers" title="The Wilburn Brothers">The Wilburn Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxcar_Willie" title="Boxcar Willie">Boxcar Willie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Willis_Brothers" title="The Willis Brothers">The Willis Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chubby_Wise" title="Chubby Wise">Chubby Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Wood" title="Del Wood">Del Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Worth" title="Marion Worth">Marion Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Wright" title="Johnnie Wright">Johnnie Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faron_Young" title="Faron Young">Faron Young</a></li></ul> †Honorary former member; was scheduled to be invited, but died before the invitation was extended </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #AF0700; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 black, inset -2px -2px 0 black;;width:1%">Pending members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Curtis_Chapman" title="Steven Curtis Chapman">Steven Curtis Chapman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_Idol" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Idol_episodes" title="List of American Idol episodes">Episodes</a> <ul><li>Season <a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_1" title="American Idol season 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_2" title="American Idol season 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_3" title="American Idol season 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_4" title="American Idol season 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_5" title="American Idol season 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_6" title="American Idol season 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_7" title="American Idol season 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_8" title="American Idol season 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_9" title="American Idol season 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_10" title="American Idol season 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_11" title="American Idol season 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_12" title="American Idol season 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_13" title="American Idol season 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_14" title="American Idol season 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_15" title="American Idol season 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_16" title="American Idol season 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_17" title="American Idol season 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_18" title="American Idol season 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_19" title="American Idol season 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_20" title="American Idol season 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_21" title="American Idol season 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_season_22" title="American Idol season 22">22</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finalists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Winners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Studdard" title="Ruben Studdard">Ruben Studdard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(singer)" title="Fantasia (singer)">Fantasia Barrino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Hicks" title="Taylor Hicks">Taylor Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordin_Sparks" title="Jordin Sparks">Jordin Sparks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cook_(singer)" title="David Cook (singer)">David Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris_Allen" title="Kris Allen">Kris Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_DeWyze" title="Lee DeWyze">Lee DeWyze</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Scotty McCreery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Phillips" title="Phillip Phillips">Phillip Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candice_Glover" title="Candice Glover">Candice Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Johnson" title="Caleb Johnson">Caleb Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Fradiani" title="Nick Fradiani">Nick Fradiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Harmon" title="Trent Harmon">Trent Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maddie_Poppe" title="Maddie Poppe">Maddie Poppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laine_Hardy" title="Laine Hardy">Laine Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_Sam" title="Just Sam">Just Sam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chayce_Beckham" title="Chayce Beckham">Chayce Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Thompson" title="Noah Thompson">Noah Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iam_Tongi" title="Iam Tongi">Iam Tongi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abi_Carter" title="Abi Carter">Abi Carter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Runners-up</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Guarini" title="Justin Guarini">Justin Guarini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Aiken" title="Clay Aiken">Clay Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_DeGarmo" title="Diana DeGarmo">Diana DeGarmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Bice" title="Bo Bice">Bo Bice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_McPhee" title="Katharine McPhee">Katharine McPhee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Lewis" title="Blake Lewis">Blake Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Archuleta" title="David Archuleta">David Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Lambert" title="Adam Lambert">Adam Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Bowersox" title="Crystal Bowersox">Crystal Bowersox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Alaina" title="Lauren Alaina">Lauren Alaina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Sanchez" title="Jessica Sanchez">Jessica Sanchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kree_Harrison" title="Kree Harrison">Kree Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jena_Irene_Asciutto" title="Jena Irene Asciutto">Jena Irene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Beckham" title="Clark Beckham">Clark Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La%27Porsha_Renae" title="La'Porsha Renae">La'Porsha Renae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Lee_Hutchinson" title="Caleb Lee Hutchinson">Caleb Lee Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Aranda" title="Alejandro Aranda">Alejandro Aranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gunn" title="Arthur Gunn">Arthur Gunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Spence" title="Willie Spence">Willie Spence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HunterGirl" title="HunterGirl">HunterGirl</a></li> <li>Megan Danielle</li> <li>Will Moseley</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other alumni</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_McKibbin" title="Nikki McKibbin">Nikki McKibbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gracin" title="Josh Gracin">Josh Gracin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Yamin" title="Elliott Yamin">Elliott Yamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Daughtry" title="Chris Daughtry">Chris Daughtry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellie_Pickler" title="Kellie Pickler">Kellie Pickler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandisa" title="Mandisa">Mandisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Gokey" title="Danny Gokey">Danny Gokey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todrick_Hall" title="Todrick Hall">Todrick Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_Kelly" title="Tori Kelly">Tori Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Reinhart" title="Haley Reinhart">Haley Reinhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colton_Dixon" title="Colton Dixon">Colton Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monogem" title="Monogem">Monogem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Miller_(American_singer)" title="Angie Miller (American singer)">Angie Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Seavey" title="Daniel Seavey">Daniel Seavey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Barrett" title="Gabby Barrett">Gabby Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catie_Turner" title="Catie Turner">Catie Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Spencer-Smith" title="Lauren Spencer-Smith">Lauren Spencer-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_Boone" title="Benson Boone">Benson Boone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Winners' singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Moment_Like_This" title="A Moment Like This">A Moment Like This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flying_Without_Wings#Ruben_Studdard_cover_version" title="Flying Without Wings">Flying Without Wings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(Fantasia_song)" title="I Believe (Fantasia song)">I Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Inside_Your_Heaven" title="Inside Your Heaven">Inside Your Heaven</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Do_I_Make_You_Proud" title="Do I Make You Proud">Do I Make You Proud</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_My_Now" title="This Is My Now">This Is My Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_My_Life_(David_Cook_song)" title="The Time of My Life (David Cook song)">The Time of My Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_Boundaries_(song)" title="No Boundaries (song)">No Boundaries</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Day#Accolades_and_legacy" title="Beautiful Day">Beautiful Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_You_This_Big" title="I Love You This Big">I Love You This Big</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_(Phillip_Phillips_song)" title="Home (Phillip Phillips song)">Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Am_Beautiful" title="I Am Beautiful">I Am Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/As_Long_as_You_Love_Me_(Caleb_Johnson_song)" title="As Long as You Love Me (Caleb Johnson song)">As Long as You Love Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Life_(Nick_Fradiani_song)" title="Beautiful Life (Nick Fradiani song)">Beautiful Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Falling_(Trent_Harmon_song)" title="Falling (Trent Harmon song)">Falling</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flame_(Laine_Hardy_song)" title="Flame (Laine Hardy song)">Flame</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/23_(Chayce_Beckham_song)" title="23 (Chayce Beckham song)">23</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concert tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2002" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2002">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2003" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2003">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2004" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2004">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2005" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2005">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2006" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2006">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2007" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2007">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2008" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2008">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2009" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2009">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2010" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2010">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2011" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2011">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2012" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2012">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2013" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2013">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2014" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2014">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idols_Live!_Tour_2015" title="American Idols Live! Tour 2015">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_Live!_2018" class="mw-redirect" title="American Idol Live! 2018">16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related programming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Idol_(franchise)" title="Idol (franchise)">Idol (franchise)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Juniors" title="American Juniors">American Juniors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_American_Idol_Christmas" title="An American Idol Christmas">Idol Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_Extra" title="American Idol Extra">Idol Extra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idol_Gives_Back" title="Idol Gives Back">Idol Gives Back</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_Rewind" title="American Idol Rewind">Idol Rewind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Idol" title="World Idol">World Idol</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/American_Idol_compilation_series" title="American Idol compilation series">Compilation series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_controversies" title="American Idol controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_contestants_discography" title="American Idol contestants discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Idol_finalists" title="List of American Idol finalists">Finalists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Idol_Hot_100_singles" title="List of American Idol Hot 100 singles">Hot 100 singles</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Judge_Me_Tender" title="Judge Me Tender">Judge Me Tender</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_American_Idol_Experience" title="The American Idol Experience">The American Idol Experience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Idol_(video_game)" title="American Idol (video game)">Video game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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