Brett Eldredge Biography

Brett Ryan Eldredge (born March 23, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer, signed to Atlantic Records Nashville. The cousin of Terry Eldredge of The Grascals, Eldredge has had three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart from his debut studio album, Bring You Back: "Don't Ya", "Beat of the Music", and "Mean to Me".

Life and career

Eldredge was raised in Paris, Illinois, the son of Robin Beth (Vonderlage) and Christopher "Chris" Eldredge. His cousin, Terry Eldredge, is a member of The Grascals. One of his cousin works at Liberty High School (Lake St. Louis, Missouri) as the activity director.

He co-wrote the track "I Think I've Had Enough" for Gary Allan, who recorded it for his eighth studio album, Get Off on the Pain. By late 2010 he had signed to Atlantic Records and released his debut single, "Raymond" on September 27, 2010. It debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week ending October 16, 2010 and reached a peak of number 23. "It Ain't Gotta Be Love" was released as his second single and reached number 46. Eldredge performed on the Grand Ole Opry on October 29, 2010.

A third single, "Don't Ya", was released to country radio in October 2012. It became his first single to reach the top 20 of the Hot Country Songs chart and his first to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut studio album, Bring You Back, was released on August 6, 2013. "Don't Ya" reached number one on the Country Airplay chart the same month. The album's second single, "Beat of the Music", also reached number one on the same chart. The album's third single, "Mean to Me", was released to country radio on July 14, 2014. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in March 2015.

Eldredge's sixth single overall, "Lose My Mind", was released in 2015. It is the lead single to his second studio album, Illinois. It reached at number one on the Country Airplay chart in October 2015. The album's second single, "Drunk on Your Love" released to country radio on November 9, 2015. It reached at number two on the Country Airplay chart in April 2016. The album's third single, "Wanna Be That Song" released to country radio on May 23, 2016. He was one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's Red Tour. On Memorial Day 2015, he sang "Take Me Out to The Ballgame" during the seventh Inning Stretch at Wrigley Field while the Cubs played host to the Washington Nationals.

In 2016, Eldredge was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of Take Me Home, Country Roads, On the Road Again and I Will Always Love You which celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards.

Eldredge released his first Christmas album, Glow, in October 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Sales	Certifications
		US Country	US	CAN
Bring You Back	Release date: August 6, 2013 Label: Atlantic Nashville Formats: CD, digital download	2	11	"?	US: 183,000	RIAA: Gold
Illinois	Release date: September 11, 2015 Label: Atlantic Nashville Formats: CD, digital download	1	3	10	US: 153,200
Glow	Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: Atlantic Nashville Formats: CD, digital download
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales	Album
		US Hot Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2010	"Raymond"	"?	23	"?	"?	"?			Bring You Back
2011	"It Ain't Gotta Be Love"	"?	46	"?	"?	"?
2012	"Don't Ya"	5	1	30	3	51	US: Platinum CAN: Gold	US: 1,039,000	Bring You Back
2013	"Beat of the Music"	6	1	44	2	58	US: Gold	US: 510,000
2014	"Mean to Me"	4	1	53	3	65	US: Gold	US: 477,000
2015	"Lose My Mind"	2	1	48	2	57	US: Gold CAN: Gold	US: 506,000	Illinois
	"Drunk on Your Love"	2	2	35	1	64		US: 472,000
2016	"Wanna Be That Song"	12	12	76				US: 152,000
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
2013	"Tell Me Where to Park"	Bring You Back

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		US Country	US Country Digital
2015	"Just a Taste"	44	30	Illinois
	"Lose It All"	"?	37
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions					Album
			US Hot Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2016	"Forever Country"	Artists of Then, Now & Forever	1	33	21	39	25

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"Raymond"	Shaun Silva
2013	"Don't Ya"	Mason Dixon
2014	"Beat of the Music"	Shane Drake
	"Mean to Me"
2015	"Lose My Mind"	Joel Robertson
2016	"Drunk on Your Love"
	"Wanna Be That Song"	Trey Fanjoy
	"Forever Country"(Artists of Then, Now & Forever)	Joseph Kahn

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result
2011	American Country Awards	Music Video by a New Artist "Raymond"	rowspan="5"
2013		Single by a New Artist "Don't Ya"
		Music Video by a New Artist "Don't Ya"
2014	Academy of Country Music Awards	New Artist of the Year
	CMT Music Awards	Breakthrough Video of the Year "Beat of the Music"
	ASCAP Country Music Awards	Top 5 Songs "Don't Ya"	rowspan="4"
	BMI Country Awards	Top 50 Songs "Don't Ya"
	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year
	American Country Countdown Awards	Song of the Year "Beat of the Music"
		Breakthrough Artist of the Year
2015	CMT Music Awards	Performance of the Year "Beat of the Music"	rowspan="5"
	ASCAP Country Music Awards	Most Performed Songs "Mean to Me"
	BMI Country Awards	Song of the Year "Beat of the Music"
		Top 50 Songs "Beat of the Music"
		Top 50 Songs "Mean to Me"