Category Archives: Scotty McCreery

After winning the tenth season of American Idol at the age of 16, country crooner Scotty McCreery forged an impressive career throughout the 2010s. Beginning with his chart-topping 2011 debut, Clear as Day, the North Carolinian followed in the footsteps of fellow Idol winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson to become one of the more consistently successful artists to emerge from the show. Later releases like 2013’s See You Tonight and 2018’s Seasons Change increasingly featured more of McCreery‘s own songwriting and continued to dominate on the Billboard country charts. In 2020, almost a decade into his career, he issued the single “You Time.”

McCreery began singing as a child in Garner, North Carolina. School performances eventually gave way to local competitions, and McCreery won a singing contest in the nearby town of Clayton before trying out for American Idol as a 16-year-old. Auditioning with Josh Turner‘s “Your Man,” he made good use of his country twang and deep baritone vocals, prompting the judges to compare him to Randy Travis. McCreery passed the audition, became an audience favorite, and eventually won the competition in May 2011. Lauren Alaina, another teenage country singer and a close friend of McCreery‘s, took home the second place title.

Christmas with Scotty McCreery

McCreery‘s coronation song was “I Love You This Big,” a country ballad that sold nearly 175,000 copies during its first week of release. The song also cracked the country charts at number 32, making it the highest-charting debut single in country history, and helped stir up anticipation for his full-length album, which he recorded while preparing for American Idol’s summer tour. Clear as Day appeared in the fall of 2011 from Mercury Nashville, debuting at number one on the Billboard Top 200 the week of its release. It went on to be one of the better-selling latter-day Idol-related records, earning a platinum certification and producing another hit single in “The Trouble with Girls.” The following year, McCreery released the seasonal Christmas with Scotty McCreery in time for the 2012 holiday season.

In October 2013, he returned with his second official studio album, See You Tonight. Produced by veteran producer Frank Rogers, the album moved McCreery into bright contemporary country-pop. It was a commercial and critical success, debuting at number one on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and earning widespread acclaim, including McCreery‘s win of the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2013 American Country Awards. In 2015 he issued a new single, “Southern Belle,” and toured with Rascal Flatts. The year 2017 saw the release of the poignant “Five More Minutes,” the first single from his third LP, Seasons Change. A trio of additional singles arrived in early 2018 in advance of Seasons Change, which was released by Triple Tigers/Sony Music in March of that year. Another chart-topper in the U.S., it also fared well in Canada and the U.K. The heartfelt single “You Time” arrived in late 2020 followed the next year by “Why You Gotta Be Like That.”

Artist Biography by Andrew Leahey

Scotty McCreery Performs At 2012 CMT Music Awards

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Scotty McCreery, Casey James, Lauren Alaina and More Added to CMT Music Awards Performances! Scotty McCreery has been added to the performance line-up for the 2012 CMT Music Awards that are coming up in just a few days! He is joined by fellow American Idol alumns Lauren Alaina and Casey James in addition to Kip Moore and Jana Kramer. They will be performing on the Nationwide Insurance stage, which will be featured throughout the show. Additionally, Nationwide is presenting a special award, the On Your Side® Award, to country music’s best new live act as determined by the fans. Fans can watch their videos and vote through June 4th at CMT.com for nominees Eli Young Band, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen and Thompson Square. The CMT Awards will air LIVE on Wednesday, June 6 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com. This year’s show will be hosted by Toby Keith and Kristen Bell. Find more on the performance line-up!

Scotty McCreery On American Idol Season 11 Finale

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Scotty McCreery Returns to American Idol for Season 11 Finale Week! Scotty McCreery is returning to the stage that made him a household name…yet again! The young star will be making appearances on both nights of the Season 11 Finale week of American Idol (Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 23rd)! On Tuesday, he will be performing the song, “Please Remember Me” which he recorded for the season’s “goodbye song” featured each time a contestant is eliminated. In a more upbeat turn on Wednesday though he will be present to help this season’s winner celebrate their victory! “I am so excited about going back to American Idol and seeing everyone again. I hope to spend some time with the finalists, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez, and share some of my experiences with them. I can’t believe that it’s been a year since I was in their shoes.” -Scotty McCreery It really is impossible to believe that it has been a whole year since Scotty’s win on AI! Its also staggering to think of just how much he has done in the past year from graduating to deciding to attend college to award nominations to releasing an insanely successful album to touring with Brad Paisley. I get exhausted just thinking about it!

Scotty McCreery Returns to American Idol…Again

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Scotty McCreery to Perform On American Idol! Scotty McCreery just can’t get enough of American Idol! The season 10 winner will be returning to center stage on Idol on Thursday, March 29th to perform his recent single “Water Tower Town“. So, Scotty fans, set your DVR or make plans to be at home because this will probably be a performance you want to see! “Water Tower Town” comes off of McCreery’s debut album, Clear As Day, and is the third single release following “I Love You This Big” and “The Trouble With Girls“. The album which released mere months after his Idol win has garnered the young singer acclaim from both the industry and of course, his many, many, many fans. In the meantime, enjoy Scotty’s Official Video for “The Trouble with Girls“. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-SB3OxP38&ob=av2e]

Help Scotty McCreery Get ACM Award Votes!

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Love Scotty McCreery? Here’s How You Can Help Him Win ACM Votes! Scotty McCreery‘s marketing…management…whatever team has come up with a really cool idea to give fans a chance to interact with the ACM New Artist nominee, and simultaneously get the guy the most votes! All you need is a ball…a marker…a video camera of some sort…the internet…a computer…okay, wow, that’s kind of a lot. But if you get a bunch of folks together, I’m sure you can work it out! Follow the directions below, and you can help Scotty out. Your video has a shot at being featuring on all of Scotty’s social media outlets including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Get a complete list of the 2012 ACM Nominations here. Directions for “Vote Scotty” Video Chain. Simple video instructions are: 1. Take a ball (any ball or throwing devise!!! Football, basketball, beach ball, volleyball, soccer ball, or even a Frisbee) and write LARGE AND CLEARLY on the ball: VOTE SCOTTY AT VOTEACM.com 2. Get 1 friend to stand off camera on your right side while you stand/sit straight in front of the camera and another friend to stand off camera to your left. 3. With the camera on, have your friend FROM YOUR RIGHT throw you the ball. 4. Catch the ball and show the VOTE SCOTTY sign on the ball clearly to camera. 5. Then throw the ball to your friend ON YOUR LEFT (or just throw it off screen). 6. Upload your video to your own YouTube channel using the video title: Vote Scotty McCreery ACM Video Submission

2012 ACM New Artists Finalists

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2012 ACM New Artists of the Year Finalists Announced. The Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for the 2012 ACM Awards just a couple weeks ago (check out the complete list here), but they left one important category out, the New Artists of the Year! They left the category open so that fans could vote for the artists they wanted to be finalists, and its officially been narrowed down to three country newbies. Our three finalists are Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes and Scotty McCreery! Fans will be able to keep voting for the final finalist starting Monday, March 19th at noon. Voting will remain open until Sunday, April 1st at 5pm, pretty right up until the show starts! You can click here to vote. The 2012 ACM Awards will air LIVE out of Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1st at 8pm on CBS! The award event will be hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton! Check Out Videos from the 2012 New Artist of the Year Nominees! Scotty McCreery, “I Love You This Big” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVq8nEHCKd4&ob=av2e] Brantley Gilbert, “Country Must Be Country Wide” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8peBUdlUNmM&ob=av2n] Hunter Hayes, “Storm Warning” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5MPxz-8e6A&ob=av2e]

Scotty McCreery American Idol Audition Revisited

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American Idol In Retrospect: Scotty McCreery’s Idol Audition. Well, a new season of American Idol is well underway, and over here at CMNB that got us to thinkin’ about last year’s winner…yep, Scotty McCreery, the young man that has experienced an overwhelming amount of success in an incredibly short amount of time. It’s always kind of fun to go back and check out stars before they were stars. So, take a look at his audition video below. Walk Down Memory Lane with Scotty and His Idol Audition. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1do6TuMBw] We’re not the only ones looking back in time. In a recent interview Scotty McCreery got a little nostalgic about his run on American Idol, and even doled out a little advice to this seasons contestants: don’t stress out! “…I made that mistake a couple times. You’re just there to sing, have fun, and really entertain the crowd…If you let the stress of the TV part of it, the live show part of it get to you, the singing and the entertaining won’t be fully there. Stay laid back, get your songs right, work hard, and you’ll be set.”-Scotty McCreery Currently on tour with Brad Paisleyand The Band Perry, no doubt Scotty is learning how to cope with a whole other kind of stress these days! I’m sure at the same though, he’s takin’ it in stride and learning all he can from a country music great like Paisley. Hear Scotty Talk About the Impact of Idol [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1sQib_Qq48]

Scotty McCreery Performs 2012 Hoops 4 Hope

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Scotty McCreery To Perform at 2012 Hoops 4 Hope! Scotty McCreery will be making a special appearance and performing at the 7th annual Hoops 4 Hope women’s basketball game at NC State. The game will take place on Sunday, February 12th and will be televised on ESPN2. Scotty released his debut album Clear As Day in 2011 with two hit single releases “I Love You This Big” and “The Trouble With Girls“. Fans can catch the young star on tour with Brad Paisley‘s “Virtual Reality Tour 2012” which also features The Band Perry.

This is Country Music – Episode 1

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World Premiere: The FIRST independent country music podcast! The staff at CountryMusicNewsBlog.com is inviting you to take an inside listen to what goes on behind the scenes at your favorite country music news site. Listen in on our crew as we discuss the latest in country music and the lifestyle around it. In this debut episode, MissMolly finds her broadcasting voice as we talk about Scotty McCreery‘s ACA win, WC’s love for Brad Paisley and Lauren Alaina, outside musicians crashing the country music party and MissMolly learns what noodling is! What’s so different about what we do, you ask? We don’t tailor our opinion based on advertiser influence. We don’t hold back for fear of industry politics. We are fans and musicians who see more than just what publicists feed us, and we share it with you!

Scotty McCreery Trouble With Girls Video

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Scotty McCreery Releases Second Official Music Video of His Career. Scotty McCreery has released the video for the second single off of his debut album, Clear As Day. The song is titled “The Trouble With Girls“, and it is a slower paced track that will no doubt strike a chord with Scotty’s female fans. I mentioned in my review of Scotty’s album (which you can check out by clicking here), that one thing I really appreciate about the song selection is that Scotty is not trying to pretend he is anything other than a (now) 18 year old guy who can sing. This continues to be reflected in this particular music video. It takes place in what appears to be an average highscool with average kids. There is plenty of slow motion and idealized depictions of what highschool is like, but it achieves its goal in showcasing the kind of girl crazy mentality most teenage boys experience. It is a simple video which I think is also appropriate for Scotty’s music at this point. You can watch it below, and let us know what you think! Watch Scotty’s “The Trouble with Girls” Here![youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND-SB3OxP38]

Country Singers At The World Series

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Country Music Stars Sing The National Anthem At The 2011 World Series! If you didn’t know that the World Series has begun, well then it is quite possible you have been living under a rock. The two teams up for the title of champions are the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Even if baseball isn’t your cup of tea, we know one thing that will please you! Just like any athletic game or event, the National Anthem is always sung before things get started. At this year’s World Series, Country Music had the honor of having 3 men perform the opening number! Scotty McCreery sang at game 1, Trace Adkins sang at game 2, and Ronnie Dunn sang at game 3! Except for the little hiccup McCreery had with audio, all of the men did fantastic! What other country stars would you enjoy to see and hear belt out our nation’s anthem? Which team are you hoping comes out on top? Do you agree that the Idol winner, Adkins, and one half of the former Brooks and Dunn did an A+ job? We would love to hear your opinions on all of these questions and more, so don’t be shy!