We all know what one-hit wonders are. They are singers who have tried to make it big but fell short, and later faced oblivion after that one huge song. Sadly, the music industry is about identifying which singer would have staying power, and despite passion and determination keeping up with the game, fame is not for everyone. While there are a lot of singers who have been classified as a one-hit wonders, there are some who are different.
With the right mix of looks, talent and undying urgency to be on top, there are singers who manage to somehow establish their name, despite the not so huge following. They are the ones who intelligently stayed within a small genre, flourished under it and dominated the realm while planning to be more famous.
One good example of someone who used this astute plan is Billy Currington. Yes, you might not know him yet, but he’s definitely making an awesome impression in the world of country music.
Born William Matthew Currington, the now 41-year-old country singer has invested his time and patience by slowly making a scene since 1996 as a budding country musician. As of today, Currington has released six very successful studio albums since he started out with Mercury Nashville Records in 2003. It is quite a surprise that out of the six LPs, he emerged victorious via seventeen tracks that topped the charts of Billboard’s Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs. The albums that helped Billy Currington achieve success are Billy Currington (2013), Doin’ Somethin’ Right (2005), Little Bit of Everything (2008), Enjoy Yourself (2010), We Are Tonight (2013) and Summer Forever (2015). His second album, Doin’ Somethin’ Right is deemed as the most successful of his albums, effectively gaining Platinum status.
His self-entitled debut album made it big as well, and placed first in Billboard’s US Heat Charts in 2003. Little Bit of Everything and Enjoy Yourself were heralded with Gold status, while the last two albums have generally earned almost 400,000 US dollars combined. As for his numerous tracks that have been well-praised, the most remembered include Good Directions, People Are Crazy, That’s How Country Boys Roll, Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer, Let Me Down Easy, Hey Girl and Don’t It.
Some of the award giving bodies who have showered Billy Currington with recognition are the CMT Music Awards where the singer won the Hottest Video of the Year award last 2006 for ‘Must Be Doin’ Something Right’, and several nominations at the Academy of Country Music for Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year both for ‘People Are Crazy’.
The eponymous Grammy Awards also gave the artist a Male Country Vocal Performance nomination for the same track. Billy Currington also be joined Grammy award winner Lady Antebellum on their Take Me Downtown Tour last 2014 and a duet with famous country female icon Shania Twain for the song Party For Two.
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