Cody Johnson is an American country music singer-songwriter. He self-released six albums, including Gotta Be Me, which debuted at number two on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, before releasing his first major-label album, Ain’t Nothin’ to It, in January 2019.
He released his second major-label album, Human: The Double Album, in October 2021.
Johnson started his profession in singing and playing guitar when his more youthful age. Together with his father and drummer Nathan Reedy, they framed the (Cody Johnson Band) in 2006. That year the band recorded a collection, (Black and White Label), the band too included a lead guitar player, Matt Rogers, and recorded a live collection, Live, and Rocking, at Shenanigans and Confetti’s Club in Huntsville. After the arrival of the collection, Johnson’s dad later quit the band.
Full Name: Cody Daniel Johnson
Date of Birth: May 21, 1987
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Texas, U.S.
Age: 34
Nationality: American
Genre: Country
Net-worth: $3 Million
Instruments: Singer-songwriter
Profession: Vocals, Guitar, Drums
Record Label: CoJo, Warner Nashville
Personal Life:
Johnson is married to his beautiful wife Brandi.
Cody Johnson and his beautiful wife, Brandi welcomed their first child, Clara Mae, on Jan. 5th.
Career:
Three singles from the album reached the top 10 of the Texas music charts. Following the release of the album, the band added Chris Whitten on fiddle and Jeff Smith on lead guitar. Jody Bartula replaced Whitten on fiddle in 2010.
Johnson’s next album, A Different Day, was released in 2011 and produced by Trent Willmon. Johnson won the 2011 Texas Regional Music Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year. After the win, Johnson left his day job with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to focus on music full-time.
He teamed with Kyle Park in 2012 for the Dancin’ and Drinkin’ at Johnson Park Tour.Also in 2012, Johnson’s band, now composed of Reedy, Smith, Bartula, and bassist Joey Pruski, changed their name to the Rockin’ CJB’s.
Johnson’s fifth album, Cowboy Like Me, was released on January 14, 2014. The album was Johnson’s second produced by Trent Willmon. It sold 8,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 33 on the Billboard 200. As of 2014, Johnson’s band comprised Smith, Bartula, Pruski, and drummer Miles Stone.
The sixth album, Gotta Be Me, was released on August 5, 2016. The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 23,000 copies in the US in its first week. It was Johnson’s most successful release yet, achieved without major label support or widespread radio play.
Johnson made Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo history by becoming the first unsigned/independent artist to play to a sold-out crowd on May 15, 2019.
Johnson’s seventh album, Ain’t Nothin’ to It, was released on January 18, 2019. It includes the single “On My Way to You”, which is his first Top 40 hit on Country Airplay.
The album and single were both released via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. In 2019, Johnson collaborated with Brooks & Dunn on a new version of their hit song “Red Dirt Road” which appears on their album Reboot.
Johnson’s eighth album, Human The Double Album, was released in October 2021.
Awards: Johnson won the 2011 Texas Regional Music Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year.
Cody Johnson Album
Black and White Label
Live and Rocking
Cowboy Like Me
Gotta Be Me
Ain’t Nothin’ to It
Singles
2016 – “With You I Am”
2017 – “Wild as You”
2018 – “On My Way to You”
2019 -“Ain’t Nothin’ to It”
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