Sam Hunt is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia.
Hunt was born on December 8, 1984, in Cedartown, Georgia, the eldest of three children of Allen and Joan Hunt, an insurance agent and a teacher respectively.
He studied at Cedartown High School where he played football. He was named 2002 Co-Offensive Player of the Year, was selected for the Georgia Sportswriters Association All-State Class AAA first-team as an all-purpose player, and was a Wendy’s High School Heisman nominee.
Full Name: Sam Lowry Hunt
Date of Birth: December 8, 1984
Place of Birth: Cedartown, Georgia, U.S.
Age: 37
Nationality: American
Genre: Country, country pop, R&B
Instruments: Vocals, guitar
Profession: Singer, songwriter
Record Label: MCA Nashville
Relationship: In January 2017, it was announced that Hunt became engaged to Hannah Lee Fowler. They got married on April 15, 2017, in Georgia.
Career: Hunt’s debut studio album, Montevallo, broke several records with five singles picked from the record, including three consecutive Hot Country Songs chart and four Country Airplay chart number ones.
The lead single from the album, “Leave the Night On”, peaked concurrently on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, making Hunt the first country artist in 22 years, since Billy Ray Cyrus, to reach the top of three country charts simultaneously in the Nielsen SoundScan-era.
He is also the first country artist since Clint Black to occupy both year-end number one album and single with Montevallo and “Take Your Time”.
The fifth single “Make You Miss Me” from Montevallo, hit number one on the Country Airplay chart, thus making Hunt the first solo male artist to land four number ones on the Country Airplay chart from a debut studio album.
On February 1, 2017, Hunt released “Body Like a Back Road”, which went on to become his biggest hit.
In May 2018, Hunt released the single “Downtown’s Dead”. He then announced another song titled “Nothing Lasts Forever” that had yet to be released from his second studio album while performing it at several live shows.
Hunt also announced that another single from the new album would be out shortly and the entire album would be released in early 2020. In October 2019, Hunt released “Kinfolks”, his first radio single in over a year. “Sinning with You” was released in January 2020.
In October 2020, Hunt released “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” as the fifth single to country radio off Southside.
In April 2021, he joined indie-pop singer Sasha Sloan on her single “When Was It Over?” which they co-wrote together with several other writers including Shane McAnally.
Songs:
Montevallo (2014)
Southside (2020)
Awards:
“Body Like a Back Road” Single Record of the Year
Himself Breakthrough Male of the Year
Montevallo Digital Album of the Year
New Artist of The Year
Songwriter-artist of the Year
“Leave the Night On” Breakthrough Video of the Year
“Body Like a Back Road” Choice Country Song