Career

Early life

Steve was born February 23, 1972 in Dallas, Texas as the youngest of eight children. He entered a local competition called the Mesquite Opry at age nineteen. While there, he caught the attention of Wilbur Rimes, the father of country singer LeAnn Rimes. By 1999, Holy was signed to Curb Records.

2000-2001: Blue Moon

His first single for the label, "Don't Make Me Beg", peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard country charts in 2000. By October of that year, Holy's debut album, Blue Moon, was released. Its second and third singles, which were the title track and "The Hunger", respectively, both reached No. 24 on the country charts.

Late in 2001, Holy reached Number One for the first time with "Good Morning Beautiful," a selection from the soundtrack to the film Angel Eyes. This song spent five weeks at Number One on the country charts and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Blue Moon eventually went Gold nine years after its release in February 2009.

2002-2010: Non-album singles and Brand New Girlfriend

Holy released his fifth single, "I'm Not Breakin'," in late 2002. This song peaked at No. 27 on the country music charts. This was followed by four more singles over the next two years: "Rock-a-Bye Heart" at No. 37 in 2003, "Put Your Best Dress On" at No. 26 in 2004, "Go Home" and "It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To)" at No. 49 and No. 59, respectively, in 2005. None of these five singles were included on a studio album.

In 2005, Holy released "Brand New Girlfriend," co-written by Jeffrey Steele, Shane Minor and Bart Allmand. This song became Holy's second Number One on the country charts, reaching the top of the charts in its thirty-sixth week and setting a record for the slowest climb to Number One on that chart since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. (This record was broken one year later by Tracy Lawrence, whose "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" reached Number One in its forty-first chart week.) "Brand New Girlfriend" was the lead-off single to Holy's second studio album, also entitled Brand New Girlfriend. This album also produced the lesser Top 40 country hits "Come On Rain" and "Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)" at No. 35 and No. 38. Also included on the album were a cover version of Hank Williams, Jr.'s "All for the Love of Sunshine" and a song co-written by United States Senator Orrin Hatch.

A thirteenth single, "Might Have Been", was released in mid-2008 and on the chart week of December 27, 2008 debuted at No. 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

2011-present: Love Don't Run

In February 2011 Holy released "Love Don't Run". The song became his first Top 20 hit on the country charts since "Brand New Girlfriend" in 2006. Holy's third studio album, also entitled Love Don't Run, was released on September 13, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US Country	US	US Heat
Blue Moon	Release date: October 10, 2000 Label: Curb Records Formats: CD, cassette	7	63	1	US: Gold
Brand New Girlfriend	Release date: August 8, 2006 Label: Curb Records Formats: CD, music download	2	19	—
Love Don't Run	Release date: September 13, 2011 Label: Curb Records Formats: CD, music download	30	135	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Best of Steve Holy	Release date: February 11, 2014 Label: Curb Records Formats: CD, music download

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	US Pop	CAN Country
1999	"Don't Make Me Beg"	29	—	—	—	36		Blue Moon
2000	"Blue Moon"	24	—	—A	—	47
2001	"The Hunger"	24	—	—	—	*
	"Good Morning Beautiful"	1	—	29	—	*
2002	"I'm Not Breakin'"	27	—	—	—	*		N/A
2003	"Rock-a-Bye Heart"	37	—	—	—	*
2004	"Put Your Best Dress On"	26	—	—	—	*
2005	"Go Home"	49	—	—	—	*
	"It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To)"	59	—	—	—	*
2006	"Brand New Girlfriend"	1	—	40	60	*	US: Gold	Brand New Girlfriend
	"Come On Rain"	35	—	—	—	*
2007	"Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)"	38	—	—	—	*
2008	"Might Have Been"	56	—	—	—	*		N/A
2009	"Baby Don't Go"	—	—	—	—	*		Brand New Girlfriend
2011	"Love Don't Run"	19	—	78	—	*		Love Don't Run
	"Until the Rain Stops"	57	—	—	—	*
2012	"Hauled Off and Kissed Me"	55	55	—	—	*
2013	"Radio Up"	—	—	—	—	—		Best of Steve Holy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions

• A"Blue Moon" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1999	"Don't Make Me Beg"	Sherman Halsey
2000	"Blue Moon"
	"The Hunger"	Chris Rogers
2001	"Good Morning Beautiful"	David Abbott
2003	"Rock-a-Bye Heart"
2004	"Put Your Best Dress On"
2006	"Brand New Girlfriend"	Eric Welch
2011	"Love Don't Run"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]