Career

Singing career

Brantley Gilbert originally moved to Nashville as a songwriter, signed to Warner Chappell Publishing. He continued performing at local venues. In 2009, he released his debut album, Modern Day Prodigal Son, under independent label Average Joes Entertainment. He followed with Halfway to Heaven in 2010.

In 2011, he signed with Valory Music Co., a division of Big Machine Records, who re-released Halfway to Heaven with new recordings and bonus tracks. The album was produced by Dann Huff. Its first two singles, "Country Must Be Country Wide" and "You Don't Know Her Like I Do", both went to number 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. After them, "Kick It in the Sticks" peaked at number 34, and "More Than Miles" at number 7 on Country Airplay. He won the ACM New Male Artist award in 2013.

Gilbert's second Valory album, Just as I Am, was released in May 2014. Its lead single, "Bottoms Up", also reached number 1. The second single, "Small Town Throwdown", featured guest vocals from labelmates Thomas Rhett and Justin Moore. The third single, "One Hell of an Amen", became Brantley's fourth number 1 hit in Summer 2015. The album's fourth single, "Stone Cold Sober", is off platinum edition of Just As I Am.

Tours

• 2011
  • Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour
  • Taste of Country Christmas Tour
• 2012
  • Eric Church’s Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour
  • Toby Keith’s Live in Overdrive Tour
  • Hell on Wheels (headline)
• 2013
  • Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes of Freedom Tour
• 2014
  • Let It Ride (1st leg with Thomas Rhett, Eric Paslay, and Brian Davis); (2nd leg with Brian Davis, Chase Bryant, Aaron Lewis, and Tyler Farr; Lewis and Farr split dates)

Songwriting

In addition to his original work, Gilbert has written songs that Colt Ford and Jason Aldean have recorded. The songs "Dirt Road Anthem" (co-written and originally recorded by him and Colt Ford) and "My Kinda Party", were released on Aldean's 2010 album My Kinda Party. "My Kinda Party" was originally recorded by Gilbert on Modern Day Prodigal Son, while "Dirt Road Anthem" was on Halfway to Heaven. Aldean has also covered Gilbert's "The Best of Me", available on the Wal-Mart exclusive and iTunes release of his 2009 album Wide Open.

Performances:

Gilbert Accompanies other artists in 2015 in London, in the O2 Arena for the Country2Country music festival.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales
		US Country	US	US Heat	US Indie	CAN
Modern Day Prodigal Son	Release date: October 27, 2009 Label: Average Joe's Formats: CD, digital download	58	38	44	—	—
Halfway to Heaven	Release date: March 16, 2010 Label: Average Joe's, Valory Music Co. Formats: CD, digital download	2	4	1	13	—	US: Platinum	US: 1,081,000
Just as I Am	Release date: May 19, 2014 Label: Valory Music Co. Formats: CD, digital download	1	2	—	—	8	US: Platinum	US: 965,700
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
Read Me My Rights	Release date: March 24, 2015 Label: Valory Music Co. Format: CD, digital download

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales	Album
		US Hot Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2010	"Kick It in the Sticks"	—	—	—	—	—	US: Platinum		Halfway to Heaven
	"My Kind of Crazy"	—	—	—	—	—	US: Gold
2011	"Them Boys"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Country Must Be Country Wide"	—	1	50	—	91	US: Platinum	US: 1,000,000
	"You Don't Know Her Like I Do"	—	1	49	—	73	US: Platinum	US: 999,000
2012	"Kick It in the Sticks"	29	34	—A	—	—	US: Platinum
	"More Than Miles"	21	7	73	33	—	US: Gold
2013	"Bottoms Up"	1	1	20	3	41	US: 3× Platinum	US: 1,762,000	Just as I Am
2014	"Small Town Throwdown"	13	8	67	24	97	US: Gold	US: 417,000
	"One Hell of an Amen"	5	1	44	16	80	US: Gold	US: 428,000
2015	"Stone Cold Sober"	23	18	—B	49	—		US: 172,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

• A "Kick It in the Sticks" did not enter the Hot 100, but charted at number 13 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-space extension of the Hot 100.
• B "Stone Cold Sober" did not enter the Hot 100, but charted at number 8 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-space extension of the Hot 100.

Promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
2015	"Same Old Song"	Just As I Am

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Sales	Album
		US Hot Country	US	CAN
2014	"My Baby's Guns N' Roses"	18	87	88		Just as I Am
	"17 Again"	19	90	95
	"If You Want a Bad Boy"	47	—	—
2015	"Read Me My Rights"	46	—	—		Just as I Am: Platinum Edition
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"Kick It in the Sticks"	Potsy Ponciroli
	"My Kind of Crazy"	Mason Dixon
2011	"Country Must Be Country Wide"	Shane Drake
	"You Don't Know Her Like I Do"	Justin Key
2012	"More Than Miles"	Shane Drake
2013	"Bottoms Up"
2014	"Small Town Throwdown"
2015	"One Hell of an Amen"
	"Stone Cold Sober"

Touring members

• Brantley Gilbert - lead vocals, guitar
• Jess Franklin - bandleader, lead guitar, slide guitar, banjo, keyboard, background vocals
• Jonathan Waggoner - bass guitar, background vocals
• Ben Sims - drums
• Noah Henson - guitars (since 2014)
• B.J. Golden - multi-instrumentalist
• Martie Cordaro - drums

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Recipient	Result
2011	CMA Awards	Song of the Year	"Dirt Road Anthem"	Nominated
2012	ACM Awards	USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year	"Country Must Be Country Wide"	Nominated
	ACAs	Breakthrough Artist Single of the Year	"You Don't Know Her Like I Do"	Won
	CMA Awards	New Artist of the Year		Nominated
2013	CRS	New Faces		Won
	CMA Awards	CMA Triple Play Award	"Country Must Be Country Wide", "You Don't Know Her Like I Do", "Dirt Road Anthem"	Won
	ACM Awards	Top New Male Artist		Won
2015	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Renegade Award		Won
	Billboard Music Awards	Top Country Artist		Nominated
		Top Country Album	Just as I Am	Nominated

Personal life

It was announced in September 2012 that Brantley Gilbert was dating country music singer and actress Jana Kramer. They met at the CMT Music Awards in June 2012. They got engaged on January 20, 2013, his 28th birthday. They split in August 2013. In 2015, Gilbert married Georgia schoolteacher Amber Cochran in a small ceremony at his home. He admitted that she was the girl who inspired his singles "You Don't Know Her Like I Do", "More Than Miles", and several others. On July 24, while on the honeymoon, his grandfather died.

Brantley Gilbert was in a near-fatal truck accident when he was 19.

Gilbert is a professing Christian, and his song My Faith In You, off Just As I Am, speaks of his faith.

Gilbert was a special-needs counselor at Friendship Elementary in Gainesville, Georgia.

In May 2015, Gilbert got a tattoo showing his support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]