Life and career Sam Hunt

1 life , career

1.1 life , football career
1.2 2014–2016: x2c , montevallo
1.3 2017–present: upcoming second studio album

life , career
early life , football career

hunt born on december 8, 1984, in cedartown, georgia, united states, eldest of 3 children born allen , joan hunt, insurance agent , teacher respectively. studied @ cedartown high school played football. named 2002 co-offensive player of year, selected georgia sportswriters association all-state class aaa first-team all-purpose player, , wendy s high school heisman nominee.

he quarterback @ middle tennessee state university 2003 2004. dressed every game in 2003 did not play in any. had limited action in 6 games in 2004, attempting 1 pass , rushing once 1 yard. hunt transferred @ uab in 2005 , redshirted first season there. played in 7 games during 2006 season due injuries, completing 48 of 82 passes 655 yards, 2 touchdowns , 5 interceptions. rushed 69 times 159 yards , 1 touchdown. hunt completed 155 of 331 passes 1,905 yards, 10 touchdowns , 14 interceptions in 2007. rushed 68 times 287 yards , 2 touchdowns. @ uab, majored in philosophy before graduating business degree in economics. after practice every day, teach himself how play acoustic guitar. respect root of interest in music, hunt recalled between stops in tour, never saw myself musician or having musical talent... killing time summer, , buddy had bought guitar. picked 1 day , on whim thought, know, think want buy guitar. hunt s college roommates, having listened few songs wrote, encouraged him book shows @ bars, marking start of pursuit of career in music.

after graduating uab in 2007, had tryout kansas city chiefs of national football league in 2008. knew once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, , needed find out if take way, hunt said. in 2008, 2 months after unsuccessful attempt impress football team, surprise of family , friends, left pursue music career, , moved nashville along friend food , 2 mattresses , [...] mom s minivan .

hunt co-wrote kenny chesney s 2012 hit come on , received ascap award. wrote 2 singles released in 2014: keith urban s cop car , billy currington s tonight . hunt independently released single raised on in september 2013 , in october 2013, released via website free 12-song mixtape titled between pines. hunt co-wrote love , title track reba mcentire s twenty-seventh studio album of same name.

2014–2016: x2c , montevallo

hunt performing @ c2c festival in london s o2 arena, 2015

in january 2014, confirmed had signed recording contract mca nashville. on august 12, 2014, released x2c, four-song ep, intended preview of debut studio album. ep debuted @ number 36 on billboard 200 , number 5 on billboard top country albums chart, selling 8,000 copies in first week.

hunt s first single mca nashville leave night on , went number 1 on country airplay chart in october 2014 , has since been certified platinum recording industry association of america (riaa). music video song earned hunt 2 cmt music awards nominations, winning him breakthrough video of year, 1 billboard music award nomination. debut studio album montevallo, released on october 27, 2014. on same day, sam hunt released between pines: acoustic mixtape. album made of acoustic versions of hit songs, including versions of ones wrote other artists. universal music group nashville president cindy mabe explained date of release: idea release on same date montevallo released [in 2014] one-year anniversary gift fans , sam s way offer more music , support. on november 5, 2014, montevallo debuted @ number 1 on top country albums chart , number 3 on billboard 200. opened 70,000 units sold. album included own version of cop car . second single album take time , peaked @ number 20 on billboard hot 100. track spent 11 weeks @ number 1 of hunt s 17 weeks in 2015 on billboard hot country songs chart, making him sixteenth artist in chart s 57-year history – , fifth in past 50 years – rule 10 weeks or more. montevallo , take time , hunt became first country music artist since clint black have debut studio album , single peak atop year-end charts in same year. 5 days after release of montevallo, hunt announced first tour lipstick graffiti. tickets went on sale on november 14, 2014. within short time of going on sale, tour sold out @ 15 of venues. in 2015, served opening act (alongside hunter hayes) lady antebellum s wheels tour.

hunt featured on billboard issue of august 29, 2015, opened breaking down country music stereotypes. served background vocalist on carrie underwood s song heartbeat , released in october 2015. commemorate one-year anniversary of hunt s debut studio album montevallo, between pines re-released on october 27, 2015, peaking @ number 31 on billboard 200. hunt won first american music award new artist of year on november 22, 2015 in los angeles, california.

for week of september 10, 2016, hunt s fifth single make miss me montevallo, hit number 1 on country airplay chart, making him first solo male artist land 4 number ones on country airplay chart debut studio album.

2017–present: upcoming second studio album

on february 1, 2017, hunt released lead single upcoming second studio album, body road .