Jason Michael Carroll
(born June 13, 1978, in Houston, Texas [1]) is an American country music artist. After being discovered at a local talent competition in 2004, Carroll was signed to the Arista Nashville label in 2006, releasing his debut album Waitin' in the Country
that year. This album has produced three consecutive Top 40 country hits for him on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs charts: "Alyssa Lies", "Livin' Our Love Song" and "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead". Carroll's second album, Growing Up Is Getting Old
, has also produced his fourth and fifth Top 40 hits.
|
JASON MICHAEL CARROLL TICKETS
|
Biography
Carroll grew up in a religious household in
Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was a conservative Christian minister who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in the car. His father went so far as to spank him when he found a copy of
Billy Ray Cyrus' "
Achy Breaky Heart" in his bedroom.
[2]
In 2004, encouraged by his mother, Carroll won a local singing competition,
WRAZ FOX 50's
Gimme the Mic
. During this same period, Carroll had finished writing "Alyssa Lies." Carroll says he struggled to the point of getting migraines for a year and a half before finishing the song. He was discovered by Rusty Harmon, the manager who produced
Hootie & the Blowfish a decade ago. By the summer of 2005, Carroll was a regular along Nashville's
Music Row. He later signed with the booking agency Monterey Peninsula Artists Nashville and entered a recording agreement with
Arista Nashville.
Musical career
Waitin' in the Country
Carroll's debut album,
Waitin' in the Country
, produced by
Don Gehman, was released on February 6. In its opening week, it debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Charts. With first-week sales of 57,608, and a Billboard 200 pop chart entry at #8, Carroll had once achieved both the best unit sales and the highest pop chart debut by a new country male artist since
Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992
[3]. However, thanks to his exposure on "American Idol", newcomer
Bucky Covington's debut album later surpassed Carroll's sales.
[4] The debut single from
Waitin' in the Country
, entitled "
Alyssa Lies", reached #5 on the
Hot Country Songs charts. It was followed by "
Livin' Our Love Song" which peaked at #6. The album's third single, "
I Can Sleep When I'm Dead", was released in early 2008 and peaked at #21.
Growing Up Is Getting Old
His fourth single, "
Where I'm From" entered the charts in November 2008. It is the first single from his second album,
Growing Up Is Getting Old
, which was released by Arista Nashville on April 28, 2009.
[5] The single only charted to #11 on the country charts, and a second single, "Hurry Home", was issued in June 2009.
Personal life
Jason Michael Carroll is married to the former Wendy Phillips.
[6] 4 children 2 of them are named story paige caroll and jason welden carroll
Discography
Studio albums
All albums released on
Arista Nashville.
Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
|
US Country
| US
|
2007
| Waitin' in the Country
- Released: February 6, 2007
| 1
| 8
|
2009
| Growing Up Is Getting Old
| 7
| 28
|
Singles
Year
| Single
| Peak chart positions
| RIAA
| Album
|
US Country
| US
| CAN Country
|
2006
| "Alyssa Lies"A
| 5
| 58
| 4
| —
| Waitin' in the Country
|
2007
| "Livin' Our Love Song"
| 6
| 52
| 26
| Gold
|
2008
| "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead"
| 21
| 115
| —
| —
|
"Where I'm From"
| 11
| 64
| 47
| —
| Growing Up Is Getting Old
|
2009
| "Hurry Home"B
| 37
|
|
|
|
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not certified
|
- A Peaked at #91 on Billboard
Pop 100.
- B Current single.
Music videos
Year
| Video
| Director
|
2007
| "Livin' Our Love Song"
| David McClister
|
2008
| "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead"
|
2009
| "Hurry Home"
| Chris Hicky
|
References
- News : Features : Jason Michael Carroll : Great American Country
- Title Unavailable
- Title Unavailable
- Katie Hasty, "Lavigne's New 'Thing' Debuts Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 25, 2007.
- Jason Michael Carroll Remembers His Roots
- Jason Michael Carroll Country Newcomer Already Has a Lot To Sing About