History Music / SamHunt

Originally a UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player, Hunt played for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and UAB Blazers before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Although he stumbled somewhat with followup singles, he was able to reclaim the top of the country charts with his 2020 hit "Kinfolks" from his long-delayed second album ''Southside''.

Originally a UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State and the University of Alabama-Birmingham before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Although he stumbled somewhat with followup singles, he was able to reclaim the top of the country charts with his 2020 hit "Kinfolks" from his long-delayed second album ''Southside''.

Originally a UsefulNotes/CollegiatAmericanFootball player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State and the University of Alabama-Birmingham before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Although he stumbled somewhat with followup singles, he was able to reclaim the top of the country charts with his 2020 hit "Kinfolks" from his long-delayed second album ''Southside''.

Originally a football player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State University before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Although he stumbled somewhat with followup singles, he was able to reclaim the top of the country charts with his 2020 hit "Kinfolks" from his long-delayed second album ''Southside''.

* BreakupSong: "Break Up in a Small Town" is about constantly running into a woman with whom he has broken up.

* ''X2C'' (EP) (2014)

Originally a football player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State University before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.

'Til the whole block hates us.

* BreakupSong: "Break Up in a Small Town" is about constantly running into a woman with whom he has broken up,

Sam Lowry Hunt(born December 8, 1984) is a CountryMusic star from Cedartown, Georgia who rose to prominence in TheNewTens.

A CountryMusic star from Cedartown, Georgia, Sam Lowry Hunt rose to prominence in TheNewTens.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Before having any hits of his own, he wrote "Come Over" for Music/KennyChesney, "Cop Car" for Music/KeithUrban, and "We Are Tonight" for Billy Currington.

A CountryMusic star from Cedartown, Georgia, Sam Hunt is one of the rising stars of the genre in TheNewTens.

Originally a football player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State University before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road"; that song set country music chart records -- 34 weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart -- that could take a very long time to be broken, much less threatened, thanks to streaming, downloads and other technologies that didn't exist years ago.

Originally a football player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State University before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts. His second album was led off by his biggest single to date, "Body Like a Back Road".

Originally a football player, Hunt played for Middle Tennessee State University before independently releasing the EP ''Between the Pines'' and penning hits for Music/KennyChesney, Music/KeithUrban, and Billy Currington. MCA Nashville picked him up in 2014 and he released the album ''Montevallo'', which sent all three of its first singles — "Leave the Night On", "Take Your Time", and "House Party" — to the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The video for "Take Your Time", about a man attempting to have a friendly conversation with a woman to whom he is showing interest, instead has a video with a DomesticAbuse theme.