Brad Paisley - A Country Music Favorite

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BRAD PAISLEY CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK 2011 - Rumsey Field, Central Park NYC - 07/15/11 (Photo credit: asterix611)

Born on 28th October 1972, Brad Douglas Paisley is a country and southern rock artist from United States of America. He has won 2002 CMA and ACM male vocalist of the year award. His debut album was “Who Needs a Picture” and till now he has recorded 7 individual albums. With a middle class background wherein his father worked at the West Virginia transport department and mother as a teacher; Paisley started playing guitar at the age of 8 when his maternal grandfather gifted him a guitar. He gave his first ever performance in public at the age of 10 in a church. At the age of 12 he wrote his first song and labelled it as “Born on Christmas Day”. Brad Paisley has graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Music Business from Belmont.

His first album “Who Needs a Picture” released in 1999 on Feb 22nd. The other two hits of his debut album were “We Danced” and “We didn’t have to be”. By 2000 his first album “Who Needs a Picture” was certified as platinum after being a smash hit among the country music lovers. His song “I’m gonna miss her” got him a CMA Music Video Award for the year 2002. This song was a hit from his second album called “Part II”. The other hits of the album include “Wrapped Around” and “Two People fell in Love”. This album was also certified platinum by the end of 2002.

His third album “Mud on Tires” was released in 2003. It was also one of the major hits in his career so far. Songs like “Celebrity”, “Mud on Tires”, and “Whiskey Lullaby” were instant hits among the country music fans all over the globe. Due to the success of his songs at international level this album was certified as double platinum. Paisley’s next album “Time Well Wasted” was released in 2005 and it had 15 songs in it. The album received four Grammy Nominations that year.

In 2007, Paisley released his fifth album by the name “5th Gear”. Songs like Tick, Online, Letter to me and I am still a guy broke many previous records and were smash hits. The album 5th Gear was re-released in 2008. Brad Paisley’s sixth album title “Play” was released in 2008 in which he partnered Keith Urban. “Start a Band” was his only solo in the album. This song went on to become the number 1 hit in country music worldwide, and the album was again certified as Platinum.

In 2008, Paisley announced his seventh album and released it in 2009. On July 21st 2009, Paisley performed in the white house in front of the President of United States of America, Barrack Obama. The event was broadcasted live over the white house official website. His last country solo album “This is Country Album” was released in 2010 and his single “Old Alabama” became the number 1 country song. Along with Robbie Williams he recorded two songs for the movie Cars 2, of which one was his single.

Brad Paisley will be on tour during much of 2012 with artists like The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery, Easton Corbin, Carrie Underwood, and The Del McCoury Band. Brad Paisley concert 2012 tickets are available at TonsOfTickets.