Lee Brice
Brice at Country Throwdown Tour 2011
Background information
Birth name	Kenneth Mobley Brice Jr.[1]
Born	(1979-06-10)June 10, 1979 (age 45)[2] Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.[1]
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Curb
Website	leebrice.com

Kenneth Mobley Brice Jr. (born June 10, 1979), known professionally asLee Brice, is an Americancountry music singer and songwriter, signed toCurb Records. Brice has released five albums with the label:Love Like Crazy,Hard to Love,I Don't Dance,Lee Brice. andHey World. He has also released eighteen singles, of which eight have reached number one onBillboardCountry Airplay: "A Woman Like You", "Hard to Love", "I Drive Your Truck", "I Don't Dance", "Rumor", "I Hope You're Happy Now", "One of Them Girls" and "Memory I Don't Mess With". He has also charted within the top 10 with "Love Like Crazy", "Parking Lot Party", "Drinking Class", and "That Don't Sound Like You". "Love Like Crazy" was the top country song of 2010 according toBillboard Year-End, and broke a 62-year-old record for the longest run on the country chart.

Besides his own material, he has also co-written singles for artists likeGarth Brooks,Adam Gregory, theEli Young Band, andTim McGraw. One of his compositions, Brooks's "More Than a Memory", was the first song ever to debut at number one on the country chart, while the Eli Young Band's "Crazy Girl" was theBillboard Year-End top country song of 2011.

Kenneth Mobley Brice, Jr. was born on June 10, 1979, inSumter, South Carolina, to Kenneth, Sr. and Carleen Brice^[2] His younger brother, Lewis, was a contestant on Season 1 ofCountry Music Television'sCan You Duet.^[3] As a child, he playedpiano and guitar, sang in church, and wrote his own songs.^[1] He entered and won three different talent contests in high school.

He attendedClemson University on afootball scholarship[1]. He played special teams there as the long snapper, but after an arm injury, he decided to focus on a country music career.

By 2007, Brice began working as a songwriter, with cuts byJason Aldean,Keith Gattis, andCowboy Crush among others.^[1] Along withBilly Montana andKyle Jacobs, he co-wroteGarth Brooks's 2007 single "More Than a Memory",^[1] the first single in the history of theBillboardHot Country Songs chart to debut at number one.^[4]

Also in 2007, he signed toCurb Records, releasing his debut single "She Ain't Right", which peaked at number 29 on the country chart.^[5] It was followed by "Happy Endings" and "Upper Middle Class White Trash" at numbers 32 and 44.^[5] All three songs were to have been included on an album entitledPicture of Me,^[1] which was never released. He continued to write songs for others, including Canadian singerAdam Gregory's singles "Crazy Days" and "What It Takes". He appeared onCledus T. Judd's 2007 albumBoogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens, singing duet vocals on a rendition of theAlbert E. Brumley gospel song "Turn Your Radio On".

In August 2009, he charted with his fourth single, "Love Like Crazy",^[6] a song written byTim James andDoug Johnson. It was the first release from hisdebut album of the same name, on which he co-produced all but one track with Johnson.^[7] "Love Like Crazy" reached top 10 on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2010 during its forty-sixth week on the chart, setting a record for the slowest climb into the top 10.^[8] In September 2010, the song charted for a fifty-sixth week, making it the longest-charting song in the chart's history; it broke a record set byEddy Arnold, whose 1948 single "Bouquet of Roses" spent fifty-four weeks on the chart.^[9] "Love Like Crazy" ultimately peaked at number 3. The album's second single was "Beautiful Every Time" at number 30. Also in 2010, Brice co-wrote labelmateTim McGraw's single "Still".^[6]

Brice released his sixth single, "A Woman Like You", in late 2011. It was the first release from a second album for Curb,Hard 2 Love, which was released on April 24, 2012.^[10] In April 2012, it became his first number one on theCountry Airplay chart. "Hard to Love" became his second number one in late 2012. The album's third single, "I Drive Your Truck", was released on December 3, 2012, and reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in 2013. The album's fourth single, "Parking Lot Party", was released to country radio on May 13, 2013, and peaked at number 6 on the Country Airplay chart in November 2013. Brice also co-produced the single "Love Is War" for the duoAmerican Young, a duo whose membership includes "A Woman Like You" co-writer Jon Stone.^[11]

In early 2014, Brice released the single "I Don't Dance". It was the lead single to his third studio albumof the same name, which was released on September 9, 2014. Brice produced the album by himself.^[12] "I Don't Dance" became Brice's fourth number one hit in August 2014. "Drinking Class" is the album's second single. It peaked at number two on the Country Airplay chart in May 2015. The album's third single, "That Don't Sound Like You" released to country radio on May 11, 2015. During this time, he also toured on a very busy schedule, doing over 100 live shows every year between 2011 and 2016.^[13]

On November 3, 2017, Brice released the self-titled album, Lee Brice. It is his fourth album and it was released via Curb Records. The album's lead single is "Boy" and features 14 other songs.^[14]

In October 2019,Carly Pearce released a duet with Brice titled "I Hope You're Happy Now."^[15]

In April 2020, Brice released the single, "One of Them Girls", as the lead-off single to his fifth studio album,Hey World, due for release November 20, 2020.^[16] "One of Them Girls" spent three weeks at number one on theBillboardCountry Airplay chart in October 2020, becoming Brice's longest-lasting number one to date. In early 2023, Brice embarked on his headlining "Beer Drinking Opportunity Tour" in Canada, alongsideTenille Arts andJosh Ross.^[17]

In April 2013, Brice married his longtime girlfriend Sara Nanette Reeveley. The couple have three children: sons Takoda Brice (born in 2008) and Ryker Mobley Brice (born in 2013), and daughter Trulee Nanette Brice (born in 2017). Brice's cousin and often music inspiration, Michael Cericola, serves as the children's godfather.^[18] Reeveley is featured on the track "See About a Girl" onHard 2 Love.^[19]

On November 8, 2020, Brice announced that he tested positive forCOVID-19 during theongoing pandemic, but wasasymptomatic. As a result, he was unable to perform withCarly Pearce on their single, "I Hope You're Happy Now", at the54th CMA Awards,^[20] andCharles Kelley ofLady A performed with Pearce instead.^[21]

Studio albums

• Love Like Crazy (2010)
• Hard 2 Love (2012)
• I Don't Dance (2014)
• Lee Brice (2017)
• Hey World (2020)

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