Bailey Bryan is an American singer-songwriter based in
Nashville
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. Her debut single "Own It" was released as the lead single from her debut EP titled “So Far...” the single debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart.
In October 2019, Bryan released her country/pop sophomore EP titled “Perspective”, with the titled track as the lead single. It spawned 5 singles and the videos have around 100-200k views on YouTube as of December 2020. In June 2020, Bryan redefined her music as SBB (“Sensitive Bad Bitches”), representing more of an R&B/pop style.
Bryan released the lead single from her upcoming debut album/project titled “Fresh Start” in December 2020. She told fans on Instagram & YouTube that she will release a single or track every month until the release date.
Early life
Bailey Bryan was born in
Sequim, Washington
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Sequim lies within the ra ...
.
She began writing songs at age 12
and
busking
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locally before signing a publishing deal and relocating to Nashville.
Career
In 2016, Bryan was nominated by
Hillary Scott
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as an Artist of Tomorrow by the
Grammys
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.
In 2017, Bryan released "Own It" as her first single, which debuted at number 60 on the
U.S. Country Airplay chart. In April 2017, she released her debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. ''So Far''. In October 2017, she released a cover of
Drake's "
Too Good
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". In early 2018, ''Billboard'' named her one of "15 Country Artists to Watch in 2018". She released the single "Songbird" in November 2018. In May 2019, she released another Drake cover of "
One Dance
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" with UK artist Kyla, who Drake originally sampled the song from. The song premiered through
''Clash'' magazine. That same month, she released the single "Perspective". In October 2019, she released the EP ''Perspective,'' as well as a music video for the song "Where We Started" from the EP, which starred
Mike Johnson from ''
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* ''The Bachelorette'', a reality television dating show part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise with numerous versions:
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''. On June 26, she released the song "play w/ me".
Artistry
Bryan dubbed her songwriting as primarily deriving from
pop,
R&B,
country
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, and
hip hop styles, and stated that her music is influenced by
Taylor Swift
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and
The Chicks
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.
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
Own It - 2017
Hard Drive Home - 2017
Go Tell It On The Mountain - 2017
Songbird - 2018
Songbird (Vertical) - 2019
Perspective - 2019
Where We Started - 2019
Pressure - 2020
Watered Down - 2020
Play w/ me - 2020
Roster - 2020
Steal Your Girl - 2020
Fresh Start (Visualizer) - 2020
Play w/ me (Sensitive Version) - 2021
Sober - 2021
Don’t Call Me - 2021
Temporary - 2021
Dark In The Morning - 2021
MF (feat. 24k Goldn) - 2022
Passion - 2022
Tragic - 2022
RIP - 2023
Tours
;Headlining
;
;Supporting
* The Hometown Proud Tour with
Kane Brown
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(2017)
* The Obsessed Tour with
Dan + Shay
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* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
(2017)
* The Unapologetically Tour with
Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer. She began songwriting as a child and signed with Black River Entertainment in 2014, releasing her debut studio album the following year, '' The First Time''. ...
(2018)
*
Gone West
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(2019)
References
External links
Official Website
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Living people
Year of birth unknown
Warner Music Group artists
American women country singers
American country singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Washington (state)
1998 births
21st-century American women
Singer-songwriters from Washington (state)