Conner Smith (born September 6, 2000) is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer. He is signed to
Big Machine Records
Big Machine Records is an American independent record label, distributed by Universal Music Group. Specializing in country and pop artists, Big Machine is based on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded in September 2005 by fo ...
' Valory label and has charted two singles. Smith was a member of the
Sigma Phi Epsilon
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Fraternity in college.
Biography
Conner Smith was born and raised in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
. His mother, Jennifer Vickery Smith, worked in the country music industry and often interviewed artists, which inspired Smith to start songwriting himself. By age 20, he began writing songs with Nashville songwriters
Ashley Gorley
Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 60 number 1 songs and has over 300 songs recorded by artists including ...
and
Zach Crowell
Zach Crowell is a songwriter and record producer, who was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Crowell is involved in a joint publishing agreement with Round Hill Music and Taperoom Music.
In 2012, he co-wrote and produced the song "Confe$$io ...
.
In late 2021, Smith released a song called "
I Hate Alabama", which went viral on
TikTok
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TikTok is an international version ...
.
This song's success led to him signing with
Big Machine Records
Big Machine Records is an American independent record label, distributed by Universal Music Group. Specializing in country and pop artists, Big Machine is based on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee. The label was founded in September 2005 by fo ...
' Valory label. Smith released an
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. for the label titled ''Didn't Go Too Far'' in 2022. The project's lead single "Learn from It" has made the top 40 on
Country Airplay
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This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...
.
Crowell produced the EP.
Discography
Extended plays
*''Didn't Go Too Far'' (2022)
Singles
References
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American country singer-songwriters
Big Machine Records artists
Country musicians from Tennessee
Living people
People from Nashville, Tennessee
2000 births