Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian

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artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards. Originally signed to

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in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "

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". This song, a Top 40 country hit in the US, was the first single from his self-titled debut album, released in 2009 under the production of Matt Rovey. In 2010, Brody was signed to

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and released his second album, '' Trail in Life''. In 2012, he released his third album, ''

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'', earning the 2012

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Album of the Year award and a 2013 Juno nomination for Country Album of the Year. Brody also won the 2012 and 2013 CCMA Male Artist of the Year award. Brody's fourth album, '' Crop Circles'', was released in 2013. Brody's fifth album, '' Gypsy Road'', was released in 2015. Brody's sixth album, '' Beautiful Freakshow'', was released in 2016, and he subsequently earned the singer 3 Awards at the 2017 CCMA Awards show, including Fan's Choice, Songwriter of the Year and Top-Selling Canadian Single of the Year for "Bush Party". In 2020, Brody landed the record for the most played song ever in a single week at Canadian country radio with " Canadian Summer", which was included on his seventh album ''

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''. He is the only Canadian country artist to have headlined the

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for six consecutive years.

Biography

Dean Brody was born in

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and grew up in

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. As a boy, Brody worked at a

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, also playing guitar in his spare time. By 2004, he had moved to

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to pursue his musical career. Although he found a songwriting contract, the expiration of his US work permit forced him to move back to Canada. Eventually, he returned to Nashville through the suggestion of producer

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, who helped him sign with

in 2008. Brody released his debut single, "Brothers", late that year. Shortly before its release, Brody was injured in a

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accident on the

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and had to undergo extensive reconstructive surgery. Brody lived in

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and Chester, Nova Scotia from 2010 to 2017. In 2020, he launched his own beer, "Hucklejack Canadian Lager". Brody has run the "Dean Brody Foundation", which supports global initiatives, since the early 2010s.

Music career

2009–2011: ''Dean Brody'' and ''Trail in Life''

Brody's self-titled debut album was released in the United States on April 28, 2009, via the independent label

. The album debuted at Number 32 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart, and was released in Canada on May 12, 2009. "

" peaked at number 26 in the US. "Dirt Road Scholar" and "Undone" were both released in Canada and "Gravity" in the United States. The first single from Brody's second album, "

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", was released in April 2010. A second single, " Roll That Barrel Out", was released in July 2010. The album, '' Trail in Life'', was released by

in August 2010. Other singles included the title track, " People Know You by Your First Name" and " Little Yellow Blanket".

2012–2014: ''Dirt'' and ''Crop Circles''

Brody's third studio album, ''

'', was released by Open Road Recordings on April 24, 2012. Its first single, "

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", became Brody's first song to reach the top 40 on the

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and his first certified gold digital single. Brody sold out his first headline Dirt Tour across Canada in 2012. Brody's fourth studio album, '' Crop Circles'', was released on November 5, 2013. The lead single, "

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", was released on August 19. It was followed by the title track in December 2013, "Another Man's Gold" in April 2014 and " Mountain Man" in September 2014.

2015–2017: ''Gypsy Road'' and ''Beautiful Freakshow''

Brody's fifth studio album, '' Gypsy Road'', was released on April 21, 2015. The lead single, "Upside Down", was released on February 9. The album's second single, "Bring Down the House", was released to Canadian country radio on May 25, 2015. The album's third single, " Love Would Be Enough", was released to Canadian country radio on October 23, 2015. The album's fourth single, "Monterey", was released to Canadian country radio in March 2016. Brody's sixth studio album, '' Beautiful Freakshow'', was released on October 21, 2016. The album's lead single, " Bush Party" released to Canadian country radio on 2016, and was certified Platinum by

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. The album also included Brody's third number one hit " 8th Day", as well as the Platinum-certified " Beautiful Freakshow" and Gold-certified "

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". In 2017, Brody headlined the

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for the first tine.

2018–2019: ''Black Sheep''

On April 26, 2019, Brody released the EP '' Black Sheep'', which featured four singles, "

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", " Dose of Country", the platinum-certified " Whiskey in a Teacup", and " Black Sheep", all of which charted in the top ten of the Canadian Country charts. He co-headlined a tour across Canada with fellow Canadian country artist

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2020–present: ''Boys''

In February 2020, Brody independently released the single " Can’t Help Myself" with

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through his own label, Scurvy Dog Music. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard

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chart and No. 49 on the

. It was officially the most played song ever at Canadian country radio in a single week on the Nielsen BDS charts with 1782 spins. In June 2020, Brody released the single " Canadian Summer". It would become his second consecutive No. 1 at Canadian Country radio, and fifth overall, while breaking the previous record at Canadian country radio set by "Can't Help Myself" with 1817 spins. Brody released his seventh album, ''

'' on November 18, 2020. The title track "

" was released as the third single to country radio off the album and featured American country singer

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. The song would also reach #1 on the

chart. " Lightning Bug" was released to radio as the fourth single off the album in April 2021. Brody then collaborated with fellow Canadian country artist

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on " More Drinkin' Than Fishin'", and released " I'd Go to Jail" as the fifth single from ''Boys''. In May 2022, he released the new single " Where'd You Learn How to Do That". The song would go on to become Brody's eight number one in Canada, and he followed it up with the release of "You Got the Wrong Guy" in October 2022.

Discography

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Dean Brody Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards. Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single " Brothers". This song, a Top ...

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'' (2012) *'' Crop Circles'' (2013) *'' Gypsy Road'' (2015) *'' Beautiful Freakshow'' (2016) *'' Black Sheep'' (2019) *''

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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