Russell Edward Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released two albums through Triple Tigers. Both have accounted for four singles charting on

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: " Yours", " Blue Tacoma", " Every Little Thing", and “ Love You Like I Used To”.

Biography

Russell Edward Dickerson was born May 7, 1987 in Union City, Tennessee. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from Belmont University and signed with Creative Artists Agency in 2010. In 2011, he released an extended play, ''Die to Live Again'', and opened for David Nail. He toured with Canaan Smith in 2015, and Thomas Rhett in the summer of 2016. Dickerson also joined Billy Currington on the road in 2016. In 2015, he released the single "Yours" written by Dickerson, Parker Welling, and Casey Brown. It became the title track to his second extended play, released on January 18, 2016, by Dent Records. The EP debuted at number 14 on the ''

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'' Top Country Albums chart, selling 2,700 copies in its first week of release. It launched at number 2 in the iTunes Country Store and number 8 in all genres. On October 10, 2016, he signed with Triple Tigers Records which assumed distribution of the single. In its 39th week on ''Billboard's'' Country Airplay chart, Dickerson jumped from number 3 to 1 on the list on January 27, 2018. The album, ''Yours'' was released on October 13, 2017, and premiered at No. 1 on ''Billboard's'''' Heat Seeker chart. ''The album peaked at No. 5 on Top Country Albums dated November 4, 2017, with 12,000 equivalent album units in its first week'', ''and includes five songs co-written by Dickerson, containing an acoustic wedding version of the title track "Yours." Due to the popularity of his hit single, he landed on the iTunes Best of 2015 year-end list, TheKnot.com's "Best Wedding Songs of 2016," and Spotify's #SpotifySpotlight 2016; where he later became one of Spotify's RISE artists. Dickerson made his

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debut on June 3, 2016. An album also titled ''Yours'' produced two additional singles in " Blue Tacoma" and " Every Little Thing", which topped the Country Airplay charts as well. Dickerson's second album, ''

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'', came out in late 2020 on Triple Tigers. Its lead single, " Love You Like I Used To", also went to number one on the country music charts. Dickerson and Tyler Hubbard were both featured on Thomas Rhett's 2022 song "

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Personal life

Dickerson married his wife, Kailey, in April 2013. On September 10, 2020, they welcomed their first child, a son. His father, Richard is a minister of music in the Baptist church. He also has a younger sister, Claire.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Tours

Supporting * David Nail (2011) * Canaan Smith (2015) * Billy Currington (2016) *

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(2017) with Thomas Rhett *Life Changes Tour (2018) (Select Dates) with Thomas Rhett *Summer Plays on Tour (2018) with Lady A and Darius Rucker *Very Hot Summer Tour (2019) with Thomas Rhett *Worldwide Beautiful Tour (2020) with Kane Brown

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickerson, Russell 1987 births Living people American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Belmont University alumni Country musicians from Tennessee Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Tennessee People from Union City, Tennessee 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Thirty Tigers artists