The Warren Brothers are an American

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duo composed of brothers Brett Warren (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica,

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, piano) and Brad Warren (background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar). The duo has released three

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s: ''Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World'' (1998) and ''King of Nothing'' (2000) on

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, as well as '' Well Deserved Obscurity'' (2004) on Sig/429 and a 2005 compilation album, ''Barely Famous Hits''. These four albums have produced nine charting

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on the ''

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charts, with the highest being "Move On" at No. 17 in late 2000-early 2001. Brad and Brett have also co-written songs for

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, and

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History

Brad and Brett Warren grew up in

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. They previously headlined local Christian heavy metal bands including a

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heavy metal band called St. Warren. They moved from Florida to

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in 1995. The duo signed to

in 1997 and released its debut album, ''Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World'', in late 1998. This album produced three

: "Guilty," "Better Man", and "She Wants to Rock," all of which charted within the Top 40 on the ''

'' country singles charts. Pemberton Roach of

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rated the album four stars out of five, comparing its sound to that of "slick, roots-influenced pop artists like

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and

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" and saying that such a sound "avoid any trace of Nashville clichés in favor of honest, straightforward lyrics and energetic, polished playing." Following the release of this album, The Warren Brothers toured with

and his wife,

. In September 2000, the duo released its second album, ''King of Nothing''. Its first single release was the No. 22 "That's the Beat of a Heart," which featured a guest vocal from

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and was included on the

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to the 2000 film '' Where the Heart Is''. The second single from ''King of Nothing'' was the duo's highest-peaking single, the No. 17 "Move On," and finishing off the single releases was the No. 33 "Where Does It Hurt." A seventh single, "Hey Mr. President", was released in 2003, peaking at No. 28. Following it were the non-album single "Break the Record" and two separate releases of "Sell a Lot of Beer," on which McGraw sang

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. This latter song was included on the duo's third studio album, 2004's ''Well Deserved Obscurity''. A compilation entitled ''Barely Famous Hits'' followed in 2005, and the same year, CMT signed the brothers to their own

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series called ''Barely Famous: The Warren Brothers''. They were also dropped from BNA in 2005. The brothers served as judges for one season of the talent competition '' Nashville Star'' as well.

Songwriting careers

In the latter half of the 2000s, the duo began writing songs for other artists. Hill released two of the duo's co-writes as singles: " The Lucky One" in 2006, and "

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" in 2007. Also that year, McGraw performed "

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" at the

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awards, and released that song as a single after radio stations began playing a telecast of the song.

released two Warren Brothers co-writes from her 2007 album ''

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'': "

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" and " How I Feel," the former of which was also the first co-writer's credit of her career. McBride released a third Warren Brothers song, "

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," in January 2010. Brad and Brett collaborated with

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and Love and Theft member Stephen Barker Liles on this song. The brothers co-wrote McBride's 2011 single " Teenage Daughters". In early 2009,

had a Number One hit with the song " Feel That Fire," which he and the Warrens wrote with

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. The Warren Brothers, along with Brett Beavers and his brother

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, co-wrote both

's late-2010 single " Felt Good on My Lips",

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's late-2011 single "

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", and

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's 2013 single " Little Bit of Everything". It was also in 2013 when the duo won a

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for co-writing "Good Afternoon America" with

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official site
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