Billy Currington

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Billy Currington

Background information
Birth name William Matthew Currington
Born November 19, 1973
Genre(s) Country
Years active 2003—present
Label(s) Mercury Nashville Records

Billy Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country singer-songwriter.

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Billy was born and raised in Rincon, Georgia. He has four sisters and two brothers. He is single and has no children. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

He released his self-titled debut album in 2003. The first single released was the powerful "Walk A Little Straighter" about his relationship with his alcoholic father. The song was a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. He followed up with another hit single, "I Got A Feelin'," which peaked at #5.

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In 2004, Billy scored a third top 10 hit with Shania Twain on the song "Party for Two." The song was from Shania's Greatest Hits album and was released in two formats, a pop version with Mark McGrath as Shania's duet partner and a country version featuring Billy.

In 2005, the first single from his second album, "Must Be Doing Something Right," hit #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The single was from the album of the same name.

In 2006, he toured as an opening act for Brad Paisley.

Album Statistics Singles
Billy Currington Singles Released
  • "Walk A Little Straighter"
  • "I Got A Feelin'"
Doin' Somethin' Right Singles Released
  • "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
  • "Why, Why, Why"
  • "Good Directions"

Year Single Album US Hot 100 US Country US Pop US Digital RIAA Certification
2003 "Walk a Little Straighter" Billy Currington 67 8 - - -
2004 "I Got a Feelin'" Billy Currington 50 5 - - -
2004 "Party for Two" (w/Shania Twain) Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album) 58 7 78 20 Gold
2005 "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" Doin' Somethin' Right 39 #1 63 62 Gold
2006 "Why, Why, Why" Doin' Somethin' Right 99 13 - - -
2006 "Good Directions"A Doin' Somethin' Right 84 9 - - -

ACurrently active on charts.

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