Chris Lane
American singer

Chris Lane

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American singer
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9 November 1984(Kernersville, North Carolina, USA)
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Introduction

Christopher Eric Lane (born November 9, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released one album as front-man of the Chris Lane Band, a second album, Girl Problems, and a third album, Laps Around the Sun. via Big Loud Records. Lane has charted six singles on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, two of which went to No. 1 ("Fix" and "I Don't Know About You").

Early life and career beginnings

Lane grew up in Kernersville, North Carolina and has a twin brother named Cory. While attending Glenn High School he and his brother played football and baseball, and both went on to play baseball in college at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Lane learned to play the guitar when sports injuries affected his chances of a professional baseball career.In his hometown he worked for his father's landscaping business and started a cover band that played in High Point University cafeteria. In 2007, Lane and his brother auditioned for the seventh season of American Idol but did not make it to Hollywood. It wasn't until 2008 when Chris’s high school friend Brent Eliason introducedhim to Seth England of Big Loud Mountain and told his uncle Seth he had to listen to his mixtape. This was the moment which launched Chris's career as an up-and-coming country music artist.

Career

Before pursuing a solo career, Lane fronted the Chris Lane Band. Their album Let's Ride charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in 2012. He moved to Nashville in 2013. Lane has opened for The Band Perry, Eli Young Band, Lee Brice, Chris Young and Brantley Gilbert, among others. In 2014, he opened for Florida Georgia Line on their This Is How We Roll Tour.

Chris Lane live at 98.5 KYGO's Christmas Jam, 2017

Lane's debut single, "Broken Windshield View", was released to country radio on June 10, 2014 by Big Loud Mountain. The song was written by Rodney Clawson, Shane Minor, and David Lee Murphy and produced by Joey Moi. It was featured on Sirius XM's The Highway and iTunes' New and Noteworthy. It sold 11,000 downloads in its first week of release and reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. As of August 2014, it has sold 43,000 downloads. It was also included on an extended play.

Lane released his debut album Girl Problems in August 2016. It accounted for the singles "Fix" and "For Her". His second album, Laps Around the Sun, produced the duet "Take Back Home Girl" featuring Tori Kelly.

Personal life

In 2018 Lane began dating Lauren Bushnell, the winner of the 20th season of The Bachelor. They got engaged on June 16, 2019. The two married in Nashville on October 25, 2019.

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak positions Title
US Country
US
CAN
Let's Ride
(with Chris Lane Band)
  • Release date: April 17, 2012
  • Label: Loradale Drive
75
Girl Problems
  • Release date: August 5, 2016
  • Label: Big Loud
8 55 83
  • US: 22,000
Laps Around the Sun
  • Release date: July 13, 2018
  • Label: Big Loud
8 83 51
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
US Heat
US Indie
Fix
  • Release date: November 13, 2015
  • Label: Big Loud Mountain
23 4 40
  • US: 15,000
Take Back Home
  • Release date: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Big Loud Mountain

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Sales Album
US Country
US Country Airplay
US
CAN Country
CAN
2012 "All I Ever Needed" (with Chris Lane Band) Let's Ride
"Let's Ride" (with Chris Lane Band)
2014 "Broken Windshield View" 45 56 N/A
2015 "Fix" 10 1 65 8 100
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Gold
  • US: 291,000
Girl Problems
2016 "For Her" 17 10 92 1
  • RIAA: Gold
  • US: 212,000
2017 "Take Back Home Girl" (featuring Tori Kelly) 12 8 55 3 79
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • US: 150,000
Laps Around the Sun
2018 "I Don't Know About You" 2 1 39 1 85
  • RIAA: Gold
  • US: 175,000
2019 "Big, Big Plans" 33 38
  • RIAA: Gold
  • US: 11,000
TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
2012 "Let's Ride" John Ryan Flaherty
2014 "Broken Windshield View" Robert Hales
2016 "Fix" TK McKamy
"For Her"
2017 "Take Back Home Girl" Justin Clough
2018 "I Don't Know About You"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient/Work Result Ref
2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Country Artist Chris Lane Nominated
ACM Awards New Male Vocalist of the Year Nominated