Granger Smith’s Dirt Road Driveway Debuts at #1 on iTunes Country Chart
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Granger Smith, one of the most successful independent Texas artists, saw his new album, Dirt Road Driveway, debut at the top of the iTunes country albums chart this week.
Released via Thirty Tigers and RED Distribution, the album also garnered plenty of praise, including from Billboard’s The 615 blog.
Additional praise for Smith’s album include:
“Granger Smith’s voice is unique… ‘Dirt Road Driveway’ is the work of an artist who knows who he is and clearly has tapped into something.
– Roughstock
“Granger Smith is the whole package.”
– American Songwriter
“Releasing his strongest collection of material yet, Smith is ready for that next step.”
– Billboard (print edition)
“Granger does what he does best here with well crafted and very catchy tunes flowing track after track on this new album.
– TXRDR.com
Smith has a proven track record for packing out venues and capturing the hearts of fans across the country. He plays an estimated 170 shows a year and was recently identified by BMI as one of their BMI Live top-earning artists. In fact, the Tennessean recently quoted Granger’s BMI success in a recent feature story.
Smith’s YouTube channel boasts over 7.7 million views and his social networks are comprised of REAL fans who are engaged and supportive. Much recent success can be attributed to his country boy ‘alter-ego’ Earl Dibbles Jr., a viral sensation whom represents the epitome of the Country Boy. Dibbles is now part of Granger’s tour schedule and boasts more than 4.5 million views on YouTube for his viral videos. Granger and Earl have a captive audience on Facebook and Twitter that exceeds 250,000 followers.
Smith’s new single “Silverado Bench Seat” is already seeing early success as the second most added song at TRRR (Texas Regional Radio Report). The album’s lead single, “We Do It In A Field,” impressively made it to the top five of the Texas Music Chart and Texas Regional Radio Report.
For more on Granger, please visit www.grangersmith.com.
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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