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Billy Currington
Background information
Birth name	William Matthew Currington1
Born	November 19, 1973 (1973-11-19) (age 35)
Origin	Rincon, Georgia, USA
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2003-present
Label(s)	Mercury Nashville
Associated acts	Shania Twain
Website	BillyCurrington.com

William Matthew (Billy) Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, Currington has released three studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, and 2008's Little Bit of Everything. These three albums have produced six singles for Currington on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One hits "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and "Good Directions". He has also charted as a duet partner on Shania Twain's "Party for Two", the non-album single "Tangled Up", and the Top Ten single "Don't" for a total of eight Top 40 country hits.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Musical career 3 Awards 4 Discography 4.1 Albums 4.2 Singles 4.2.1 Guest singles 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Billy Currington was born and raised in Rincon, Georgia, and has four sisters (Lexie, Ann, Kim, and Kelly) and two brothers (Charles and Jason). He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. His mother married Laurie Currington when he was only one and a half years old. For the next few years, many believe he suffered child abuse from his alcoholic step father, who later died from cancer, but that was later clarified to be false.

When he was a junior in high school, Currington auditioned for a spot at Opryland, the renowned country music theme park located in Nashville, the country music capital. Failing the audition, after high school he moved to Nashville to pursue his career in country music. His first stint didn't last too long, and he later sang for a bar in Georgia. In Nashville, Currington also worked for a concrete company, and also as a personal trainer. One of the clients he worked with as a personal trainer led Currington to recording demo tapes, as well as writing songs. Soon after, Currington was signed to Mercury Nashville Records.

Musical career

His self-titled debut album was released in 2003. The first single was "Walk A Little Straighter" about his relationship with his alcoholic stepfather. The chorus of the song was written by Currington at the age of 12 "Walk a Little Straighter" went on to peak at #8 that year on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and established Currington as a major Country performer in Nashville. He first hit the Top 5 on the country charts with his second single, "I Got a Feelin'", also from his debut album.

He scored a third consecutive top 10 hit with Shania Twain in late 2004, 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 Twain's duet partner, and the country version, which featured Currington.

In 2005, Currington released a second album entitled Doin' Somethin' Right, which peaked at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart and #11 on the Billboard 200. Doin' Somethin' Right produced his first Number One in "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", followed by "Why, Why, Why" at #13 and another Number One in "Good Directions", which was also the #2 country song of 2007 according to the Billboard year end-countdown.

On July 19, Currington announced he had canceled the rest of his 2007 tour dates because of a throat ailment. His 2007 single, "Tangled Up", peaked at #30 in late 2007, and his third album was delayed. Currington was absent from the charts for nearly a year before the release of his next single, "Don't", in mid-2008. The latter song is the first single from his third studio album, Little Bit of Everything, which was released on October 14.

Awards

2006 CMT Hottest Video of the Year "Must Be Doin' Something Right"

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions			RIAA
		US Country	US	CAN Country
2003	Billy Currington Released: September 30, 2003 Label: Mercury Nashville Format: CD	17	107	—	—
2005	Doin' Somethin' Right Released: October 18, 2005 Label: Mercury Nashville Format: CD, digital download	2	11	—	Platinum
2008	Little Bit of Everything Released: October 14, 2008 Label: Mercury Nashville Format: CD, digital download	2	13	39	—

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions						Album
		US Country	US Hot 100	US Pop 100	US Digital	CAN Country	CAN Hot 100
2003	"Walk a Little Straighter"	8	67	—	—		—	Billy Currington
2004	"I Got a Feelin'"	5	50	—	—	9	—
2005	"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"	1	39	63	62	4	—	Doin' Somethin' Right
2006	"Why, Why, Why"	13	99	—	—	30	—
	"Good Directions"	1	42	66	64	5	67
2007	"Tangled Up"	30	—	—	—	—	—	single only
2008	"Don't"[A]	8	75	—	—	40	—	Little Bit of Everything

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Chart Positions						Album
			US Country	US Hot 100	US Pop 100	US Digital	US AC	CAN Country
2004	"Party for Two"	Shania Twain	7	58	78	20	16	3	Greatest Hits

References

• Billy Currington at Allmusic

External links

• Official Site
• Official Billy Currington UMG Nashville Artist Page