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Lee Brice

Birth Name:
Kenneth Mobley Brice
Birth Place:
Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor
  • At the 2012 CMA Awards, he was nominated for New Artist of the Year
  • Earned his first Grammy Award nominations in 2014 for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, both for the song "I Drive Your Truck․"
  • Was nominated for Top New Male Artist at the 2013 ACM Awards
  • Studied engineering at Clemson University, but dropped out to pursue music after a football injury forced him to reevaluate his life goals
  • By the age of seven, he was playing gospel tunes and composing his own music on his aunt's piano
  • In addition to his successful high school football career, he won his school talent pageants with his original music three years in a row
  • Quote: "I made my first album, Love Like Crazy," over six years․ It didn't feel like a cohesive record, but more like a lot of different songs․ And six years later, I've grown as an artist and a writer․""
  • Quote: "I've done about 200 shows a year for the last five years, and I realized that you can move people and peel their faces back without necessarily screaming at them․"
  • Co-wrote popular singles for Garth Brooks, Adam Gregory, the Eli Young Band and Tim McGraw
  • Known for such country singles as "A Woman Like You," "Love Like Crazy" and "I Drive Your Truck․"
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