Russell Dickerson

Russell Dickerson
Born (1987-05-07) May 7, 1987
Union City, Tennessee
Genres Country, Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Labels Triple Tigers/Sony New York[1]
Website www.russelldickerson.net

Russell Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country and pop music singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee.[2] He earned a degree in music from Belmont University and signed with Creative Artists Agency in 2010.[2] In 2011, he released an extended play, Die to Live Again, and opened for David Nail.[3] He toured with Canaan Smith in 2015,[4] and Thomas Rhett in the summer of 2016. Dickerson also joined Billy Currington on the road in 2016,[5] and is accompanying Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker on tour across the United States and Canada beginning July 19, 2018.

In 2015, he released the single "Yours" written by Dickerson, Parker Welling and Casey Brown.[5] It became the title track to his second extended play, released on January 18, 2016 by Dent Records.[6] The EP debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart,[7] selling 2,700 copies in its first week of release.[8] It launched at number 2 in the iTunes Country Store and number 8 in all genres.[9] In its 39th week on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, Dickerson jumped from number 3 to 1 on the list on January 27, 2018. "Yours" holds the record for the longest journey to number 1 for a solo male's first entry on the survey.[10]

The album, Yours was released on October 13, 2017 and premiered at #1 on Billboard’s Heat Seeker chart. The album peaked at No. 5 on Top Country Albums dated November 4, 2017, with 12,000 equivalent album units in its first week, and includes five songs co-written by Dickerson, containing an acoustic wedding version of the title track “Yours.”[11] Due to the popularity of his hit single, he landed on the iTunes Best of 2015 year-end list, TheKnot.com's "Best Wedding Songs of 2016," and Spotify’s #SpotifySpotlight 2016; where he later became one of Spotify's RISE artists.[12] Dickerson made his Grand Ole Opry debut on June 3, 2016.[13]

On October 10, 2016, he signed with Triple Tigers Records.[14]

Dickerson currently has over 200 million streams on Spotify and around 30 million views on Youtube.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
[7]		 US
[15]		 US
Indie
[16]
Yours
  • Release date: October 13, 2017
  • Label: Triple Tigers
 5396

Extended plays

Title Extended play details Peak chart positions
US Country
[7]		 US
Heat
[18]		 US
Indie
[16]
Die to Live Again
  • Release date: January 22, 2011
  • Label: self-released
 — — —
Yours, EP
  • Release date: January 18, 2016
  • Label: Dent Records
 14 1 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Single Peak
positions		 Certifications Sales Album
US Country
[19]		 US Country
Airplay
[20]		 US
[21]		 CAN Country
[22]		 CAN
[23]
2011 "That's My Girl" ————— Non-album singles
2012 "Green Light" —————
2017 "Yours" 3149296 Yours
2018 "Blue Tacoma" 5152383
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
2011 "That's My Girl"[27] N/A
2015 "Yours"[28] Kailey Dickerson
2018 "Blue Tacoma" Toben Seymour and Kailey Dickerson

Tours

Supporting

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Russell Dickerson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Freeman, Jon (July 29, 2011). "Review: David Nail Sells Out Exit/In". MusicRow. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ McClellan, Laura (September 18, 2015). "Canaan Smith Embarking on First Headlining Tour". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Liebig, Lorie (February 19, 2016). "Rising Artist Russell Dickerson on How Perseverance Shaped His Sound". Wide Open Country. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Yours EP review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (January 23, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: January 25, 2016". Roughstock. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.russelldickerson.com/about/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Russell Dickerson & Triple Tigers Records Roar To First Country Airplay No. 1 With 'Yours'". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  11. ↑ "Russell Dickerson & Triple Tigers Records Roar To First Country Airplay No. 1 With 'Yours'". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  12. 1 2 "About - Russell Dickerson Official Site". Russell Dickerson Official Site. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  13. ↑ "Russell Dickerson, Grand Ole Opry, Yours, Pete Fisher, Russell Dickerson, SiriusXM, JR ..." All Access. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  14. ↑ Snyder, Eric (October 11, 2016). "Thirty Tigers, Triple 8 Management and Sony Music partner on new country label". Nashville Business Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (February 20, 2018). "Top 10 Country Album Sales Chart: February 19, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Billboard Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Russell Dickerson – Chart history (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  24. ↑ "American single certifications – Russell Dickerson – Yours". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  25. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (March 13, 2018). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: March 13, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  26. ↑ "American single certifications – Russell Dickerson – Blue Tacoma". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  27. ↑ "That's My Girl : Videos : Russell Dickerson:That's My Girl". Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  28. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Russell Dickerson : Yours". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
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