Scotty McCreery Selected for North Carolina Music Hall of Fame Induction
A big congratulations today, as Scotty McCreery has been selected as an inductee for the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame this year. The Garner native, who is certainly no…
Scotty McCreery performs during the ACM Party For A Cause at Ascend Amphitheater on August 23, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for ACMA big congratulations today, as Scotty McCreery has been selected as an inductee for the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame this year.
The Garner native, who is certainly no stranger to performing here in Fayetteville, was among six musicians selected for induction at the October 19, 2023 event at the Mooresville Performing Arts Center.
"Scotty McCreery made history in 2011 when his first album, Clear as Day, debuted at No.1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, making him the first country artist and youngest male artist of any musical format to achieve this feat," a release from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame said. "He has since established himself as one of today’s top country music entertainers, earning five consecutive No.1 hits, multiple gold and platinum albums and singles, and sold out concerts across the world. In addition to winning American Idol in 2011, McCreery has received an array of ACM, BMI, CMT, NSAI, and Carolina Beach Music Awards and has executive produced two Hallmark holiday movies based on his first No.1 hit song, 'Five More Minutes.'"
Scotty joins five other musicians this year, who will be enshrined at the museum in Kannapolis. The other inductees this year are:
- Loudon Wainwright III, Chapel Hill - Wainwright is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, and acted in films and TV shows;
- Bill Curtis, Fayetteville - The legendary funk disco band leader of "The Fatback Band," is well known around the world;
- Fetchin Bones, Charlotte - The rock, punk, funk band were legendary live performers, and had several albums on Capital records;
- George Beverly Shea, Montreat - Best known as the musical leader of the Billy Graham Crusades, Shea won a Grammy, and is beloved around the world;
- Betty Davis, Durham - The "Queen of Funk" was a pioneer in her genre, influencing many soul and R&B singers of today.
"The induction ceremony honoring the 2023 class will take place on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at the Mooresville Performing Arts Center in Mooresville, NC. The ceremony is open to the public and will include appearances by inductees and live performances by Scotty McCreery, Loudon Wainwright III, and Fetchin Bones. More performances to be announced. General reserved tickets are on sale now for $60 and can be purchased at NorthCarolinaMusicHallofFame.org. VIP ticket packages that include reserved seating, a VIP reception, souvenir book and event badge, red carpet walk, and early access seating are on sale for $90."
Congratulations to Scotty McCreery on this special North Carolina honor.
Stars & Guitars 2021 Artist: Scotty McCreery
Stars & Guitars is back and better than ever in 2021, with an amazing group of artists. Today's featured artist is Scotty McCreery! The pride of North Carolina joins Tenille Arts, Drew Parker, Clay Walker, Matt Stell and Carly Pearce as our incredible 2021 lineup! Let's take a look at Scotty!
Who is Scotty McCreery?
There's probably not a whole lot of you who don't know who Scotty is, but just in case, let's take a look at the bio of Garner's own Mr. McCreery.
Scotty McCreery will release his fifth studio album Same Truck on September 17, 2021. The first single, “You Time,” is out now and currently Top 10 and rising. McCreery co-wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the album, which is available for pre-order now: https://orcd.co/scottymccreerysametruck
The North Carolina native achieved new heights in the last few years by earning three back-to-back No. 1 hits from his most recent album Seasons Change, the RIAA Gold-certified project which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album chart: the RIAA Double Platinum-certified “Five More Minutes,” the RIAA Platinum-certified “This Is It,” which stayed at the top of the charts for two weeks, and RIAA Gold-certified “In Between.” McCreery co-wrote all 11 songs on Seasons Change, which Rolling Stone named as one of the “40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018.”
All four of his albums have debuted at No.1 on a Billboard Albums chart, with current combined sales surpassing 3 million copies. He’s earned one Double Platinum, four Platinum and two Gold singles; won the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011; was named the ACM New Artist of the Year in 2011; won the CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year (“The Trouble with Girls”) in 2012; American Country Awards for New Artist of the Year in 2011 and Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2013; BMI Awards for writing One of the Top 50 Country Songs of the Year three times (in 2015 for “See You Tonight,” in 2018 for “Five More Minutes,” and in 2019 for “This is It”); a Carolina Beach Music Award for National Dance/Shag Song of the Year (“Barefootin’”) in 2018; and the NSAI Nashville Songwriter Award for One of the Top Ten Songs I Wish I’d Written (“Five More Minutes”) in 2018.
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Scotty McCreery's Biggest Hit
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Scotty McCreery on Social Media
Scotty has a GREAT new song and album of the same name... "Same Truck" coming soon, and this teaser clip got us really excited!
