29 Facts About Kane Brown

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Kane Allen Brown was born on October 21,1993 and is an American singer.

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Kane Brown released his first EP, titled Closer, in June 2015, and followed it with a new single, "Used to Love You Sober", in October 2015.

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Kane Brown released his first full-length album, the self-titled Kane Brown, on December 2,2016.

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The single "What Ifs" came from this album, and in October 2017, Kane Brown became the first artist to have simultaneous number ones on all five main Billboard country charts.

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Kane Brown released his second album, Experiment, in November 2018, which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200.

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Kane Brown was raised in rural northwest Georgia and in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area.

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Kane Brown is multiracial, with a white mother, Tabatha Brown, and an African-American father who is part Cherokee.

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Kane Brown attended Red Bank, Ridgeland, and Soddy Daisy High Schools.

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Kane Brown auditioned for both American Idol and The X Factor after the success of his school friend Lauren Alaina on American Idol.

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Kane Brown was chosen for The X Factor after an audition in 2013 but left the show when its producers wanted to include him in a boy band.

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In 2014, Kane Brown began posting videos of his covers of songs by Brantley Gilbert, Billy Currington, Alan Jackson, and other singers on social media.

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Kane Brown acquired a following for his homemade videos on Facebook.

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Kane Brown's cover of Lee Brice's "I Don't Dance" was one early video that gained wide attention.

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Kane Brown was initially signed to Zone 4 with Jay Frank as his first manager.

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In 2014, Kane Brown raised funds via crowdfunding site Kickstarter to produce a six-song EP, which he recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, at the home studio of Noah Henson, guitarist for Brantley Gilbert.

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Kane Brown released a new single "Used to Love You Sober" on his birthday in 2015, and the song was spotlighted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1.

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Kane Brown opened for Florida Georgia Line on their summer 2016 Dig Your Roots Tour and collaborated with Chandler Stephens on a song they wrote together, "Can't Stop Love", which released on February 12,2016.

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Kane Brown signed with Sony Music Nashville on January 27,2016, and records under the RCA Nashville label.

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On September 4,2018, Kane Brown announced the album's title, Experiment, via Twitter along with its cover art and news of the upcoming track "Homesick".

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In July 2020, Kane Brown released his second single to pop radio, "Be Like That" with Khalid and Swae Lee, another single off his EP.

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In September 2020, Kane Brown announced a drive-in concert, held at more than 200 theaters across the US on September 26,2020.

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That same week Kane Brown appeared on stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in a PORTL "hologram" machine to sing "Be Like That" live from Nashville with Swae Lee and Khalid who were in the studio in Los Angeles, California.

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On February 11,2021, Kane Brown launched his own label, 1021 Entertainment, in association with Sony Nashville.

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Also in 2021, Kane Brown became the first black person to win Video of the Year at the ACM Awards, which he won for "Worldwide Beautiful".

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Kane Brown was included in 2021's Time 100, Times annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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On March 3,2022, Kane Brown released the song "Leave You Alone", which he initially previewed on social media in late 2021.

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Kane Brown announced his third studio album, Different Man, on July 18,2022.

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Kane Brown proposed to her on Easter Sunday in 2017 and announced their engagement during a concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a short time later in April 2017.

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On December 31,2021, Kane Brown announced that Jae had given birth to their second daughter a day prior.