Sam Lowry Hunt was born on December 8,1984 and is an American singer and songwriter.
36 Facts About Sam Hunt
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Sam Hunt is the first country artist since Clint Black to occupy both year-end number one album and single with Montevallo and "Take Your Time".
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Sam Hunt has been honored with numerous awards, including one American Music Award, and one CMT Music Award, as well as nominations for Billboard Music Awards and Grammy Awards.
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Sam Hunt was born on December 8,1984, in Cedartown, Georgia, the eldest of three children of Allen and Joan Sam Hunt, an insurance agent and a teacher respectively.
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Sam Hunt studied at Cedartown High School where he played football.
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Sam Hunt was a quarterback at Middle Tennessee State University from 2003 to 2004.
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Sam Hunt dressed for every game in 2003 but did not play in any of them.
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Sam Hunt had limited action in six games in 2004, attempting one pass and rushing once for one yard.
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Sam Hunt transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2005 and redshirted his first season there.
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Sam Hunt played in only seven games during the 2006 season due to injuries, completing 48 of 82 passes for 655 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions.
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Sam Hunt rushed 69 times for 159 yards and one touchdown.
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Sam Hunt completed 155 of 331 passes for 1,905 yards, 10 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 2007.
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Sam Hunt rushed 68 times for 287 yards and two touchdowns.
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Sam Hunt co-wrote Kenny Chesney's 2012 hit "Come Over", for which he received an ASCAP award.
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Sam Hunt co-wrote two singles released in 2014: Keith Urban's "Cop Car", and Billy Currington's "We Are Tonight".
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Sam Hunt independently released the single "Raised on It" in September 2013 and in October 2013, he released via his website a free 15-song mixtape titled Between the Pines.
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Sam Hunt co-wrote "Love Somebody", the title track from Reba McEntire's 27th studio album Love Somebody.
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Five days after the release of Montevallo, Sam Hunt announced his first tour Lipstick Graffiti.
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Sam Hunt was featured on Billboard for the issue of August 29,2015, where he opened about breaking down country music stereotypes.
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Sam Hunt served as a background vocalist on Carrie Underwood's song "Heartbeat", which was released in October 2015.
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Sam Hunt won his first American Music Award for New Artist of the Year on November 22,2015, in Los Angeles, California.
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On February 1,2017, Sam Hunt released "Body Like a Back Road", which went on to become his biggest hit.
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In March 2017, while playing a string of live shows with Tucker Beathard, Sam Hunt debuted another song titled "Drinkin' Too Much", a song he wrote and recorded about his on-and-off relationship with his then girlfriend, Hannah Lee Fowler.
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Sam Hunt then announced another song titled "Nothing Lasts Forever", that had yet to be released from his second studio album while performing it at several live shows.
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Sam Hunt took a prolonged hiatus from social media and releasing music after the end of the What Makes You Country Tour with Luke Bryan.
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Sam Hunt announced that another single from the new album would be out shortly and the entire album would be released in early 2020.
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In October 2019, Sam Hunt released "Kinfolks", his first radio single in over a year.
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In February 2020, Sam Hunt announced the title of his second album would be Southside and that it would be released on April 3,2020.
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Sam Hunt accompanied the album announcement with the announcement of his headlining Southside Summer Tour with Kip Moore, Travis Denning, and Ernest as supporting acts, while releasing his next single "Hard to Forget" the next day.
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Sam Hunt later cancelled the "Southside Summer Tour" amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
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In October 2020, Sam Hunt released "Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s" as the fifth single to country radio off Southside.
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Sam Hunt told Taste of Country that he does not write his songs with a specific genre in mind, but rather follows his instinct.
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In January 2017, it was announced that Sam Hunt became engaged to Hannah Lee Fowler.
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Fowler, whom Sam Hunt had been dating on-and-off since 2008, was the main inspiration behind his album Montevallo.
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In June 2022, Sam Hunt announced the birth of their daughter.
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On November 21,2019, Sam Hunt was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee after allegedly driving under the influence.