Scott Cooke McCreery was born on October 9,1993 and is an American country singer.
67 Facts About Scotty McCreery
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Scotty McCreery rose to fame after winning the tenth season of American Idol in May 2011.
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Scotty McCreery released his third album, See You Tonight, in October 2013.
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Scotty McCreery was born on October 9,1993, in Garner, North Carolina, the son of Judy and Michael Scotty McCreery.
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Scotty McCreery is of one quarter Puerto Rican descent; his father, a manufacturing systems analyst for Schneider Electric, was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to a military father and a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan, both of whom later moved to Aberdeen, North Carolina.
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Scotty McCreery's mother is a real estate agent for Fonville Morisey.
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Scotty McCreery owns a tanning salon in Clayton, North Carolina.
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Around the age of five or six, Scotty McCreery received a book about Elvis Presley from his grandmother, and Elvis became Scotty McCreery's earliest musical influence.
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Scotty McCreery began learning guitar when he was around nine or ten years old.
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Scotty McCreery attended Timber Drive Elementary School in Garner, West Lake Middle School in Apex, and Garner Magnet High School.
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Scotty McCreery participated in all three schools' choruses, and he sang at his middle school graduation.
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Scotty McCreery sang tenor as a freshman in high school, where he was named Rookie of the Year.
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Scotty McCreery starred in a school production of Bye Bye Birdie that year, playing the role of Conrad Birdie.
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Scotty McCreery went on to join a vocal ensemble called Die Meistersingers that was formed by his high school chorus teacher, Meredith Clayton, and with which he performed across the United States.
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In 2009, Scotty McCreery won a singing contest called "Clayton Idol", which was held by WQDR-FM at the Clayton Harvest Festival in Clayton, North Carolina.
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Scotty McCreery led the church's youth praise band, Audience of One.
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Scotty McCreery's best pitch is a curveball as far as getting people out.
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Scotty McCreery auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol in Milwaukee, at the age of sixteen.
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Scotty McCreery originally planned on auditioning in Nashville, but decided not to when he discovered that the date conflicted with an annual church camp.
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Scotty McCreery was not familiar with the lyrics and forgot them onstage.
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Scotty McCreery did not venture far out of the country genre throughout the competition, although one of his most acclaimed performances was of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend".
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Scotty McCreery was joined by his guitar teacher, Gary Epperson and Epperson's band, Gavinhart.
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Scotty McCreery entered the finale with fellow country singer Lauren Alaina, with whom he had shared duets several times that season.
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Alaina was sixteen at the time, and Scotty McCreery had turned seventeen since auditioning.
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Scotty McCreery went on to become the series' youngest male winner and second youngest winner overall, after season six's Jordin Sparks, who was seventeen when she won.
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Scotty McCreery released his coronation single "I Love You This Big" immediately after winning the tenth season of American Idol.
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Scotty McCreery signed with Mercury Nashville, earning a contract that gave him over $250,000 in advances for recording the first album.
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Scotty McCreery recorded Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me" and it was released on March 8,2012.
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Scotty McCreery aimed to include an explicitly Christian song in that album and he included the song "Old King James," which dwells on a Bible being passed down for generations.
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The album sold 197,000 on its debut week, and Scotty McCreery made history as the first country act to debut at No 1 on Billboard 200 with their first studio album, as well as the youngest man to open at the top of the chart with his debut release.
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The next day, the Thanksgiving Day of 2011, Scotty McCreery performed "The Trouble With Girls" at the 85th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City then headlined the Macy's Great Tree Lighting at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta in the evening.
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On November 9,2011, Scotty McCreery performed a track from his album, "Walk in the Country", and announced the CMA Radio Stations of the Year honors at the 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards The next day Scotty McCreery joined other country stars in Nashville to tape the CMA Country Christmas special that aired on ABC on December 1.
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Scotty McCreery performed "The First Noel", which was included in his Christmas album the following year, during the second annual CMA Country Christmas.
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On October 19,2011, Scotty McCreery sang the National Anthem in Game 1 of the World Series between the St Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers at Busch Stadium in St Louis.
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Scotty McCreery performed on the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade at Walt Disney World on December 25,2011.
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Scotty McCreery was nominated and won the first of his awards at the 2nd Annual American Country Awards on December 5,2011.
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Scotty McCreery performed his second single at the award show and won in the New Artist category.
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Scotty McCreery won the Best New Artist award at the ACM Awards on April 1,2012.
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Scotty McCreery received the Breakthrough Video of the Year Award at the CMT Music Awards on June 6,2012.
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Christmas with Scotty McCreery, was released on October 16,2012.
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Scotty McCreery performed a track from the album, "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Jingle Bells" in the Christmas in Rockefeller Center special broadcast on NBC on November 28,2012.
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Scotty McCreery sang "Winter Wonderland" at the CMA Country Christmas show aired on ABC on December 20,2012.
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Scotty McCreery wrote the song with Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell.
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On February 3,2016, it was confirmed that Scotty McCreery had parted ways with Mercury.
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Scotty McCreery mentored two semi-finalists during the fifteenth season of American Idol.
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Scotty McCreery sang with Jeneve Rose Mitchell on "Gone" and with Jenna Renae on his own "See You Tonight".
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Scotty McCreery wrote a book, Go Big or Go Home, which was released May 3,2016.
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Scotty McCreery describes the book as a travelogue about specific memories throughout his life.
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Scotty McCreery signed a new management deal with Triple 8 on October 24,2016.
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Scotty McCreery released his new single, "Five More Minutes" to digital retailers and streaming services on May 5,2017.
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On June 12,2017, Scotty McCreery released a music video for the single which includes home videos of his life.
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Scotty McCreery released his second single, "This Is It", to digital retailers on March 9,2018.
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Scotty McCreery released his third single, "In Between", to radio on April 1,2019, which later became his third consecutive number one on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country charts.
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Scotty McCreery graduated from Garner Magnet High School in 2012, and attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, pursuing a bachelor's degree in communications.
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In September 2017, Scotty McCreery became engaged to his longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal.
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Scotty McCreery said that during his childhood, he listened to Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Conway Twitty; and he cites Elvis Presley as his greatest musical influence.
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Scotty McCreery is an avid fan of the NC State Wolfpack sports, having been raised in greater Raleigh and attended NC State University.
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Scotty McCreery sang the National Anthem before the Patriots AFC divisional game on January 16,2016.
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In 2011, Scotty McCreery participated in Operation Christmas Child, a program dedicated to donating toys to impoverished children around the world.
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Scotty McCreery performed a benefit concert in November 2012, through which he raised $5,000 for World Vision to help with the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, and the following year, World Vision acted as the charitable sponsor for McCreery's Weekend Roadtrip Tour.
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Scotty McCreery became a National Goodwill Ambassador for the 12.14 Foundation in February 2014.
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Scotty McCreery has an active role in promoting the Foundation's arts program, supporting their fundraising efforts, and creating awareness for their vision and objectives to help the people of Newtown, Connecticut.
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On December 4,2014, Scotty McCreery performed a benefit concert which raised $60,000 to the foundation.
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Scotty McCreery appeared on "Celebrity Family Feud" on August 5,2018 and won $25,000 for St Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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In 2017 Scotty McCreery received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian award given by the State of North Carolina.
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Scotty McCreery received the award on stage at a performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Scotty McCreery was nominated for the award by outgoing governor Pat McCrory and conferred the award by his replacement Roy Cooper.