16 Facts About Tate Stevens

Tate Stevens joined a local band in 2005 and formed his own band in 2008, releasing an independent album and touring on weekends and holidays.

Tate Stevens moved from Texas to Belton, Missouri as a child and grew up there, graduating from Belton High School in 1994.

Tate Stevens adopted his stage name when he was a young singer in the 1990s.

Tate Stevens released a single in 1994 entitled "It Sure Looks Good On You".

Tate Stevens left that band in 2008 to form the Tate Stevens Band, a six-man ensemble that has toured extensively in the Midwest on weekends and vacations.

Tate Stevens wrote songs and released an independent album in 2008.

Tate Stevens was selected to go to boot camp where he had to sing for survival singing "Nobody Knows" against Willie Jones.

Tate Stevens sang "Back At One" at Reid's home in front of him and guest judges Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun.

Tate Stevens's performance landed him back at the number one spot again.

Tate Stevens was scheduled to move to Nashville, Tennessee in early 2013 to begin working on his debut album, with work on the album reported to begin as soon as January 2,2013.

Tate Stevens stated he would like to work with Luke Laird and Kim Tribble.

Tate Stevens was signed to RCA Records Nashville on January 15,2013.

Tate Stevens released his debut song "Holler If You're With Me" in a commercial produced by Pepsi, which aired during the 2013 Grammy Awards on February 10,2013.

Tate Stevens's self-titled debut album was released on April 23,2013.

Subsequently, in August 2013, after winning a record deal with Sony, Tate Stevens parted ways with the label.

Tate Stevens grew up in Belton, Missouri part of greater Kansas City and now lives with his wife Ashlie, whom he met in high school and married in 1997, and their son Hayden and daughter Rylie in Peculiar, Missouri.