Cassadee Pope | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Cassadee Blake Pope |
Born | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | August 28, 1989
Genres | |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels |
|
Member of | Hey Monday |
Website | cassadeepope |
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop punk band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early 2012 and released the EP Cassadee Pope in May 2012. She took part in the 3rd season of The Voice and became the first female winner in December 2012. Her debut solo country album, Frame by Frame , was released in 2013 to a top 10 Billboard 200 charting. [5] It debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, with 43,000 copies sold in its first week.
While attending Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida, Pope formed the band Blake with good friend Mike Gentile. The project disbanded before being signed. In 2008, she and Gentile founded the pop punk band Hey Monday along with Alex Lipshaw, Michael "Jersey" Moriarty, and Elliot James. Hey Monday released their first studio album, Hold on Tight, in October 2008. Pope wrote two songs and co-wrote the other nine songs. She appeared in Fall Out Boy's video for "America's Suitehearts", from their 2008 album Folie à Deux . She also provided guest vocals for The Cab's remix version of their song "Take My Hand" that appeared on Fall Out Boy's mixtape, Welcome to the New Administration , and appeared in the music video for it the following summer of 2009. James left the band at the end of 2009. Hey Monday's first EP Beneath It All was released in August 2010; to promote the album the group toured the US and played on the 2010 Warped Tour. The Christmas EP was released on December 6, 2011, and later that month Hey Monday took an indefinite hiatus on good terms.
In January and February 2012, Pope embarked on her first solo acoustic tour across the east and west coasts of the United States. [6] [7] She released her debut self-titled EP (self-labeled) on May 22, 2012, containing four songs written by Pope. [8] She auditioned for season 3 of the singing competition The Voice during the summer and had all four coaches offer her a place on their teams; she ultimately picked country singer Blake Shelton. In the third live round, Pope performed "Over You", co-written by mentor Shelton. The song reached number one on the iTunes chart, knocking Psy's "Gangnam Style" down to number two. She was the only female contestant to advance to the Top 4 round where she performed "Stupid Boy" by country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton, which also reached number one on iTunes. She advanced to The Voice finals, winning the title on the live finale results day in December. An album compiling her performances on The Voice entitled The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection reached No. 1 on the Heatseekers and sold 11,000 copies, and 8,000 more copies in the following week. Her self-titled EP also re-entered the chart at No. 42, selling 1,000 copies. [9]
Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Order | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blind Audition | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia | Sept. 25, 2012 | 7.6 | All four chairs turned Joined Team Blake |
Battles (Top 64) | "Not Over You" (vs Ryan Jirovec) | Gavin DeGraw | Oct. 22, 2012 | 14.4 | Saved by Blake |
Knockouts | "Payphone" (vs Suzanna Choffel) | Maroon 5 | Oct. 30, 2012 | 17.10 | |
Live Playoffs | "My Happy Ending" | Avril Lavigne | Nov. 5, 2012 | 18.5 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 12 | "Behind These Hazel Eyes" | Kelly Clarkson | Nov. 12, 2012 | 21.7 | |
Live Top 10 | "Over You" | Miranda Lambert | Nov. 19, 2012 | 23.9 | |
Live Top 8 | "Are You Happy Now?" | Michelle Branch | Nov. 26, 2012 | 25.8 | |
Live Top 6 | "Stand" | Rascal Flatts | Dec. 3, 2012 | 27.2 | |
"I'm With You" | Avril Lavigne | 27.11 | |||
Live Top 4 (Semifinals) | "Stupid Boy" | Keith Urban | Dec. 10, 2012 | 29.3 | |
Live Finale (Final 3) | "Over You" | Miranda Lambert | Dec. 17, 2012 | 31.2 | Winner |
"Steve McQueen" (with Blake Shelton) | Sheryl Crow | 31.6 | |||
"Cry" | Faith Hill | 31.9 | |||
In January 2013, Pope signed with country music label Republic Nashville; the lead single of her solo album, "Wasting All These Tears", was released on May 31, 2013. It debuted at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It sold 125,000 copies in first week of release. [10] The album, Frame by Frame , was released in October 2013. [11] Pope spent most of 2014 touring with country artists Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley. She also was featured on the Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe album where she covered The Animal In Me. [12]
Pope released the lead single, "I Am Invincible" from her upcoming second studio album. During late 2015, Pope recorded a duet with Chris Young, titled "Think of You" for his 2015 album I'm Comin' Over. This single became Pope's first song to peak at number one on the US Country Airplay chart in May 2016. In March 2017, Pope traveled to London and performed several times as part of the C2C: Country to Country festival lineup, including an appearance on the main stage with Young.
Pope's EP, Summer , was released on June 3, 2016, and the title track was released as a single on June 6, 2016.
On July 24, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
On October 16, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Houston Texans and Colts game.
Pope and Young were nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Think of You", making her first contestant from The Voice to receive a Grammy nomination. In May 2017, Pope parted ways with Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment.
On March 30, 2018, she independently released her first single in nearly two years, called "Take You Home". It was followed on August 10 by her second single of 2018, called "One More Red Light".
On February 1, 2019, Pope released her second full-length studio album, Stages. It released four singles; "Take You Home", "One More Red Light", "If My Heart Had a Heart", and "I've Been Good".
On October 15, 2021, Pope released her third full-length studio album, Thrive. Two singles were released from the album; "What the Stars See" featuring Karen Fairchild and Lindsay Ell, and "Say It First". [13]
In December 2022, Pope said that she was stepping away from country music and going back to her roots in pop-punk, and collaborated with Levi Hummon on the song "RSVP". She says that "RSVP" is "a great bridge for what I did before and where I'm headed with my next solo project." [14] About her return to the genre she says, "This next project has an authenticity that I've never been able to tap into before now," "Pop and rock music is such a staple in my creativity so to fully return back that genre feels special and like coming back home." [15]
Her new single "People That I Love Leave" was released on April 14, 2023. [15] On June 10, 2023, Pope sang the National Anthem at Game 4 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals. Pope released another single "Almost There" in July 2023. The song was inspired by her boyfriend Sam Palladio. [16]
On October 13, 2023, Pope released a re-recording of Wasting All These Tears, changing the style of the song from country to pop-punk, and marking the 10-year anniversary of the song's original 2013 release. [17] The third single from her first full-length pop-punk project, "Eye Contact", was released in March 2024. [17]
In February 2024, Pope did an interview with Rolling Stone that expanded on her decision to leave country music and that part of the reason was due to the racist and sexist politics that were associated with the genre. [18] In May 2024, she announced the upcoming release of her fourth studio album, Hereditary, and released its fourth single, "Three of Us". [19]
In January 2010, Pope began dating drummer Rian Dawson, who is a member of the band All Time Low. They became engaged in February 2017. [20] In July 2017, it was announced that the couple had ended their relationship. [21]
Pope has been in a relationship with British actor and musician Sam Palladio since December 2017. [22] [23]
When it comes to Pope's influences she has said "I'm all over the place. I tend to go backwards a little bit and listen to Natalie Imbruglia's Left of the Middle and old Shania, Michelle Branch, Avril, Blink 182…I'm kind of all over the board. And then more recently I'm into the new Blake Shelton album, not gonna lie. Hunter Hayes and Taylor Swift." [24] Pope also mentions Martina McBride as one of her influences.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Degrassi Goes Hollywood | Herself | Television film |
2010 | Hellcats | Episode: "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" | |
2012 | The Voice | Artist / Winner (Season 3) | |
2016 | Lip Sync Battle | Episode: "Cassadee Pope vs. Dustin Lynch" | |
2017 | Nashville | Episode: "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" | |
2018 | Audience Music | Episode: "Cassadee Pope" | |
2022 | Name That Tune | Episode: "Country Divas and Spicy Stars of The Stage" | |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country [25] | US [26] | US Indie [27] | CAN [28] | UK Country [29] | |||||
Frame by Frame |
| 1 | 9 | — | 16 | 3 |
| ||
Stages |
| 39 | — [upper-alpha 1] | 7 | — | — |
| ||
Thrive |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
Hereditary |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was ineligible for that chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
US Country [25] | US [26] | US Heat [34] | ||
Cassadee Pope |
| — | — | 25 |
Summer |
| 14 | 164 | — |
Rise and Shine |
| — | — | 13 |
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country [35] | US Country Airplay [36] | US [10] | CAN Country [37] | CAN [38] | |||||
"Wasting All These Tears" | 2013 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 41 |
| Frame by Frame | |
"I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" | 2014 | 35 | 32 | — | — | — |
| ||
"I Am Invincible" | 2015 | — | 52 | — | — | — |
| Non-album single | |
"Think of You" (with Chris Young) | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 57 |
| I'm Comin' Over | |
"Summer" | — | 55 | — | — | — | Summer | |||
"Take You Home" | 2018 | 49 | — | — | — | — | Stages | ||
"One More Red Light" [46] | — | — [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | ||||
"If My Heart Had a Heart" [49] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I've Been Good" [50] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"What the Stars See" [51] (featuring Karen Fairchild and Lindsay Ell) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Thrive | ||
"Say It First" [33] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"People That I Love Leave" [52] (solo or featuring Jax) [53] | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Hereditary | ||
"Almost There" [16] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Eye Contact" [17] | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Three of Us" [19] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart or was not released to that territory. |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
US Country [35] | |||
"You Hear a Song" | 2013 | 44 | Frame by Frame |
"11" | 38 | ||
"Good Times" | 50 | ||
"Champagne" [54] | — [upper-alpha 3] | ||
"Wasting All These Tears (Cassadee's Version)" | 2023 | — | Non-album single |
"—" denotes items which failed to chart or was not eligible. |
Year | Video | Director | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | "Wasting All These Tears" | Brian Lazzaro | [56] |
2014 | "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" | Wes Edwards | [57] |
2015 | "I Am Invincible" | Roman White | [58] |
2016 | "Think of You" (with Chris Young) | David McClister/Trey Fanjoy | [59] |
"Summer" | TK McKamy | [60] | |
2018 | "Take You Home" | Justin Nolan | [57] |
2020 | "Sand Paper" | Unlisted | [57] |
"Let Me Go" | [57] | ||
"Hangover" | [57] | ||
"Built This House" | [57] | ||
"Hoodie" | [57] | ||
"California Dreaming" | [57] | ||
"Rise and Shine" | [57] | ||
2021 | "What the Stars See" | Ed Pryor | [51] |
"Say It First" | [61] | ||
"Tomorrow Night" | Kamren Kennedy | [62] | |
"Thrive" | [63] | ||
2023 | "People That I Love Leave" | Ed Pryor | [53] |
"Almost There" | [16] | ||
"Coma" (with Taylor Acorn) | Doltyn Snedden | [ citation needed ] | |
"Wasting All These Tears (Cassadee's Version)" | Erika Rock | [64] | |
2024 | "Three of Us" | Unlisted | [19] |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
---|---|---|---|
US [26] | US Heat [34] | ||
The Complete Season 3 Collection |
| 125 | 1 |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country [35] | US [10] | CAN [38] | ||||
"Over You" | 2012 | 3 | 25 | 15 |
| The Complete Season 3 Collection |
"Are You Happy Now?" | — | 95 | 92 | |||
"Stand" | — | — [upper-alpha 4] | — | |||
"I'm With You" | — | — [upper-alpha 5] | — | |||
"Stupid Boy" | 4 | 40 | 28 | |||
"Cry" | — | 60 | 53 | |||
"Steve McQueen" (with Blake Shelton) | 42 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Record label |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | The Cab | Welcome to the New Administration | "Take My Hand Machine Shop Production" | Decaydance |
2009 | The Cab | The Lady Luck EP | "Take My Hand (Remix)" | Decaydance, Fueled By Ramen |
2011 | Vonnegutt | $FREE.99 | "When I Come Around" | Purple Ribbon Records |
Yellowcard | When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic) | "Hang You Up" | Hopeless | |
It Boys! | Introduction | "Shy" | Hollywood Waste | |
2012 | I See Stars | Digital Renegade | "Electric Forest" | Sumerian |
Yellowcard | Southern Air | "Telescope" | Hopeless | |
All Time Low | Don't Panic and Don't Panic: It's Longer Now! | "Backseat Serenade" (backing vocals) | ||
"So Long, Soldier" (backing vocals) | ||||
I See Stars | The Hardest Mistakes – Single | "The Hardest Mistakes" | Sumerian | |
2015 | Chris Young | I'm Comin' Over | "Think of You" (duet) | RCA Records Nashville |
2022 | Levi Hummon | "RSVP" [14] | ||
2023 | Taylor Acorn | "Coma (ft. Cassadee Pope)" |
Year | Song | Album | Record label |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | "The Animal in Me" (featuring Robin Zander) | Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crue | Big Machine |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Awards | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | American Country Awards | New Artist of the Year | Herself | Nominated |
2014 | CMT Music Awards | Female Video of the Year | Wasting All These Tears | |
Breakthrough Video of the Year | Won | |||
American Country Countdown Awards | Female Vocalist of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
2016 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist | Herself | Nominated |
2017 | Grammy Award | Best Country Duo/Group Performance (with Chris Young) | Think of You | Nominated |
2018 | Taste of Country Fan Choice Awards | Top Indie Artist of 2018 | Herself | Won |
American country music band Zac Brown Band has released seven studio albums, two extended plays, two live albums, and twenty-nine singles. Fourteen of those singles reached number one on either the US Billboard Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay chart, while one reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
"Over You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in January 2012 as the second single from Lambert's album Four the Record.
Tyler Lynn Farr is an American country music singer and songwriter. Originally signed to BNA Records Farr released two singles for the label before it closed. He transferred to Columbia Records Nashville, releasing two albums: Redneck Crazy in 2013 and Suffer in Peace in 2015. Overall he has charted eight singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. His highest ranking on the latter chart is "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" which placed at No. 1 in 2015.
American country music singer and songwriter Chris Young has released nine studio albums, twenty three singles, and nineteen music videos. Eleven of his singles have reached number one on either the US Billboard Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. In 2006, Young rose to fame as the winner of season four of American reality singing competition Nashville Star. He released his debut self-titled album in October of that year, which produced two singles that failed to reach the Top 40 of the Country Songs chart.
American country music singer Luke Bryan has released eight studio albums, seven compilation albums, eight extended plays, and 34 singles.
Racheal Lynn Woodward, better known as RaeLynn, is an American singer and songwriter who was a contestant on The Voice in season two (2012). She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
"Hey Girl" is a song written by Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano, and Ashley Gorley and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in March 2013 as the first single from Currington's 2013 album We Are Tonight. The song became Currington's seventh number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart. It also peaked at numbers 5 and 39 on the Hot Country Songs and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively.
"Drunk Last Night" is a song recorded by American country music group the Eli Young Band. It was released on July 1, 2013, as the first single from their fifth studio album, 10,000 Towns, their second for Republic Nashville. The song was written by Josh Osborne and Laura Veltz.
"Wasting All These Tears" is a song recorded by American country music singer Cassadee Pope, written by Caitlyn Smith and Rollie Gaalswyk. It was released as Pope's debut solo single from her debut solo studio album Frame by Frame on May 31, 2013. It is the first song by Pope to reach Gold status, and has since been certified Platinum as of March 5, 2014.
American country music singer Scotty McCreery has released six studio albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, ten singles, and ten music videos. McCreery rose to fame after winning the tenth season of American Idol in 2011.
Frame by Frame is the debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope, lead vocalist of pop punk band Hey Monday and winner of the third season of The Voice. It was released on October 8, 2013, by Republic Nashville. The album was produced by Dann Huff with additional production from Nathan Chapman on three tracks, and Max Martin and Shellback on one.
"Don't Let Me Be Lonely" is a song recorded by American country music group The Band Perry. It was released in August 2013 as the third single from their second album, Pioneer. The song was written by Sarah Buxton, Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins.
"We Were Us" is a song written by Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins, and Jon Nite and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban as a duet with American country music singer Miranda Lambert. It was released in September 2013 as the second international single and third overall from Urban's 2013 album Fuse.
"Give Me Back My Hometown" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in January 2014 as the second single from his 2014 album The Outsiders. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart in May 2014. It also peaked at number 4 on Hot Country Songs. Church wrote this song with Luke Laird.
"Ready Set Roll" is a song recorded by American country music artist Chase Rice. It was released in November 2013 as his first single from his EP album, Ready Set Roll, and later appeared on his first major-label studio album, Ignite the Night. Rice wrote the song with Chris DeStefano, who also produced it, and Rhett Akins.
"Think of You" is a song recorded by American country music singers Chris Young and Cassadee Pope. It was written and produced by Young and Corey Crowder, with additional writing from Josh Hoge. "Think of You" was released on January 25, 2016 as the second single from Young's fifth studio album, I'm Comin' Over (2015). The country pop song explores the reminiscence of a recent breakup.
"Summer" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cassadee Pope from her second extended play, also titled Summer (2016). Pope wrote the song with Kelly Archer and Emily Shackelton. Production was handled by Corey Crowder, who also produced Pope's chart-topping collaboration with Chris Young that year, "Think of You". It serves as the EP's lead single.
American country music artist Dustin Lynch has released six studio albums, one extended play, fourteen music videos, and seventeen singles, of which nine have reached number one on Country Airplay. He first charted a number one single with "Where It's At".
Stages is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Cassadee Pope, released on February 1, 2019, through Awake Music. Pope co-wrote 7 of the 11 tracks on the album produced by Corey Crowder.
Canadian country music singer and songwriter Lindsay Ell has released five studio albums, one extended play, 11 singles, and 10 music videos. Ell released two independent albums in the 2000s before signing a recording contract with the Stoney Creek subsidiary of Broken Bow Records in 2013 and releasing her debut single, "Trippin' on Us". Four subsequent singles were promoted over the following three years with varying levels of success on the Canadian and American country airplay charts.