| Michael Ray | ||||
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| Released | August 7, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:22 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Nashville | |||
| Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
| Michael Ray chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Michael Ray | ||||
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Michael Ray is the debut studio album by American country music artist Michael Ray, and his second overall. It was released on August 7, 2015 via Atlantic Nashville. [1] The lead single, "Kiss You in the Morning", was a number one hit on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart. [2]
Ray has writing credits on only one song on his debut, "Run Away with You", which he co-wrote with John Rich who first recorded the song as part of Big & Rich for their 2014 album, Gravity . [3] Their version was released as a single on January 19, 2015 and was a Top 20 hit on the Country Airplay charts.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kiss You in the Morning" | Justin Wilson, Michael White | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Another Girl" | Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Look Like This" | Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Real Men Love Jesus" | Lance Miller, Adam Sanders, Brad Warren, Brett Warren | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Livin' It Up" | Marty Dodson, Jason Sellers, Jimmy Yeary | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Run Away with You" | John Rich, Michael Ray | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Think a Little Less" | Barry Dean, Jon Nite, Thomas Rhett, Robbins | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Wish I Was Here" | Nathan Chapman, Nicolle Galyon, Jenkins | 3:21 |
| 9. | "This Love" | Gorley, McAnally, Robbins | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Drivin' All Night" | Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Everything In Between" | Zach Crowell, Jenkins, Nite | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Somewhere South" | Jessi Alexander, C. Beathard, Tucker Beathard | 3:41 |
| Total length: | 37:22 | ||
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 21, and the Top Country Albums chart at No. 4, with 11,300 copies sold in the US in its first week. [4] The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of January 2017. [5]
| Chart (2015–17) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] | 60 |
| US Billboard 200 [7] | 21 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] | 4 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country [9] | US Country Airplay [10] | US [11] | CAN Country [12] | CAN [13] | ||
| 2015 | "Kiss You in the Morning" | 10 | 1 | 55 | 13 | 73 |
| "Real Men Love Jesus" | 28 | 17 | — | 44 | — | |
| 2016 | "Think a Little Less" | 4 | 2 | 54 | 41 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
