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| Released | August 7, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:22 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Nashville | |||
| Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
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Michael Ray is the debut studio album by thhe American country music artist of the same name, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
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