Mitchell Tenpenny | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | James Mitchell Tenpenny III |
Born | Nashville, Tennessee | August 17, 1989
Genres | Country pop |
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Years active | 2014–present |
Labels | Riser House Records, Columbia Nashville |
Spouse | |
Website | mitchell10penny |
James Mitchell Tenpenny III (born August 17, 1989) is an American country pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums and five extended plays through Riser House Records, with the first being Telling All My Secrets released in December 2018. He charted in 2018 with the single "Drunk Me", released on Columbia Records Nashville. He also co wrote "If the Boot Fits" with Granger Smith and the song made it to the top 10 on country airplay.
Tenpenny was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] His grandmother was music publishing executive Donna Hilley. According to Tenpenny, when he was 11, his grandmother introduced to him songwriters Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman and he became interested in songwriting. [2] He grew up listening to country, rock, and R&B, and cited Vince Gill, John Mayer, and Michael Jackson among his musical influences. [3] He attended Lipscomb Academy in Nashville where he played football. He then enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University where he originally intended to play college football, but became more interested being in a band. [4] He graduated with a music business degree. [5]
Tenpenny released his debut album, titled Black Crow, in 2015. A track, "Canes Creek", featured the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers. [3] His debut single was the title track of the album, "Black Crow". [6] In his early songwriting career, he wrote a number of songs with artists such as Nick Fradiani; [7] an early success is the Top 10 song he co-wrote "If the Boot Fits", recorded by Granger Smith. [8] He signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing Nashville, [5] and was involved in the documentary film The Voyage in 2014. [9] He was signed to a newly formed Riser Records in 2016. [10]
In July 2017, Tenpenny released an EP, Linden Ave, named after the street where his grandmother Donna Hilley used to live. [11] The EP charted at No. 10 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart, No. 6 in Heatseekers Albums, and No. 12 in Country Album Sales, with 2,100 copies sold in its first week. [12] [13]
In January 2018, Tenpenny entered into a joint venture with Riser House/Columbia Nashville and released a self-titled EP on February 23, featuring a new single "Drunk Me". [14]
He released his second album and full-length major label debut album titled Telling All My Secrets on December 14, 2018. [15] It debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, and No. 53 on Billboard 200, [16] [17] after accruing 20,000 album equivalent units in its first week. [18]
Tenpenny has been in a long-term relationship with fellow country singer Meghan Patrick. [19] On November 24, 2021, the two got engaged in the bar where they first met. [20] Tenpenny and Patrick married on October 23, 2022. [21]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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US [22] | US Country [23] | |||||
Black Crow [3] |
| — | — | |||
Telling All My Secrets |
| 53 | 5 |
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Naughty List |
| — | — | |||
This Is the Heavy |
| 123 | 14 | |||
The 3rd |
| — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
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US Country [23] | US Heat [28] | US Indie [29] | |||
Linden Ave [30] |
| — | 6 | 10 |
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Mitchell Tenpenny [14] |
| 35 | — | — |
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Neon Christmas |
| — | — | — | |
Midtown Diaries |
| 23 | — | — | |
The Low Light Sessions |
| — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||
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US [32] | US Country [33] | US Country Airplay [34] | CAN [35] | CAN Country [36] | |||||
2015 | "Black Crow" [6] | — | ― | ― | ― | ― | Black Crow | ||
"Love & Rock N' Roll" [37] | — | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||||
2018 | "Drunk Me" | 39 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 2 |
| Telling All My Secrets | |
2019 | "Alcohol You Later" | — | 41 | 43 | ― | ― |
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"Anything She Says" (featuring Seaforth) | — | 45 | 58 | ― | ― |
| Non-album singles | ||
2020 | "Broken Up" [44] | — | — [upper-alpha 1] | 58 | — | — | |||
2021 | "Truth About You" | 54 | 11 | 2 | ― [upper-alpha 2] | 23 | This Is the Heavy | ||
2022 | "We Got History" | — [upper-alpha 3] | 28 | 12 | ― | 21 | |||
2024 | "Not Today" [52] | — | — | — | ― | ― | The 3rd | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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US [32] | US Country [33] | US Country Airplay [34] | ||||
2019 | "Slow Ride" (Colt Ford featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) [53] | — | — | — | We the People, Volume 1 | |
2021 | "At the End of a Bar" (Chris Young featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) | 75 | 16 | 1 |
| Famous Friends |
"Get That All the Time" (RaeLynn featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) [54] | — | — | — | Baytown | ||
2022 | "Act Like That" (State Champs featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) | — | — | — | Kings of the New Age | |
2023 | "All Gas" (Bilmuri featuring Mitchell Tenpenny) | — | — | — | All Gas |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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US Country [33] | CAN Digital [46] | |||||||||
2020 | "Can't Go to Church" | — [upper-alpha 4] | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
"Here" | — [upper-alpha 5] | — | ||||||||
2021 | "Bucket List" | 45 | 15 |
| Midtown Diaries | |||||
"To Us It Did" [56] | — | — | ||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Certifications | Album |
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2018 | "Bitches" |
| Telling All My Secrets |
Year | Title | Director |
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2015 | "Black Crow" | Victor Teran |
"Cane's Creek" | Michael Everett | |
"Love & Rock N' Roll" | — | |
2017 | "Bitches" | TK McKamy |
2018 | "Drunk Me" | Justin Key |
2019 | "Slow Ride" (with Colt Ford) | Michael Salomon |
2020 | "Anything She Says" (with Seaforth) | Roman White |
"Neon Christmas" | Unlisted | |
2023 | "I Hope It Snows" (with Meghan Patrick) | Jay Curtis Miller |
Year | Association | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | CMT Music Awards | Breakthrough Video of the Year | "Drunk Me" | Nominated | [57] |
ACM Awards | New Male Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [58] | |
2024 | CMA Awards | New Artist of the Year | Pending |
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