Black Sheep (EP)

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Black Sheep
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EP by
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
Genre Country
Length20:54
Label
Producer Matt Rovey [1]
Dean Brody chronology
Beautiful Freakshow
(2016)
Black Sheep
(2019)
Boys
(2020)
Singles from Black Sheep
  1. "Good Goodbye"
    Released: May 25, 2018
  2. "Dose of Country"
    Released: October 10, 2018
  3. "Whiskey in a Teacup"
    Released: March 8, 2019
  4. "Black Sheep"
    Released: August 21, 2019

Black Sheep is an EP by Canadian country music artist Dean Brody. It was released on June 21, 2019, via Open Road Recordings and Scurvy Dog Music. [2] [3] [1] [4] It includes the platinum-certified "Whiskey in a Teacup", and the singles "Good Goodbye", "Dose of Country", and "Black Sheep". [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Singles

"Good Goodbye" was released as the debut single off the EP in May 2018, [8] [9] and peaked at #6 on the Canadian country radio chart. [10]

"Dose of Country" was released as the second single to radio in October 2018. [11] It peaked at #4 on Canadian country radio. [10]

"Whiskey in a Teacup" was released as the third single to radio in March 2019. [12] It peaked at #3 on Canadian country radio, [10] and at #69 on the Canadian Hot 100. [13] It was certified Platinum by Music Canada. [14]

"Black Sheep" was released as the fourth single in August 2019, [15] [16] and it peaked at #5 on Canadian country radio. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Sheep"Brody3:16
2."Whiskey in a Teacup"Brody3:02
3."Moonlight Girl"Brody3:24
4."Good Goodbye"Brody3:44
5."Ever After"Brody3:43
6."Dose of Country"Brody3:41
Total length:20:54

Charts

Chart performance for singles from Black Sheep
YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Certifications
CAN Country
[10]
CAN
[13]
2018"Good Goodbye"6 [upper-alpha 1]
"Dose of Country"4
2019"Whiskey in a Teacup"369
"Black Sheep"5

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryResultRef.
2020 Juno Awards of 2020 Country Album of the Year – Black SheepNominated [19]

Release history

Release formats for Black Sheep
CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousApril 26, 2019 Digital download
[2]
Streaming
August 30, 2019 Compact disc

Notes

  1. "Good Goodbye" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 40 on the Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales chart. [17]

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