Scotty McCreery

Performers

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  Scotty McCreery

  Scotty McCreery has been a household name for nearly half his life, ever since making history in 2011 as both the first country artist and the youngest male artist of any genre to debut his first studio album, the Platinum-certified Clear as Day, at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The soon-to-be 30 year old has sold more than 4 million albums and achieved 5 consecutive No.1 hits: the RIAA Platinum-certified “Damn Strait,” the RIAA Gold certified “You Time,” the RIAA Gold certified “It Matters to Her,” the RIAA Platinum certified “This is It,” and the RIAA Triple Platinum certified ‘Five More Minutes.”

  His new single “Cab in a Solo” is from a forthcoming album due out in 2024. The North Carolina native has earned one Triple Platinum, five Platinum and three Gold singles; one Platinum and two Gold albums; won the 10th season of “American Idol” in 2011 at age 17; was named the ACM New Artist of the Year in 2011; won the CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year (‘The Trouble with Girls’) in 2012; and BMI Awards for writing One of the Top 50 Country Songs of the Year five times (in 2015 for “See You Tonight,” in 2018 for “Five More Minutes,” in 2019 for “This is It,” in 2021 for “In Between,” and in 2022 for “You Time”).

  He was awarded Pandora Billionaire status in 2021 in recognition of his music achieving more than one billion streams on Pandora. His song “Five More Minutes” inspired two popular holiday movies which aired on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Network: “Five More Minutes” in 2021 and “Five More Minutes: Moments Like These” in 2022. He released his first book Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream in 2016. His most recent album is Same Truck: The Deluxe Album. On October 19, 2023, McCreery will be inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

  The singer/songwriter married his high school sweetheart Gabi in 2018, and the couple had their first son Avery in October 2022.

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  Ashley Kutcher

  Ashley Kutcher didn’t plan on becoming a full-time artist—she was in nursing school when a TikTok comment inspired her to write “Love You From a Distance,” a brutally honest breakup song that ended up changing everything. “I thought it was just a personal song,” Ashley reflects. “But soon, people were asking me if I read their diary.”

  Ashley is a country-pop singer-songwriter whose music blends heartfelt storytelling with catchy, genre-blurring melodies. Growing up on the shores of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, she found early inspiration on the water. Summers were spent on the boat with friends and family, listening to UB40, Bob Marley, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, and Jimmy Buffett playing in the background. Ashley weaves the rhythms of coastal life into songs that feel both nostalgic and refreshingly current.

  Since that first viral moment, Ashley’s amassed over 240 million streams on Spotify alone and sold out multiple U.S. headline tours. Ashley released her debut album House on the Water in 2024, followed by her Play Responsibly EP later that year.

  Ashley’s next chapter returns to her roots– real storytelling, catchy melodies, and unmistakable honesty. “I’ve never been great at expressing how I feel out loud,” she says. “Writing songs is how I make sense of it all.”

  Ashley’s latest release, Back To My Roots & These Roots Run Deep, is a return to her roots as an acoustic singer/songwriter, marrying hard hitting hooks with a more organic & country influenced sound.