WHAT IT IS: Featuring a mix of gritty backwoods soul, rock ’n’ roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Nate Smith has emerged as a beacon of country-music hope with an inspirational mission with songs like “One of These Days,” “Wildfire” and “I Don’t Wanna Go to Heaven.” Smith’s “Whiskey on You” amassed 7.5m+ global streams in its first week and reached #10 on the Country On-Demand Streaming chart before debuting at #84 on the Hot 100 and #14 on Hot Country Songs. He also re-entered the Emerging Artists chart at #1. The track is currently climbing the Country radio charts, with 50m+ total on-demand streams to date.
RELEASE DATE: 5/6
SINGLE: “Whiskey on You”
LIVE: Grand Ole Opry; support for Brett Eldredge; headlining Whiskey on You Tour; special guest for Larry Fleet; performing Kdays Festival, Boots and Hearts
INTERNET: 3.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; #6 on Emerging Artists chart, #77 on Hot 100 and #14 on Hot Country Songs at presstime; 1.2m+ TikTok followers; 50k YouTube subscribers
RADIO: “Whiskey on You” impacted Country on 6/27, currently #18 on the Hot 30 Countdown, #2 on Most Played songs
PRESS: People, MusicRow, Country Swag, more
BOOKING: CAA
PUBLISHING: Sony Music Pub.
MANAGEMENT: The Core Ent.