Adam Sanders

Adam Sanders grew up in Lake City, Florida, where he was raised on hunting and fishing. He began singing when he was three years old. His uncle, steel guitar and dobro player Scotty Sanders, encouraged him to write songs. His father taught him three guitar chords at age ten and helped him write his first song at age twelve. He continued to write songs and play in local fairs, talent shows, and town festivals throughout his high school years.{{Cite web|last=Nicholson|first=Jessica|date=2020-06-22|title=Singer-Songwriter Adam Sanders Inks Co-Publishing Deal With Round Hill Music Nashville|url=https://musicrow.com/2020/06/singer-songwriter-adam-sanders-inks-co-publishing-deal-with-round-hill-music-nashville/|access-date=2021-11-01|website=MusicRow.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Bowman|first=Bethany|date=2020-06-14|title=In the spotlight with Adam Sanders|url=https://www.mainstreet-nashville.com/opinion/in-the-spotlight-with-adam-sanders/article_c77fa26e-ae71-11ea-b9cb-cb614c8259b0.html|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Main Street Nashville|language=en}}

In 2009, at age twenty-one, he moved to Nashville. At first, he worked construction with his father. In 2011, he signed a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music. Within six months, Luke Bryan cut Sanders's song, "Out Like That". Sanders's friend and one of the first people that he met when moved to Nashville, Cole Swindell, played the song for Bryan. He liked it and chose it for his 2013 album, Crash My Party.{{Cite web|last=Reuter|first=Annie|title=Introducing: Adam Sanders|url=https://holler.country/feature/introducing-adam-sanders|access-date=2021-11-02|website=holler.country|language=en}}

Swindell later recorded "Ain't Worth the Whiskey", a song that Swindell, Sanders, and Josh Martin wrote. The songwriters joked that the song belonged to the first from the group to get a record deal.{{Cite web|last=Bosch|first=Christina|date=2017-02-02|title=Interview: Adam Sanders Chats Songwriting Roots & Touring with Cam|url=https://theshotgunseat.com/interview-adam-sanders/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Shotgun Seat|language=en-US}} "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" became Sanders's first number one as a songwriter and Swindell's third consecutive number one as an artist.{{Cite web|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|date=2015-03-23|title=Cole Swindell Scores Third Consecutive No. 1 Hit|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/03/33711-cole-swindell-scores-third-consecutive-1-hit|access-date=2021-11-02|website=RoughStock}} By 2015, Dustin Lynch had also made a number one hit of a Sanders co-write, "Hell of a Night".{{Cite web|last=Parker|first=Eric|date=2015-10-28|title=No. 1 Party: Dustin Lynch's "Hell Of A Night"|url=https://musicrow.com/2015/10/no-1-party-dustin-lynchs-hell-of-a-night/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=MusicRow.com|language=en-US}}

Sanders began his artist journey by testing the market with singles.{{Cite web|last=Goldstein|first=Tiffany|date=2021-05-24|title=Adam Sanders Is Ready To Put His Mark On Music City with New Album 'What If I'm Right' (Listen)|url=https://celebsecretscountry.com/2021/05/24/adam-sanders-is-ready-to-put-his-mark-on-music-city-with-new-album-what-if-im-right-listen/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Celeb Secrets Country|language=en}} His first single, "Nothin’ To Do But Drink", premiered on SiriusXM's The Highway in June 2014.{{Cite web|title=Adam Sanders – The Vogue|url=https://thevogue.com/artists/adam-sanders-2/|access-date=2021-10-25|language=en}} "Somewhere That You Don’t Go", followed on the channel and saw success by being named a "Highway Find". The video for his third single, "Thunder" drew attention from Rolling Stone, who called it "emotionally-charged, ominous" and "intense". Sanders toured extensively in 2015 with Cole Swindell.{{Cite magazine|last=Betts|first=Stephen L.|date=2016-05-06|title=Watch Adam Sanders' Intense 'Thunder' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/watch-adam-sanders-intense-thunder-video-90228/|access-date=2021-10-25|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

Sanders continued to release singles in 2016. The video for "About To" drew from horror film inspiration and spent time in rotation on CMT.{{Cite web|last=Stephens|first=Samantha|date=2016-11-10|title=Brand New Videos From CMT's Artist Discovery|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1773453/brand-new-videos-from-cmts-artist-discovery/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112183353/http://www.cmt.com/news/1773453/brand-new-videos-from-cmts-artist-discovery/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2016|access-date=2021-10-25|website=CMT News}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-10-23|title=Adam Sanders Premieres Horror Film Inspired Video On CMT|url=https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/adam-sanders-premieres-horror-film-inspired-video-on-cmt/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=The Country Note|language=en-US}} The song and video received critical acclaim from CMT, Taste of Country, and The Boot.{{Cite web|last=Latimer|first=Ashlee|date=2016-11-19|title=Adams Sanders Premieres New Song I'VE BEEN MEANING TO CALL|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Adams-Sanders-Premieres-New-Song-IVE-BEEN-MEANING-TO-CALL-20161119|access-date=2021-10-25|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}} The single "I've Been Meaning To Call" was inspired by his relationship with his mom.{{Cite web|last=Bolt|first=Tiera|date=2016-12-02|title=Adam Sanders Transcends Generations With New Single, 'I've Been Meaning to Call'|url=http://cmchatlive.com/adam-sanders-ive-been-meaning-to-call/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=Country Music Chat & Sway|language=en-US}} He toured with Cam on her Burning House Tour.{{Cite web|last=Kriak|first=Charlie|date=2016-10-26|title=Adam Sanders to open on Cam's Burning House Tour – Cleveland Country Magazine|url=http://clevelandcountrymagazine.com/adam-sanders-to-open-on-cams-burning-house-tour/|access-date=2021-10-27|language=en-US}}

Sanders released two singles, "Thankful For" and "Over Did It", ahead of his May 2018 self-titled debut EP.{{Cite web|last=Mayhem|first=Boot Kickin'|date=2018-03-30|title=Adam Sanders Releases Second Single "Over Did It" from forthcoming Self Titled EP|url=https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/adam-sanders-releases-second-single-over-did-it-from-forthcoming-self-titled-ep/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Music Mayhem Magazine|language=en-US}} The EP charted at No. 33 on Billboard’s Country Albums.{{Cite web|last=Churilla|first=Ken|date=2020-06-03|title=After Plenty of Songwriting Success, Adam Sanders Ready For Singer Status|url=https://americansongwriter.com/adam-sanders-make-em-wanna-change-song/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US}} The video for "Over Did It" rotated on CMT music.{{Cite web|title=Adam Sanders - "Over Did It" - Video Clips from CMT|url=http://www.cmt.com/video-clips/3agqfy/over-did-it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418090334/http://www.cmt.com/video-clips/3agqfy/over-did-it|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2021|access-date=2021-10-26|website=CMT}}

In February 2020, Sanders released a feel good song, called "Ruled The World", which Billboard called an "infectious tune". The song was a collaboration on multiple levels. It was written by Sanders, Hunter Phelps, and Chris LaCorte. Singer-songwriters Hunter Phelps, Ray Fulcher, Cash Campbell, Faren Rachels, Josh Mirenda, Mitch Rossell, and Drew Parker join Sanders in providing vocals for the song. Tracy Lawrence, Aaron Tippin, and Shenandoah’s Marty Raybon and Mike McGuire joined for the video.{{Cite magazine|last=Reuter|first=Annie|date=2020-02-21|title=Adam Sanders Enlists Tracy Lawrence, Aaron Tippin & More For Feel-Good 'Ruled the World' Video: Exclusive|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/8551580/adam-sanders-ruled-world-video|access-date=2021-10-26|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}

Sanders showcases his talents at singing the songs that he wrote in his January 2021 album, Adam Sanders (Live). The album includes Sanders's version of the number one hits that he wrote: Cole Swindell's, Ain't Worth the Whiskey and Dustin Lynch's, Hell of a Night. The album is Sanders's way of bringing live music to his fans that couldn't experience live shows during the pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Hollabaugh|first=Lorie|date=2021-01-22|title=Adam Sanders Celebrates Milestones With New Live Album|url=https://musicrow.com/2021/01/adam-sanders-celebrates-milestones-with-new-live-album/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=MusicRow.com|language=en-US}}

In May 2021, Sanders released What If I’m Right, his first full-length studio album. What If I'm Right features the single, "Daddy, Jesus and Earnhardt". The song is a tribute to NASCAR legend, Dale Earnhardt. Sanders told People Magazine that he and his father were watching as Earnhardt crashed and that "losing him had a major impact for me". People wrote that the song "could go and make Sanders a country music superstar".{{Cite web|last=Despres|first=Tricia|date=2021-05-19|title=Adam Sanders Teams Up with Cole Swindell to Write a Tribute to NASCAR on 'Daddy, Jesus and Earnhardt'|url=https://people.com/country/adam-sanders-cole-swindell-daddy-jesus-earnhardt-premiere/|access-date=2021-10-25|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}} The title track "What If I'm Right", caught Rolling Stone's attention, as they wrote that it's "a meaty production of big drums and bigger guitars, with an emphasis on how it’ll play on radio and for the seats at the back of the arena, delivered in a confident tenor".{{Cite magazine|last1=Bernstein|first1=Jonathan|last2=Freeman|first2=Jon|last3=Hudak|first3=Joseph|date=2021-04-26|title=RS Country Music Picks for the Week of April 26th|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/best-country-songs-week-felice-brothers-1160921/|access-date=2021-10-25|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.adamsandersmusic.com/|Adam Sanders's website}}

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