Corey Smith (musician)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Corey Smith

| image = Corey Smith 2013.jpg

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| caption = Smith performing at the House of Blues Sunset Strip in Hollywood in 2013

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_place = Jefferson, Georgia, United States

| origin =

| genre = Country, folk rock

| occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist

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| years_active = 2000–present

| label = Undertone Records, Average Joes Entertainment, Sugar Hill Records

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Corey Smith is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Background

Smith grew up in Jefferson, Georgia, near Athens. He attended the University of Georgia and majored in Social Studies education.[http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/14/corey-smith-trades-chalk-for-microphone-singer’s-lyrics-take-on-new-form/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023171533/http://www.redandblack.com/2010/10/14/corey-smith-trades-chalk-for-microphone-singer%E2%80%99s-lyrics-take-on-new-form/ |date=October 23, 2010 }} While in college, he wrote songs and performed locally. He took a job teaching at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia and taught geography, history, and guitar before deciding to pursue music full-time at the age of 28.{{cite web|title=Corey Smith, the $4 million self-made musician, on what matters most|url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/14/corey-smith-the-4-million-self-made-musician-on-what-matters/|publisher=Daily Finance|accessdate=26 June 2012}}{{cite news|title=Corey Smith: Label the Singer a Success on His Own Terms|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071000063.html|accessdate=26 June 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=12 July 2009}}

Albums

From his first album Undertones in 2003, Smith self-produced nine albums through independent labels. In 2015 he released his tenth album, While the Getting' Is Good, produced by Keith Stegall on Sugar Hill Records{{Cite web|url=https://rounder.com/sugar-hill-records/|title=Sugar Hill Records|website=rounder.com|accessdate=2020-03-15}}{{cite web|title=CMT Artists: About Corey Smith|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/corey-smith/biography/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628234118/http://www.cmt.com/artists/corey-smith/biography/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2015|website=CMT|publisher=Viacom|access-date=April 8, 2017}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"\| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"\| Details ! colspan="6"\| Peak chart positions
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US Country {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A320&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} ! width="40"\| US {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A305&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - The Billboard 200\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} ! width="40"\| US Folk {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A1071&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} ! width="40"\| US Heat {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A324&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Heatseeker Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} ! width="40"\| US Indie {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A326&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} ! width="40"\| US Rock {{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A408&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith\|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Top Rock Albums\|magazine=Billboard\|publisher=Prometheus Global Media\|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}
scope="row" \|Undertones \| Release date: September 8, 2003 Label: Razor & Tie Formats: CD \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
scope="row" \|In the Mood \| Release date: October 10, 2004 Label: Undertone Records Formats: CD, music download \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \|
The Good Life \| Release date: October 10, 2005 Label: Undertone Records Formats: CD, music download \| - \| - \| - \| - \| - \| -
scope="row" \|Hard-Headed Fool \| Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: Undertone Records Formats: CD, music download \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
scope="row" \|Keeping Up with the Joneses \| Release date: November 27, 2009 Label: Undertone Records Formats: CD, music download \| — \| — \| 9 \| 26 \| — \| —
scope="row" \|The Broken Record \| Release date: June 21, 2011 Label: Average Joes Entertainment Formats: CD, music download \| 17 \| 114 \| 6 \| 2 \| 20 \| 30
scope="row" \|Maysville in the Meantime \| Release date: December 2, 2014 Label: Undertone Records Formats: CD, music download \| 37 \| — \| 16 \| 5 \| 39 \| —
scope="row" \|While the Gettin' Is Good{{cite news\|last1=Vinson\|first1=Christina\|title=Exclusive: Corey Smith Announces 'Feet Wet' as New Single [LISTEN]\|url=http://theboot.com/corey-smith-feet-wet/\|accessdate=April 25, 2015\|work=The Boot\|date=April 24, 2015}} \| Release date: June 23, 2015 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download \| 23 \| — \| 7 \| 5 \| — \| —
style="font-size:8pt" colspan="8" \| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Details

! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US Country
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A320&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

! width="40"| US
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A305&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - The Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

! width="40"| US
Folk
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A1071&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Folk Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

! width="40"| US
Heat
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A324&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Heatseeker Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

! width="40"| US Indie
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A326&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

! width="40"| US
Rock
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5B0%5D=ts_chart_artistname%3A%2ACorey%20Smith%2A&f%5B1%5D=itm_field_chart_id%3A408&f%5B2%5D=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Smith|title=Corey Smith Album & Song Chart History - Top Rock Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}

scope="row" |Undertones

Release date: September 8, 2003
Label: Razor & Tie
Formats: CD

| —

scope="row" |In the Mood

Release date: October 10, 2004
Label: Undertone Records
Formats: CD, music download

| —

The Good Life

Release date: October 10, 2005
Label: Undertone Records
Formats: CD, music download

| -

scope="row" |Hard-Headed Fool

Release date: September 25, 2007
Label: Undertone Records
Formats: CD, music download

| —

scope="row" |Keeping Up with the Joneses

Release date: November 27, 2009
Label: Undertone Records
Formats: CD, music download

| —

| 9

| 26

| —

scope="row" |The Broken Record

Release date: June 21, 2011
Label: Average Joes Entertainment
Formats: CD, music download

| 17

| 114

| 6

| 2

| 20

| 30

scope="row" |Maysville in the Meantime

Release date: December 2, 2014
Label: Undertone Records
Formats: CD, music download

| 37

| —

| 16

| 5

| 39

| —

scope="row" |While the Gettin' Is Good{{cite news|last1=Vinson|first1=Christina|title=Exclusive: Corey Smith Announces 'Feet Wet' as New Single [LISTEN]|url=http://theboot.com/corey-smith-feet-wet/|accessdate=April 25, 2015|work=The Boot|date=April 24, 2015}}

Release date: June 23, 2015
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Formats: CD, music download

| 23

| —

| 7

| 5

| —

style="font-size:8pt" colspan="8" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Music videos=

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Year ! style="width:14em;"\| Video ! Director
rowspan="3"\| 2011 ! scope="row"\| "Twenty-One"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/646021/twenty-one.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705083000/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/646021/twenty-one.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=July 5, 2011\|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Twenty-One\|work=Country Music Television\|accessdate=April 30, 2011}} \| rowspan="2"\| Potsy Ponciroli
scope="row"\| "Drugs"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/678541/drugs.jhtml\|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Drugs\|work=Country Music Television\|accessdate=August 4, 2011\|archive-date=November 19, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119091416/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/678541/drugs.jhtml\|url-status=dead}}
scope="row"\| "Maybe Next Year"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/710600/maybe-next-year.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119002023/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/710600/maybe-next-year.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=November 19, 2011\|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Maybe Next Year\|work=Country Music Television\|accessdate=November 16, 2011}} \| David Poag
2013 ! scope="row"\| "Ain't Going Out Tonight"{{cite news\|last=Wyland\|first=Sarah\|title=Watch Corey Smith's "Ain't Going Out Tonight" Music Video\|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2013/11/06/watch-corey-smiths-aint-going-out-tonight-music-video/\|accessdate=November 8, 2013\|newspaper=Great American Country\|date=November 6, 2013\|archive-date=November 10, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110101138/http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2013/11/06/watch-corey-smiths-aint-going-out-tonight-music-video/\|url-status=dead}} \| Hodges Usry
2014 ! scope="row"\| "The Wreckage" \|
2015 ! scope="row"\| "Feet Wet"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1215317/feet-wet.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630152431/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1215317/feet-wet.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 30, 2015\|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Feet Wet\|work=Country Music Television\|accessdate=June 28, 2015}} \| rowspan="2"\| Hodges Usry
2016 ! scope="row"\| "Blow Me Away"{{cite web\|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1273694/blow-me-away.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227075706/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1273694/blow-me-away.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=February 27, 2016\|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Blow Me Away\|work=Country Music Television\|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}
rowspan="3" \|2018 \|"Empty Rooms" \|Abijeet Achar
"Halfway Home" \|Abijeet Achar
"Honky Tonkin' In My Blood" \|Abijeet Achar

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Year

! style="width:14em;"| Video

! Director

rowspan="3"| 2011

! scope="row"| "Twenty-One"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/646021/twenty-one.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705083000/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/646021/twenty-one.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2011|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Twenty-One|work=Country Music Television|accessdate=April 30, 2011}}

| rowspan="2"| Potsy Ponciroli

scope="row"| "Drugs"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/678541/drugs.jhtml|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Drugs|work=Country Music Television|accessdate=August 4, 2011|archive-date=November 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119091416/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/678541/drugs.jhtml|url-status=dead}}

scope="row"| "Maybe Next Year"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/710600/maybe-next-year.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119002023/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/710600/maybe-next-year.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2011|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Maybe Next Year|work=Country Music Television|accessdate=November 16, 2011}}

| David Poag

2013

! scope="row"| "Ain't Going Out Tonight"{{cite news|last=Wyland|first=Sarah|title=Watch Corey Smith's "Ain't Going Out Tonight" Music Video|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2013/11/06/watch-corey-smiths-aint-going-out-tonight-music-video/|accessdate=November 8, 2013|newspaper=Great American Country|date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110101138/http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2013/11/06/watch-corey-smiths-aint-going-out-tonight-music-video/|url-status=dead}}

| Hodges Usry

2014

! scope="row"| "The Wreckage"

2015

! scope="row"| "Feet Wet"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1215317/feet-wet.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630152431/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1215317/feet-wet.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Feet Wet|work=Country Music Television|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}

| rowspan="2"| Hodges Usry

2016

! scope="row"| "Blow Me Away"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1273694/blow-me-away.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227075706/http://www.cmt.com/videos/corey-smith/1273694/blow-me-away.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2016|title=CMT : Videos : Corey Smith : Blow Me Away|work=Country Music Television|accessdate=February 22, 2016}}

rowspan="3" |2018

|"Empty Rooms"

|Abijeet Achar

"Halfway Home"

|Abijeet Achar

"Honky Tonkin' In My Blood"

|Abijeet Achar

References

External links

{{official website}}
[http://www.jambase.com/Artists/39214/Corey-Smith/Bio Jambase.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090618162031/http://denver.decider.com/performers/corey-smith%2C3764/ Denver.decider.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100827003343/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/id_1548587/lyrics.jhtml Cmt.com]

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:American country singer-songwriters

Category:American country rock singers

Category:Average Joes Entertainment artists

Category:Sugar Hill Records artists

Category:People from Jefferson, Georgia

Category:North Gwinnett High School alumni

Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters

Category:American male singer-songwriters

Category:American male guitarists

Category:American country guitarists

Category:21st-century American guitarists

Category:Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:21st-century American male singers

Category:Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)