Billy Currington

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Billy Currington

Background information
Birth name	William Matthew Currington
Born	November 19, 1973
Genre(s)	Country
Years active	2003—present
Label(s)	Mercury Nashville Records

Billy Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country singer-songwriter.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Trivia
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 External Links

[edit] Biography

Billy was born and raised in Rincon, Georgia. He has four sisters and two brothers. He is single and has no children. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

He released his self-titled debut album in 2003. The first single released was the powerful "Walk A Little Straighter" about his relationship with his alcoholic father. The song was a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. He followed up with another hit single, "I Got A Feelin'," which peaked at #5.

In 2004, Billy scored a third top 10 hit with Shania Twain on the song "Party for Two." The song was from Shania's Greatest Hits album and was released in two formats, a pop version with Mark McGrath as Shania's duet partner and a country version featuring Billy.

In 2005, the first single from his second album, "Must Be Doing Something Right," hit #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. The single was from the album of the same name. His second single proved to be yet another success. "Why, Why, Why" is currently at #16.

[edit] Trivia

Billy is commonly perceived to be very tall. In fact, he is only 5'9" in height.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album	Statistics	Singles
	Billy Currington Released: September 30, 2003 Peak Chart Positions: US #107 US Country #17 Record Label: Mercury / Universal	Singles Released "Walk A Little Straighter" "I Got A Feelin'"
	Doin' Somethin' Right Released: October 18, 2005 Peak Chart Positions: US #11 US Country #2 US Sales: 658,588 RIAA Certification: Gold (January 06, 2006) Record Label: Mercury Nashville	Singles Released "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "Why, Why, Why" "Good Directions"

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Album	US	US Country	US Pop	US Digital	RIAA Certification
2003	"Walk a Little Straighter"	Billy Currington	67	8	-	-	-
2004	"I Got a Feelin'"	Billy Currington	50	5	-	-	-
2004	"Party for Two" (with Shania Twain)	Greatest Hits (Shania Twain)	58	7	78	20	Gold
2005	"Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"	Doin' Somethin' Right	39	#1	63	62	Gold
2006	"Why, Why, Why"	Doin' Somethin' Right	99	15	-	-	-
2006	"Good Directions"	Doin' Somethin' Right	-	37	-	-	-