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Kane Brown

Kane Allen Brown[2][3] (born October 21, 1993)[1] is an American country singer.[4] First garnering a mass following on social media, he released his debut extended play (EP) Closer in June 2015, and followed it up with the single, "Used to Love You Sober" in October of that year. After Brown signed with RCA Nashville in early 2016, the song was included on his second EP and major label debut, Chapter 1 in March 2016. He released his eponymous debut studio album later that year in December. The album spawned the single "What Ifs" (featuring Lauren Alaina), and in October 2017, Brown became the first artist to have simultaneous number ones on all five main Billboard country charts.[5] Brown released his second album, Experiment, in November 2018, which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200.[6]

For the singer's debut album, see Kane Brown (album).

Kane Brown

Kane Allen Brown

(1993-10-21) October 21, 1993
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

  • Singer
  • songwriter

2014–present

Katelyn Jae
(m. 2018)

2

Early life[edit]

Brown was raised in rural northwest Georgia and in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area.[1][7][8] He is multiracial, with a white mother, Tabatha Brown,[9] and an African-American father who is also part Cherokee.[3][10][11] In 2018, he told People magazine he did not know he was biracial until he was 7 or 8 years old: "I thought I was full white... I found out that I was biracial, and I still wasn't thinking anything of it, but then I started getting called the N-word ... I learned what it meant, and that's when it started affecting me. I got in fights over it when I was little."[12] His father has been incarcerated since 1996, and he was raised by his single mother.[13]


Sometimes homeless, Brown's family moved around northwest Georgia when he was younger from Rossville to Fort Oglethorpe to LaFayette before finally settling in Red Bank, Tennessee.[14][15] As a result, he attended many schools, among them Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School in Fort Oglethorpe, where he sang in the choir with Lauren Alaina, the runner-up on Season 10 of American Idol.[16] He also attended Red Bank, Ridgeland, and Soddy Daisy High School.[16] After graduation, he lived with his grandmother, who had also helped raise him.[17]


Brown grew up listening to country music but became interested in R&B music in middle school. However, after almost winning a school talent show in 11th grade with a rendition of Chris Young's "Gettin' You Home", he began to perform country music.[18] He auditioned for both American Idol and The X Factor USA after the success of his school friend Lauren Alaina on American Idol.[19] He was chosen for The X Factor USA after an audition in 2013 but left the show when its producers wanted to include him in a boy band.[16] After that, he decided to post his cover versions of popular songs online.[19][20]

Personal life[edit]

Brown is married to Katelyn Brown (née Jae), who is also a singer. He proposed to her on Easter Sunday in 2017 and announced their engagement during a concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a short time later in April 2017.[65][66][67] They were married at Mint Springs Farm in Nolensville, Tennessee, on October 12, 2018,[68] with about 200 relatives and friends in attendance.[65] On April 15, 2019, Brown announced they were expecting their first child.[69] Less than a month later, on May 1, 2019, he revealed the baby was a girl during a walk down the red carpet at the Billboard Music Awards.[70] On October 29, 2019, Jae gave birth to their daughter.[71] On December 31, 2021, Brown announced that Jae had given birth to their second daughter a day prior.[72]

Ain't No Stopping Us Now Tour (2016-2017)

Live Forever Tour (2018-2019)

The Worldwide Beautiful Tour (2020–2021)

Blessed & Free Tour (2021–2022)

Drunk Or Dreamin' Tour (2022-2023)

In The Air Tour (2024)

(2016)

Kane Brown

(2018)

Experiment

(2022)

Different Man

Official website

at AllMusic

Kane Brown