Pat Green

Patrick Graven " Pat" Green ( born April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American singer of the Texas country music scene.

Life

Pat Green came on April 5, 1972 in San Antonio, the son of stage actor on the world. He spent his first years in Waco, Texas. In the 90s, Green worked for a time with his stepfather in the office before he dismissed him in 1997. That, Green says today, but is the crucial step in his professional music career was. At 18, he finally began to occur.

In Texas, he lived among other things, in Austin, Lubbock and Dallas. Today he lives with his wife Kori, his daughter Rainey and his son Kellis in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a fan of the Texas Rangers, his song I Like Texas from 1995 is played after home victories of the team at the stadium.

Career

Pat Green started his music career at a young age. After he published between 1995 and 2000 three more unnoticed own albums, he was able to finance only with the support of his parents, and who could not be placed despite a collaboration with music producer Lloyd Maines on the charts, he signed in 2001 a contract with Universal Music Group.

In 2001, Green released the album Three Days, which immediately became a success and was also placed in the top 10 on the country charts. Less than two years later Green Wave on Wave brought out, which became his biggest success to date. With that album Green managed to so far only time in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and also reached # 2 on the genre charts. In the long term, the CD was a huge success and was able to sell more than 500,000 times, for which Green was awarded in February 2004, the Golden Record. The single of the same became one of his biggest hits, reaching number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100

He could repeat this success though never completely, but in the following years he released several albums, which also sold well. So the CDs Cannonball and What I'm For also reached # 2 on the country charts. Today he is considered one of the best known Texas country music singer. On his new record company, he opened with time more and more commercial pop music, which has him ultimately introduced very high sales figures. This approach to the mainstream has also earned him criticism, although it is partially attested to have remained quite independent.

Discography

Awards

• 2003: nominated for a Grammy Award in the category " Best Male Vocal Performance " for Three Days
• 2004: nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Country Song" for Wave on Wave

• 2004: Gold record for Wave on Wave