Press Release

CHRIS YOUNG’S NEW ALBUM – FAMOUS FRIENDS – AVAILABLE NOW

CHRIS YOUNG’S NEW ALBUM –
FAMOUS FRIENDS AVAILABLE NOW

14-Song Project Features Collaborations
with Kane Brown, Lauren Alaina,
and Mitchell Tenpenny

Listen to album HERE and watch “At The End Of A Bar” music video HERE

Famous Friends album artwork

Toronto, ON — August 9, 2021 — With nearly five billion career streams and twelve No. 1 singles, multi-platinum global entertainer Chris Young released his highly anticipated 8th studio album – Famous Friends . Led by the Billboard and Mediabase multi-week No. 1 single and title track “Famous Friends,” the album opens with “ Raised On Country” – an ode to his wide ranging influences in country music like Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Joe Diffie and George Strait. The fourteen songs on Famous Friends feature many of Chris’s own friends, including collaborations with Kane BrownLauren Alaina and Mitchell Tenpenny, twenty songwriters, four producers, Chris included, plus background vocals from Sarah Buxton and Hillary Lindsey. And Chris will take his “Famous Friends Tour” on the road beginning in October, joined by Mitchell and Callista Clark.

Listen to Chris Young’s Famous Friends album now at https://smarturl.it/CY_FamousFriends_Alb and purchase tickets for the “Famous Friends Tour” at chrisyoungcountry.com.

Prior to headlining the Wisconsin State Fair tonight and signing for fans following the show, Chris and Mitchell premiered the music video for their “booming duet” (Tennessean), “At The End Of A Bar.” Watch now HERE. The clip, directed by Jeff Johnson and filmed over two days in Nashville, features over 15,000 fans who were the first to hear the new song as they performed it on the massive riverfront stage at 1st and Broadway.

The Grand Ole Opry member will also step into the circle tomorrow night during the Opry’s live broadcast which can be heard at opry.com and wsmonline.com , Opry and WSM mobile apps, SiriusXM, and its flagship home, 650 AM-WSM, and seen on the Circle Network. Purchase tickets at opry.com or call (800) SEE-OPRY. Chris’s Famous Friends album will also be available for purchase onsite in the Opry Shop on CD and vinyl. In addition, he will be hosting a special live taping of The Quad with Chris Young podcast after the show.

Chris will also be performing at “Losers Birthday Bash” on Monday, August 9th at 7pm. The free show, powered by Whiskey Jam, takes place in Losers Bar parking lot and celebrates 15 years of one of Nashville’s favorite venues.

TRACK LISTING: CHRIS YOUNG – FAMOUS FRIENDS

  1. Raised on Country
  2. Famous Friends (with Kane Brown)
  3. Town Ain’t Big Enough (with Lauren Alaina)
  4. Drowning
  5. Rescue Me
  6. Break Like You Do
  7. At the End of a Bar (with Mitchell Tenpenny)
  8. Love Looks Good on You
  9. One of Them Nights
  10. When You’re Drinking
  11. Cross Every Line
  12. Hold My Beer Watch This
  13. Best Seat in the House
  14. Tonight We’re Dancing

For more information, visit chrisyoungcountry.com and join @ChrisYoungMusic and his more than 5.9 Million fans on TikTok,  InstagramFacebook and Twitter.