Mat Kearney
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Mathew William Kearney[1] (/ˈkɑːrni/; born December 1, 1978) is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, and based in Nashville, Tennessee. So far, he has a total of five top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart.
Just Kids was released on February 24, 2015. The album's first single, "Heartbeat", was released on November 4, 2014.[2] Crazytalk was released on May 4, 2018.
Biography
Early life
Kearney was born on December 1, 1978, and raised in Eugene, Oregon, with his two brothers.[3] At South Eugene High School, Kearney was a soccer player.[4]
He attended
Kearney began focusing on music fusing his simple guitar playing with spoken word or rap. He started to play at coffee shops and soon began to make small amounts of money. At this time, Kearney had met friend and future producer, Robert Marvin. The two began to make music together, but Marvin had plans to move to
Recording career
On April 18, 2006, Kearney's second album and major-label debut, titled
Kearney's following album,
In May 2009, Kearney toured with Keane and The Helio Sequence for several weeks to promote City of Black & White.[6] It debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 13. He toured with Owl City and Unwed Sailor on Owl City's "All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour".
From August 17, 2016, through November 12, 2016, Kearney toured with Needtobreathe for their second annual Tour de Compadres, where he performed songs from his albums Nothing Left to Lose, Young Love, and Just Kids.[9]
On December 13, 2016, Kearney signed with independent music company Big Loud Mountain Management.[10] On February 3, 2017, Kearney released a song with Filous, titled "Goodbye".[11] Kearney released a self-titled EP on December 22, 2017, previewing new tracks from his forthcoming album, Crazy Talk.[12]
Mat Kearney released his sixth album, Crazytalk, May 4, 2018, to average reviews.[13] Kearney did a two-month long Crazytalk tour starting the third week of February 2018. The album's single, "Better Than I Used to be", released on November 10, 2017, and reached No. 27 on the Viral 50 chart.[14]
To celebrate the ten year anniversary of his second album, The City of Black and White, Kearney released The City of Black and White Revisited EP in June 2019. He promoted the project with an acoustic concert tour beginning that Fall.[15]
Band
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- Mat Kearney – vocals, guitar, piano
- Chad Kinner – drums, percussion (2011–present)
- Fred Williams – piano, keys
- Adam Keafer – bass (2010–2015)
- Nathan Spicer – guitar (2010–present)
- Tyler Burkum – guitar, vocals (2009–present)
- Phil Moore – bass (2015–present)
- M.D. Miller – bass (2005–2009)
- Jeremy Lutito – drums (2009–2012)
- Aaron Farmer – keys (2016)
Musical style
Kearney's music incorporates
Personal life
Kearney currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Annie, whom he married in 2010.
Kearney has stated that his legal name is Mathew due to a nurse's error on his birth certificate. He discovered the error while in the 8th grade when he noticed how his mom corrected the error with ink, never legally correcting it. Since then, he embraced the one "T" in his legal name.[citation needed]
On January 4, 2017, Kearney and his wife had their first child, a girl named Olive Sims Kearney.[20] Their second daughter was born on March 25, 2020, and named Violet River Kearney.[21] The couple welcomed their third daughter, Ruby Josephine Kearney, on March 28, 2022.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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US [22] |
US Rock
[24] |
CAN [25] | |||||||
Bullet |
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Nothing Left to Lose | 109 | 4 | — | — | |||||
City of Black & White |
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13 | 1 | 3 | — | ||||
Young Love |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
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Just Kids |
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20 | 2 | — | — | ||||
Crazytalk |
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60 | — | — | — | ||||
January Flower |
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—[A] | 4 | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Live albums
Title | Details |
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Until We Meet Again... (Live Unplugged) |
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Extended plays
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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US [22] |
US Christ.
[23] |
US Indie [30] |
US Rock
[24] | ||||||
Revive Us |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
West In November |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
The Chicago EP | — | — | — | — | |||||
Rhapsody Originals |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
Acoustic Session (iTunes Exclusive) |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) |
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— | 30 | — | — | ||||
Black Swan Shadow |
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— | — | — | — | ||||
iTunes Sessions |
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103 | 2 | — | 35 | ||||
Mat Kearney |
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— | — | 46 | — | ||||
City of Black & White Revisited |
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— | 40 | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Live concerts
- Mat Kearney: Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco (2010)
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | sales threshold )
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Album | ||||
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US [31] |
US Adult Pop [32] |
US Christ.
[33] |
AUS [35] | |||||
2006 | "Nothing Left to Lose" | 41 | 7 | 21 | 36 | — |
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Nothing Left to Lose |
"Undeniable" | —[B] | 16 | — | 30 | — | |||
"All I Need" | —[C] | — | — | — | — | |||
2007 | "Breathe In, Breathe Out" | — | 18 | — | — | 66 | Nothing Left to Lose (2007 Reissue) | |
2009 | "Closer to Love" | 91 | 12 | 7 | — | — |
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City of Black & White |
"All I Have" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2010 | "Head or Your Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
"Edge of the World (A Children's Song)" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2011 | "Hey Mama" | —[D] | 18 | — | — | — | Young Love | |
"Down" | — | — | 21 | — | — | |||
"Ships in the Night" | 87 | 22 | 10 | — | — |
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2014 | "Heartbeat" | — | 31 | — | — | — | Just Kids | |
2015 | "Billion" | — | 39 | — | — | — | ||
"One Heart" | — | 16 | 34 | — | — | |||
"Air I Breathe" | — | 33 | 8 | — | — | |||
2017 | "Better Than I Used To Be"[37] (with AFSheen) |
— | — | — | — | — | Crazytalk | |
2018 | "Kings & Queens" | — | 21 | — | — | — | ||
"Face to Face" | — | — | 23 | — | — | |||
"Memorized" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2020 | "Grand Canyon"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | January Flower | |
"Can't Look Back" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2021 | "Powerless" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Pontiac" | — | — | 40 | — | — | |||
2023 | "Christmas Miracle" | – | – | – | – | – | Christmas Miracle / White Christmas | |
"White Christmas" | – | – | – | – | – | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Other appearances
Year | Artist | Album | Title | Additional info |
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2001 | DJ Maj | Full Plates: Mixtape .002 | "Gung Ho" | Also featuring Knowdaverbs |
2002 | Stacie Orrico | Say It Again | "Security" | Say It Again was set to be released in 2002. Promo copies were sent out, but upon co-signing with Virgin Records, the album was delayed and reworked. When the album was eventually released in 2003 as Stacie Orrico, Kearney was no longer featured on the song. |
2003 | ZOEgirl | Different Kind of Free | "Different Kind of Free" | |
2011 | Various | Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us | "Walking Over the Water" | Harmony vocals by Jennifer Knapp |
2013 | Brad Paisley | Wheelhouse | "Pressing on a Bruise" | |
2014 | Ingrid Michaelson | Lights Out | "One Night Town" | |
2015 | Various | The Magic Strings oif Frankie Presto: A Musical Companion | "I Want To Love You" | |
2017 | Filous | For Love | "Vienna by the Sea" | |
"Goodbye" | ||||
2020 | ROZES | Crazy | "Walls" | |
2021 | Echosmith | Tell Her You Love Her - single | "Tell Her You Love Her" (featuring Mat Kearney) | New version of Echosmith's song from their 2013 debut album Talking Dreams |
Awards
GMA Dove Awards
Year | Award | Result |
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2006
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New Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year ("Trainwreck") | Won | |
2007
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Male Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
Song of the Year ("Nothing Left to Lose") | Nominated | |
Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Nothing Left to Lose) | Nominated |
Media appearances
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Kearney's songs have appeared on the following television series: 30 Rock, Awake, Dirty Sexy Money, Kyle XY, The Unit, Without a Trace, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Bones, Jericho, Friday Night Lights, Wildfire, What About Brian, South Beach, 8th & Ocean, One Tree Hill, Scrubs, The Closer, NCIS, Life Unexpected, Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, So You Think You Can Dance, The Vampire Diaries and A to Z. His song "Runaway" is featured on the Soul Surfer movie soundtrack. Kearney's song "Sooner or Later" provides the background music to the WWDC 2013 and Google's Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review video, which was uploaded to YouTube on December 14, 2011. He was also on The Today Show performing the song "Billion".[39] In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ricky Gervais included Kearney on his "Must List", stating "This singer-songwriter does spoken word that sounds like French hip-hop."[40]
Notes and references
- ^ "January Flower" did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 29 on the Top Album Sales chart.[29]
- ^ "Undeniable" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[36]
- ^ "All I Need" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[36]
- ^ "Hey Mama" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at No. 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[36]
- ^ Anonymous. "Sims-Kearney vows planned in Tennessee " Engagements " starherald.net - Kosciusko, MS". starherald.net. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Kuchik, Natalie (October 29, 2014). "Mat Kearney to release new single 'Heartbeat' on November 4 - AXS". AXS. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ^ "Mat Kearney| Singer, Songwriter| Christian Music Artist |". One21music.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ a b "Mat Kearney". CBNmusic.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Mat Kearney". Mat Kearney. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Mat Kearney". Mat Kearney. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Mat Kearney". Twitter. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Home". TOUR DE COMPADRES 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER MAT KEARNEY SIGNS TO BIG LOUD MOUNTAIN MANAGEMENT". Mat Kearney. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "FILOUS - GOODBYE (FT. MAT KEARNEY)". BEAUTIFUL BUZZZ. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Announces 2018 Album Title CRAZYTALK with News of the 'CRAZYTALK TOUR' Kicking-Off February 19th in the Pacific Northwest". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- ^ "Jesusfreakhideout.com: Mat Kearney, "CRAZYTALK" Review". jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Announces 2018 Album Title CRAZYTALK with News of the 'CRAZYTALK TOUR' Kicking-Off February 19th in the Pacific Northwest". Mat Kearney. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney's CITY OF BLACK AND WHITE REVISITED EP Out Friday". Broadway World. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Bosso, Joe (October 15, 2011). "Interview: Mat Kearney on his new album, Young Love". Music Radar.
- ^ Scully, Alan. "Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney content after a season of change". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ Drown, Michelle (October 4, 2018). "Interview with Mat Kearney". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Law, John (July 29, 2019). "Finding the balance with Mat Kearney". The Standard. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "Mat & Annie Kearney Welcome Baby Girl into the World". Mat Kearney. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Mat & Annie Kearney Announce Birth of Violet". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Mat Kearney Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Mat Kearney Chart History: Top Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ a b "Mat Kearney Chart History: Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015.
- ^ "CRAZYTALK by Mat Kearney". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ "powerless today // january flower 5.21.21. preorder now". Twitter. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Christian Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Mat Kearney Chart History: Pop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 151.
- ^ a b c "Mat Kearney Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "New song out now..." Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Toxic - Grand Canyon - Single by Mat Kearney on Apple Music". Retrieved June 3, 2020 – via Apple Music.
- ^ "Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review". December 14, 2011. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2012 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Spotligh on Ricky Gervais". Entertainment Weekly. February 9, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2018.