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Randy Houser
Background information
Birth name	Shawn Randolph Houser[1]
Born	December 18, 1975 (1975-12-18) (age 33)
Origin	Lake, Mississippi, USA
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2004-present
Labels	MCA Nashville, Universal South
Associated acts	Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson, John Michael Montgomery, Justin Moore

Shawn Randolph "Randy" Houser (born December 18, 1975 in Lake, Mississippi) is an American country music artist. Signed to the Universal South Records label in 2008, he charted the single "Anything Goes" that year. This song, a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country singles charts, is the title track to his debut album Anything Goes, which has also produced his first Top 10 hit in "Boots On". Houser also co-wrote the singles "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" for Trace Adkins and "Back That Thing Up" for Justin Moore.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Debut album: Anything Goes (2008-2009) 1.2 Second album: (2009-present) 2 Discography 2.1 Studio albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Music videos 3 Awards and Nominations 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

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Randy Houser was born in Lake, Mississippi. His father, a professional musician as well, performed at various local venues.^[2] Houser fronted his own band by age thirteen, and while attending East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi, he formed another band called 10 lb. Biscuit.^[3]

By 2002, Houser moved to Nashville, Tennessee in pursuit of a songwriting career. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk", which he co-wrote with Jamey Johnson and Dallas Davidson. This song was recorded by Trace Adkins on his 2005 album Songs About Me, and was a Top 5 single for him.^[3] After this song's success, Houser shifted his focus to performing, and started playing at local gigs in Nashville. He was briefly signed to MCA Nashville but did not release anything on the label.^[4]

[edit] Debut album: Anything Goes (2008-2009)

Houser subsequently signed to Universal South Records in 2008. His first single, "Anything Goes", was released in May of that year.^[5] It was co-written by Brice Long and John Wiggins.^[3] Houser performed the song on Late Show with David Letterman in August after host David Letterman heard it on a satellite radio station.^[6] The song entered Top 40 on the Billboard country charts that same month. His debut album, also titled Anything Goes, was released in November, at which point the title track was in the Top 20 on the country charts. "Boots On" was released as the album's second single in February 2009, and became his first top ten hit in July 2009. Houser also co-wrote "Back That Thing Up", the debut single for Valory Music Group artist Justin Moore. This song peaked at #38 on Hot Country Songs in December 2008.

Houser received two nominations for the 2009 CMA Awards, including New Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for his Top 5 hit "Boots On".

[edit] Second album: (2009-present)

Houser, along with Jamey Johnson and Jessie James co-wrote James' third single from her self-titled debut album, "My Cowboy". The song was released in late October 2009, and was also released as a music video.^[7] Also in October 2009, Houser released his third single. The song titled "Whistlin' Dixie", is the lead-off single to Houser's second studio album for Universal South Records. It debuted at #59 on the Billboard country charts before the initial release date of November 2, 2009.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions[8]
		US Country	US	US Heat
2008	Anything Goes Release date: November 18, 2008 Label: Universal South Records	21	101	1

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[8]			Album
		US Country	US	CAN Country
2008	"Anything Goes"	16	92	41	Anything Goes
2009	"Boots On"	2	53	27
	"Whistlin' Dixie"[A]	35			TBD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2008	"Anything Goes"	Vincenzo Giammanco
2009	"Boots On"	Drake Vaughan/Eric Welch
	"Whistlin' Dixie"	Chris Hicky

[edit] Awards and Nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Restult
2009	Country Music Association	New Artist of the Year	Nominated
		Music Video of the Year - "Boots On"	Nominated

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Randy Houser interview with, (CountryMuscPride.com)
• Official Website