Cole Swindell Biography

Colden Rainey "Cole" Swindell (born June 30) is an American country music songwriter and recording artist, who is known for his 2013 breakout hit "Chillin' It". He is signed to Warner Bros. Records Nashville.

Early life

Swindell parents are William Keith Swindell and Carol Swindell. His father died in 2013 at age 64. He has three siblings and two of them are brothers.

History

Swindell grew up in Glennville, Georgia and graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2007. From 2007 to 2010, Swindell sold merchandise for fellow Sigma Chi member Luke Bryan. In 2010, Swindell signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Songwriting career

He wrote Craig Campbell's "Outta My Head"; Luke Bryan's "Just a Sip", "Beer in the Headlights", "Roller Coaster", "Out Like That", "I'm Hungover", "I'm in Love with the Girl", "Love in a College Town", "Shore Thing", and "Shake the Sand"; Thomas Rhett's "Get Me Some of That"; and Scotty McCreery's "Water Tower Town" and "Carolina Eyes". He also co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's "This Is How We Roll" with Bryan, who was featured on the song. Chris Young also had a song on his A.M. album co-written by Swindell, "Nothin' but the Cooler Left".

2013-2014: Cole Swindell

In 2013, after his independently released debut single "Chillin' It" began to climb the charts, Swindell signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. The song was produced by Jody Stevens, who is the son of Bryan's producer, Jeff Stevens, and was formerly one-half of the duo Fast Ryde. The recording of "Chillin' It" was a demo consisting of Swindell's vocals and Stevens performing all instrumentation, and it was sent to radio before it had been mastered.

Swindell released his self-titled debut album on February 18, 2014. Bryan's guitarist, Michael Carter, produced the rest of the album. Along with Lee Brice, Swindell is opening Luke Bryan's 2014 That's My Kind of Party Tour. The announced tour dates begin in mid-January and run into early March.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		US Country	US	CAN
Cole Swindell	Release date: February 18, 2014 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, music download	2	3	4	US: 63,000

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)	Sales	Album
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2013	"Chillin' It"A	1	2	28	5	41	RIAA: Gold MC: Gold	US: 833,000	Cole Swindell
2014	"Hope You Get Lonely Tonight"B	27		102		74

• ^ACurrent single.
• ^BTo be released March 24.

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country	US	CAN
2014	"Ain't Worth the Whiskey"	27	102	69	Cole Swindell
	"Let Me See Ya Girl"	44	"?	"?
	"Hey Y'all"	"?	"?	93
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2013	"Chillin' It"	Michael Monaco/Shaun Silva