Danielle Bradbery Biography

Danielle Simone Bradbery (born July 23, 1996) is an American country singer from Cypress, Texas. She won season four of NBC's The Voice in 2013, becoming the youngest contestant to come in first place.

Early life

Bradbery was born in League City, Texas to parents Danny Bradbery and Gloria Martinez but moved to Cypress, Texas. She attends Cypress Ranch High School, where she is a member of the class of 2015. Prior to The Voice, Bradbery never had a vocal lesson or sang in front of a big crowd.

Career

The Voice

At the blind auditions on March 25, 2013, Bradbery performed Taylor Swift's "Mean", prompting Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Usher to turn their chairs. Bradbery then chose Shelton and remained on his team. At the Battle rounds, Bradbery faced Caroline Glaser where they sang the song "Put Your Records On", Bradbery was chosen over Glaser, in the process advanced to the Knockout rounds. During the Knockouts, Bradbery sang "Jesus Take The Wheel" against Taylor Beckman in which Blake selected her to remain in the competition, sending home Beckman. During the Top 10 playoffs, Bradbery sang a rendition of "Heads Carolina, Tails California", which became the first song of the season, and only song of that round, to reach the iTunes top 10 charts.

During the Top 5, Bradbery sang a renditions of the songs "Please Remember Me", "Who I Am" which reached 6 and 4 spots on the iTunes top 10 charts. At the finals, Bradbery sang the song "Timber, I'm Falling In Love" along with her coach Blake Shelton, she also re-sang the song "Maybe It Was Memphis" which would this time reach the iTunes top 10 charts and sang the song "Born to Fly" which then she was announced as the winner of season 4 of The Voice. She had the most peak positions and most singles to reach the top 10 on iTunes during the season. Overall, she had more iTunes downloads than any other contestant in the show's history. Bradbery is both the youngest contestant and first country artist ever to win The Voice.

Performances and results

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Episode	Song	Original artist	Order	Result
Blind Audition	"Mean"	Taylor Swift	1.5	Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Usher turned. Bradbery chose Blake Shelton's Team.
Battle Round	"Put Your Records On" (vs. Caroline Glaser)	Corinne Bailey Rae	2.6	Saved by Coach
Knockout Round	"Jesus Take The Wheel" (vs. Taylor Beckham)	Carrie Underwood	2.5
Live Playoffs	"Maybe It Was Memphis"	Pam Tillis	2.7	Safe (Public Vote)
Top 12	"Wasted"	Carrie Underwood	7	Safe
Top 10	"Heads Carolina, Tails California"	Jo Dee Messina	7	Safe
Top 8	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"	The Judds	7	Safe
Top 6	"Shake the Sugar Tree"	Pam Tillis	5	Safe
	"A Little Bit Stronger"	Sara Evans	11
Top 5	"Please Remember Me"	Rodney Crowell	4	Safe
	"Who I Am"	Jessica Andrews	9
Top 3	"Timber, I'm Falling In Love" (with Blake Shelton)	Patty Loveless	3	Winner
	"Maybe It Was Memphis"	Pam Tillis	7
	"Born to Fly"	Sara Evans	9

2013: First studio album

On June 19, 2013, the day after Bradbery won The Voice, she was signed to a record deal with Big Machine Records. Her debut single, "The Heart of Dixie," was released on July 16, 2013. Bradbery announced that she is working on her first studio album which will be released in the fall

Discography

Releases from The Voice

Album	Details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		US Country	US	CAN
The Complete Season 4 Collection (The Voice Performance)	Release date: June 19, 2013 Label: Republic Records Formats: CD, music download	6	19	30	23,480

Single	Peak chart positions				Sales
	US Country	US	US Heat	CAN
"Maybe It Was Memphis"	25	92	6	90	US: 136,000
"Wasted"	35	"	25	"	US: 30,000
"Heads Carolina, Tails California"	23	91	6	98	US: 57,000
"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"	24	89	6	73	US: 63,000
"A Little Bit Stronger"	31	108	13	"	US: 36,000
"Shake the Sugar Tree"	38	"	24	"	US: 25,000
"Who I Am"	22	78	7	66	US: 60,000
"Please Remember Me"	30	91	9	86	US: 47,000
"Born to Fly"	20	75	4	79	US: 68,000
"Timber, I'm Falling in Love" (with Blake Shelton)	30	101	"	71	US: 44,000
""" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Sales	Album
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	US Heat	CAN	Country Digital Songs
2013	"The Heart of Dixie"	16	41	58	3	60	2	US: 93,000