Chris Young started his music career 17 years ago. Since then he has released eight studio albums and scored 11 #1 songs on the Billboard Country Airplay singles chart. The singer-songwriter shares how he feels about being able to do this for a living for close to two decades.

“Yeah, I mean, I’m incredibly grateful for anybody that’s followed my music, bought my music, streamed my music, bought a ticket, told me they liked something I did. Like, did anything and everything. You’re not supposed to have a 17-year career in music, and I’m not done yet. So it’s pretty wild. You know, I signed my record deal when I was 20. So sometimes it’s just kind of tough to wrap my head around. But the biggest thing I can say is I’m just really grateful that I’ve been around this long and also really happy that it has not been a difficult 17 years there’s, there’s moments that have been difficult, but it’s been pretty damn awesome.”

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By: Buck Stevens