Top 10 Young Male Country Singers In 2023

Kane Brown is a 29-year-old American Country singer. Brown was born on October 21, 1993, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Brown is known for being a Country-pop artist as his music mixes the classic tropes of the genre with a more pop flair. The way he's mixed the two has proved very popular, gaining him worldwide fame, and a bevy of supporters as evident in his over 12 million Spotify listeners.

The singer started his career in 2014 as he started posting covers of songs by various artists like Brantley Gilbert, Alan Jackson, Lee Brice, and more.

The success of these covers led to him releasing his debut EP, Closer, in 2015, and since then, the singer has gained massive popularity and released three successful albums in 2016, 2018, and 2022. 

The recently 30-year-old turned Morgan Wallen was born on May 13, 1993, in Sneedville, Tennessee.

Known for his various controversies, bad-boy persona, and undeniable success, Wallen is the only Country artist in history to have an album spend over seven weeks atop the Billboard 200 with his sophomore album, Dangerous: The Double Album.

The singer's success is reflected on Spotify where he has over 25 million listeners. He was born to Tommy and Lesli Wallen, a pastor and a school teacher respectively, who made sure to foster their son's musical talents as Wallen took both piano and violin lessons throughout childhood.

However, during his teenage years, the boy would gravitate toward rock bands like Nickelback and Breaking Benjamin, alongside rappers like Lil Wayne. He is now the reigning icon for Mainstream Country Music who refuses to leave the charts.

William Michael Morgan is a County singer-songwriter from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Morgan is 30 years old and was born on May 13, 1993.

The singer is best known for his look, which is reminiscent of the 80s and 90s country stars like Kenney Chesney and Garth Brooks, who sported a similar style and aesthetic.

Similarly, the singer's music is also reminiscent of that era as his topics revolve around women, relationships, alcohol, and other Country stereotypes. That approach has proven successful as the singer has well over 135K monthly listeners on his Spotify despite not releasing an album since 2016.

However, most people remember the singer for his Gold-certified debut single I Met a Girl that he released back on August 24, 2015. The song was a smash hit on the Country charts in both the United States and Canada and charted at number 8 on the former, and number 19 on the latter, and even managed to peak at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Scott McCreery is a most popular male country singers from north carolina. Besides, he is also an American Idol winner.

McCreery was already winning awards before he set foot on American Idol as back in 2009, he won a singing contest held by the radio station WQDR-FM called Clayton Idol. The singer used his local fame to sing at various fundraisers raising money for sick children all around the state. 

The local fame was short-lived as McCreery was working as a bagger at Lowes Food when he decided to audition for the tenth season of American Idol, for which he made his way to Milwaukee at the young age of 16. McCreery quickly made his way up the ranks by singing various country and gospel numbers and dueled against fellow future Country singer Laren Alaina, who was also 16 at the time.

McCreery ended up winning and became the youngest male winner in the history of American Idol. Since then, the singer has embarked on a successful music career starting with his debut album, Clear as Day, in 2011, up till the release of his most recent album, Same truck in 2021.

Marcus King is a 27-year-old Blues and Country singer and guitarist. King was born on March 11, 1996, in Greenville, South Carolina.

The singer was born to a musical family as his father, Marvin King, is a locally popular blues guitarist in South Carolina. As a child, young Marcus would follow his father, and through him, learned the guitar at a very young age.

With his friends, King formed the popular, The Marcus King Band in 2013, and release three albums between 2015 and 2018, all charged with blues, Southern Rock, and Country influences.

Though never gaining mainstream commercial success, each of the albums was very popular on the Blues chart, with the debut reaching number 8, and the second and third albums peaking at number 2.

King put the band on pause and embarked on a solo career in 2019, releasing his successful debut solo album, El Dorado, the next year, and followed that up with his equally popular sophomore effort, Young Blood in 2022.

Payton Smith is a 23-year-old Country singer-songwriter. Smith was born on January 26, 2000, in Beaumont, Texas.

Though born in Texas, Smith was raised in Houma, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The close distance to the iconic city is one of the reasons cited by the singer for his interest in and passion for Country and Southern music, alongside his mother's love for 90s Country, and Keith Urban.

Smith moved to Nashville soon after finishing high school, and through session musician Buddy Cannon, started working with songwriters Jim McCormick, Ronnie Bowman, and more, making more than 500 songs, ultimately signing a publishing deal with Eclipse Music at the age of 17.

Since then, he has also signed with Big Machine Label Group, and most recently his debut self-titled EP on October 4, 2019.

Bailey Zimmerman is also 23 years old and was born on January 27, 2000. Zimmerman was born in Louisville, Illinois.

Starting his career in 2020, Zimmerman is part of a new wave of young artists who have been making a name for themselves through social media platforms. In Zimmerman's case, he started gaining a following on TikTok, after he first posted his original music to the account on December 2020.

Within a month, in January 2021, the singer's debut single "Never Comin' Home" had entered the top 10 on Spotify's US Viral Charts. As of the writing of this article, the singer has amassed over 2.2 million followers on the app and has garnered over 32.5 million likes.

The singer would gain mainstream success with the release of his single "Fall in Love," which has since peaked at number 29 on the Hot 100, number 5 on the Country charts and even achieved a platinum certification.

Laine Hardy is a Country singer and an American Idol winner. Hardy was born on September 12, 2000, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Though born in Baton Rouge, Hardy was raised in Livingston by Barry, a construction contractor, and Cindy Lou, a real estate agent. The young boy is the middle child between his brother Kyle and older sister Brittany Banta.

Encouraged by his brother, Hardy started singing more, and even developed a passion for it, leading him to audition for the sixteenth season of American Idol. However, his first foray into the reality television show would not prove successful as the singer only got to the Top 50 before being eliminated.

Hardy would fare much better, but initially did not want to audition, only going there to accompany his friend, Ashton Gill. In a heartwarming turn of events, the judges, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan, encouraged him to audition again, and the young boy did just that, singing "The Weight" by The Band, and ended up winning the whole thing.

Ben Gallaher is a 31-year-old Country singer from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Gallaher was born on March 26, 1992.

The singer can play both guitars and the drums and started playing both instruments when he was only six years old. Gallaher already knew he wanted to be a Country singer from that young age and had dreams of moving to Nashville despite growing up in Pennsylvania.

The singer would end up graduating from Belmont University in May 2014, with an Entertainment Industry Studies degree, though he had already started his music career by that point and had shared the stage with some big Country acts like Colt Ford, and Brantley Gilbert to name a few.

The reason why his career saw a start while he was still in college was in fact due to one of the singer's professors who would routinely send some of Gallaher's music to Sony.

Through the professor, Gallaher ended up with a record deal while still in college and worked with Sony until January 2019, after which he signed with Stone Country records.

Mason Ramsey is a Country singer and Internet sensation. Ramsey is 16 years old and was born on November 16, 2006.

The singer first gained fame in March 2018 after a video of him yodeling the Hank Williams song, "Lovesick Blues" at a Walmart went viral. Since then, the boy has crafted an endearing online persona and a large following on various social media platforms.

Ramsey was born and raised in Golconda, Illinois, but the Walmart he found fame in is located in Harrisburg. The yodeling video was not only a great career starter for Ramsey, but helped in the resurgence of the original song and even Hank Williams, as the song charted on Spotify's Us Viral 50 chart at number 3, and on the Global equivalent of the chart at number 4.

As a viral sensation, Ramsey was invited to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and in his subsequent interview charmed the entire audience with his folksiness, wise beyond his years persona, and interest in appearing on the popular Country music concert, Grand Ole Opry.