Kane Brown grew up on a farm in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Kane’s musical influences include Shania Twain, Randy Travis, Sugarland, Garth Brooks, George Strait and Chris Young

Kane went to middle school with fellow country star Lauren Alaina. When the two were in choir class together Lauren got Kane, who was shy at the time, to start singing. The two have been friends since. When Kane was working on his song “What Ifs” he knew that he wanted Lauren to sing on it as well.

Got his big break in music by performing song covers and putting them up on social media outlets

His fans call themselves the KB Squad

“What Ifs” (with Lauren Alaina) is his first number-one song

Kane Brown is the first artist ever to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums, Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Songs charts simultaneously.

  Kane Brown remembers getting inspired to sing by classmate Lauren Alaina. (:44)
“I was in choir with Lauren Alaina, and I was always the shy kid in class, and she heard me humming a song one day and she was like ‘no, you need to sing,’ and I said ‘I’m not singing,’ and she was like ‘well, we’re not leaving class until you sing.’ So, like everybody left class and me and her was just sitting in there and the teacher was like ‘what’s going on?’ And she was like ‘I want him to sing.’ And he was like ‘well, you need to sing I guess so y’all can leave.’ So, I ended up singing “I Can Only Imagine” and she was just like ‘see,’ and they made us do like a duet together. And then afterwards she went on to American Idol, and I always thought her voice was incredible. She did so good and they brought her in on a parade so like the whole town was you know praising her and everything. And I was just so happy for her and I was like this is something I want to do.”

  Kane Brown loves country music. (14)
“I love country music. You’ve got just so many different voices and just so many different accents and just the instruments you know. You’ve got banjos, slide guitar, and just the way its evolving is everything. I just love it.”

  Kane Brown shares the story of how his number-one song “What Ifs” was created. (:33)
“We didn’t really know what we were going to write that day. We just came up with ‘What Ifs’ asking about in relationships there’s always these questions asking ‘what if this? what if that?,’ we decided to make it into a song. It felt like a really good duet opportunity and I’ve always wanted my friend Lauren Alaina on it because we went to school together and we were in choir together and she’s the one that convinced me into singing. She’s really what motivated me to sing, coming in second on America Idol. It’s my most asked about song on the album.”

  When he’s on stage, Kane Brown makes sure his fans see a great concert! (:18)
“Yeah, it’s fun on stage, I get to flip the ‘on’ switch, cause off stage I’m laid back, I don’t like big crowds anything. But when I get on stage…those people there to see me, so I want to give them all I can on stage, and leave it all on stage since they paid and took the time out to come see me.”

  Kane Brown shares what he was thinking when the head of his record label Randy Goodman shared the news that Kane had made history by achieving number-one on all five Billboard Country Charts simultaneously. (Top Country Albums, Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, Country Streaming Songs, and Country Digital Songs)
“I didn’t know there such a thing. It’s cool just to be the first at something, so I just think it’s awesome. I couldn’t help but smile when Randy (Goodman), was telling it. So, it made me feel great.”