Michael Ray (singer)

Michael Ray
Birth name	Michael Ray Roach
Born	April 29, 1988 Eustis, Florida U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Nashville Atlantic Nashville
Associated acts	Big & Rich
Website	michaelraymusic.com

Michael Ray Roach (born April 29, 1988), best known as Michael Ray, is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Warner Music Nashville, for which he has released his debut single, "Kiss You in the Morning". The song has reached No. 1 on Country Airplay. Before this single's release, Ray was mentored by John Rich of Big & Rich on the singing competition The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep, which he won. He and Rich co-wrote Big & Rich's 2015 single, "Run Away with You".^[1]

Michael Ray did a live interview with Today's Q106 on March 2, 2016 with Noah, Michael revealed: He loves peanut butter, uses Old Spice deodorant, owns the whole Golden Girls series, has a great dane named Izzie, won a pie eating contest at the county fair in middle school, and loves black coffee.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US Country	US
Michael Ray[2]	Release date: 2010 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download	—	—
Michael Ray	Release date: August 7, 2015 Label: Atlantic Nashville Formats: CD, digital download	4	21	US: 23,400[3]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Heat
Tour Bootleg	Release date: November 2014 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: Digital download	—	—
Kiss You in the Morning EP	Release date: April 28, 2015 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, digital download	37	15
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Sales	Album
		US Country [4]	US Country Airplay [5]	US [6]	CAN Country [7]	CAN [8]
2015	"Kiss You in the Morning"	10	1	55	13	73	US: 308,000[9]	Michael Ray
	"Real Men Love Jesus"	28	17	—	44	—
2016	"Think a Little Less"^A		49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

• ^ACurrent single.

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country [4]
2015	"Another Girl"	50	Michael Ray

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2015	"Kiss You in the Morning"[10]	Edgar Esteves
	"Real Men Love Jesus"[11]	Sam Siske

References

1. Anderson, Danielle (13 September 2015). "5 Things to Know About 'Kiss You In The Morning Singer' Michael Ray". People. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "Michael Ray - Michael Ray". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
3. Bjorke, Matt (September 22, 2015). "The Country Albums Chart Report: September 22, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
4. "Michael Ray Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard.
5. "Michael Ray Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard.
6. "Michael Ray Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard.
7. "Michael Ray Album & Song Chart History - Canada Country". Billboard.
8. "Michael Ray Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard.
9. Bjorke, Matt (8 September 2015). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles: September 8, 2015". RoughStock. Sales figure given here
10. "CMT : Videos : Michael Ray : Kiss You in the Morning". Country Music Television. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
11. "CMT : Videos : Michael Ray : Real Men Love Jesus". Country Music Television. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

External links

• Michael Ray Music - official website
• Michael Ray at Warner Music Nashville