Jason Michael Carroll Biography

Jason Michael Carroll is an American country music artist. His debut album "Waitin' in the Country" was released in 2006.

Carroll grew up in a religious household in Raleigh, North Carolina; his father was a conservative Christian minister who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in the car.

In 2004, encouraged by his mother, Carroll won a local singing competition, WRAZ FOX 50's Gimme the Mic. During this same period, Carroll had finished writing "Alyssa Lies." Carroll says he struggled to the point of getting migraines for a year and a half before finishing the song. He was discovered by Rusty Harmon, the manager who produced "Hootie & the Blowfish" a decade ago. By the summer of 2005, Carroll was a regular along Nashville's "Music Row". He later signed with the booking agency Monterey Peninsula Artists Nashville and entered a recording agreement with Arista Nashville.

Carroll's debut album, "Waitin' in the Country", produced by Don Gehman, was released on February 2006. In its opening week, it debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Charts. With first-week sales of 57,608, and a Billboard 200 pop chart entry at #8, Carroll had once achieved both the best unit sales and the highest pop chart debut by a new country male artist since Billy Ray Cyrus in 1992. However, thanks to his exposure on "American Idol", newcomer Bucky Covington's debut album later surpassed Carroll's sales. The debut single from "Waitin' in the Country", entitled "Alyssa Lies", reached #5 on the Hot Country Songs charts; it was followed by "Livin' Our Love Song" which peaked at #6. The album's third single, "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead", was released in early 2008 and peaked at #21.


Last updated: 26 Nov 2008