Mitchell Tenpenny‘s latest album, ‘This Is The Heavy‘ is out via Riser House Entertainment/Sony Music. Mitchell made history this week with his #1 Gold-certified single ‘Truth About You‘ – he now holds the shortest span between #1 songs in the modern chart era with just three weeks since his last chart topper. On 22 August, Tenpenny’s co-penned collaboration with labelmate Chris Young, ‘At The End Of A Bar,’ reached #1.
Mitchell titled the album This Is The Heavy because the production packs a punch. “It’s big. It’s loud. It’s in your face and drum heavy,” Mitchell said. The project finds its own lane between a little bit country, and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, and is without a doubt meant to be turned up. When describing the sound of the album, Mitchell laughingly coined a new genre: ‘Farm Emo.’
This Is The Heavy is also heavy in the sense that the lyrics have weight. Within these songs are the stories behind both good and bad memories – exciting times in his life and ones that were tougher to get through. With this album, Mitchell finds himself grown up and in a new phase of life as a touring musician, family man and soon-to-be married man. Balancing it all can get heavy. With equal parts highs and lows intertwined by clever lyrics and Mitchell’s distinctive sound with a bit of extra edge, This Is The Heavy is a project Mitchell wants his fans to get lost in, and find themselves in.
‘Truth About You’ became the highest streaming debut of Mitchell’s career with 2.5 million streams in the first three days. The number doubled within a week and the song has now amassed over 125 million on-demand streams.
The powerhouse vocalist co-wrote every song and co-produced the project with Jordan M. Schmidt.
This Is The Heavy Track Listing:
1. ‘This Is the Heavy’
(Mitchell Tenpenny, Zach Kale, Josh Kear, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Whitworth)
2. ‘Good Place’
(Tenpenny, Kale, Kear, Whitworth)
3. ‘Always Something with You’
(Tenpenny, Ashley Gorley, Matt Rogers, Schmidt)
4. ‘We Got History’
(Tenpenny, Andy Albert, Devin Dawson, Schmidt)
5. ‘Truth About You’
(Tenpenny, Matt Alderman, Thomas Archer)
6. ‘Sleeping Alone’
(Tenpenny, Brad Clawson, Rodney Clawson, Schmidt)
7. ‘More Than Whiskey Does’
(Tenpenny, Albert, Kyle Fishman, Jordan Schmidt)
8. ‘Obsession’
(Tenpenny, Daniel Ross, Whitworth)
9. ‘Good and Gone’
(Tenpenny, Zach Abend, Seth Ennis, Geoff Warburton)
10. ‘Do You’
(Tenpenny, Chris DeStefano, Claire Douglas, Whitworth)
11. ‘Bucket List’
(Tenpenny, DeStefano, Laura Veltz)
12. ‘Cry Baby’
(Tenpenny, Will Weatherly, Dallas Wilson)
13. ‘Miss You Cause I’m Drinking’
(Tenpenny, Jesse Frasure, Emma-Lee)
14. ‘Elephant in the Room’
(Tenpenny, Christian Griswold, Sean Small, Sam Sumser, Jaten Dimsdale)
15. ‘Happy and I Hate It’
(Tenpenny, Schmidt, Warburton)
16. ‘Now We’re Talking’
(Tenpenny, Albert, Schmidt, Warburton)
17. ‘Losers’
(Tenpenny, Albert, J. T. Harding, Daniel Ross)
18. ‘Still Thinkin’ ‘Bout You’
(Tenpenny, Archer, Fishman)
19. ‘Long as You Let Me’
(Tenpenny, Archer, Fishman, Schmidt)
20. ‘That’s How She Goes’
(Tenpenny, Brett Warren, Brad Warren)
ABOUT MITCHELL TENPENNY:
Since the beginning of his career, Mitchell Tenpenny has worked tirelessly to build and support his fan base with a steady stream of new music. He increased the flow of new music during the pandemic and his fans have responded by soaring his career on-demand streams to 1.3 Billion, increasing his spins at country radio, and flocking to his shows on tour.
Mitchell Tenpenny is a multi-faceted entertainer: singer, songwriter, producer and performer. Since the release of his debut single, ‘Drunk Me’, Mitchell has set new standards for breakout success in country music. The 2X Platinum-certified, No. 1 hit that has amassed nearly 580 million on-demand streams was taken from his introductory album, Telling All My Secrets, and earned him the best first week showing for any major label country debut LP at the time of its release. Since that time, the “winning” singer (The New York Times) has received nominations from the Academy of Country Music and the CMT Awards.
Mitchell’s career on-demand streams are among the best out of today’s breakout artists, with over 1.3 billion total and as many as six tracks exceeding competitive artists’ tracks thanks to his loyal fan base. At the close of 2021, Mitchell was a Top 10 artist on Spotify’s Hot Country (#7) and the #5 most-played artist on SiriusXM’s The Highway only just behind superstars like Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, and Chris Stapleton. His social following continues to grow and specifically, his TikTok following, and likes are competitive with current headlining acts.
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