Brad Paisley

If Brad Paisley signaled a tentative stylistic retreat via the title of 2011's This Is Country Music, the name of its 2013 sequel, Wheelhouse, is a fake-out. By no means is he returning to familiar territory here; he's stepping far outside his "Southern Comfort Zone," as Paisley puts it on the record's first single. There, he admits how he misses his Tennessee home but he's seen the ways he's grown and never would have seen the world without leaving what he already knew, a kind of self-evident truth that passes for a major revelation in the polarized world of 2013, where residents of both red and blue states are very happy within the confines of their county.

If Brad Paisley signaled a tentative stylistic retreat via the title of 2011's This Is Country Music, the name of its 2013 sequel, Wheelhouse, is a fake-out. By no means is he returning to familiar territory here; he's stepping far outside his "Southern Comfort Zone," as Paisley puts it on the record's first single. There, he admits how he misses his Tennessee home but he's seen the ways he's grown and never would have seen the world without leaving what he already knew, a kind of self-evident truth that passes for a major revelation in the polarized world of 2013, where residents of both red and blue states are very happy within the confines of their county.

Brad Paisley- This Is Country Music is led by the hit single and title track, "This Is Country Music," which exploded on the country radio charts. The album includes special guest appearances on songs like "Old Alabama (Featuring Alabama)" and "Remind Me (Duet With Carrie Underwood)." Paisley has 18 #1 singles to his name with album sales of more than 12 million. Paisley is also a three-time Grammy winner, a four-time ACM Top Male Vocalist, and is once again nominated for the ACM Awards Top Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year.