Zach Bryan is an American singer-songwriter that took the music industry by storm with the realease of his new album.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far.
- His full name is Zachary Lane Bryan
- He was born on April 2, 1996
- He is an American singer-songwriter from Oologah, Oklahoma
- A U.S. Navy veteran
- His major-label debut album American Heartbreak
- The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number five
- Bryan was born in Okinawa, Japan
- His family was stationed overseas with the Navy
- He grew up in Oologah, Oklahoma
- He is the son of Dewayne Bryan and Annette DeAnn (Mullen) Bryan
- Zach Bryan has a sister, Mackenzie
- Continuing a family tradition, Bryan was an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy
- Enlisting at the age of 17
- He had started writing songs at the age of 14
- He used his spare time while in the Navy to write music for his enjoyment
- Bryan started uploading his music to YouTube in 2017
- His friends were recording him performing using his iPhone
- One of his songs, “Heading South”, eventually went viral
- His debut album, DeAnn, was dedicated to his late mother
- It was released on August 24, 2019
- It was written in two months and recorded with his friends in a Florida Airbnb
- Zach’s first public concert was in Medford, Oregon in October of 2019
- He has since made his Ryman debut, among other noteworthy appearances
- A second album, Elisabeth, was released on May 8, 2020
- He recorded the album in a repurposed barn behind his home in Washington
- On April 10, 2021, Bryan made his Grand Ole Opry debut
- He later signed a deal with Warner Records to release his music
- On October 14, 2021, Bryan announced that the U.S. Navy honorably discharged him after eight years of service to pursue his career in music
- This was just ahead of his nationwide Fall 2021 “Ain’t For Tamin’ Tour”
- He said, “If it was my decision, I would never get out of the world’s greatest Navy, but here I am and they kindly honorably discharged me to go play some music”
- On January 25, 2022, Bryan announced that he would release his major-label debut
- It would be a triple album with the title American Heartbreak
- It debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 with over 70,000 album-equivalent units
- Marking the biggest first week for a country album in 2022
- On October 11, 2022, Bryan released the single “Starved”
- Followed by the two singles “Fifth of May” and “The Greatest Day of My Life”
- On Christmas Day of 2022, he released a live album called All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster
- The album was recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- On August 25, 2023, Bryan released his self-titled fourth album
- In July 2023, Bryan started dating Brianna LaPaglia, a podcaster with Barstool Sports
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