Russell Dickerson is an American country singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released one album, Yours through Triple Tigers. It has accounted for three charted singles on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay: "Yours", "Blue Tacoma", and "Every Little Thing".
Biography
He earned a Bachelor's degree in music from Belmont University and signed with Creative Artists Agency in 2010. In 2011, he released an extended play, Die to Live Again, and opened for David Nail. He toured with Canaan Smith in 2015, and Thomas Rhettin the summer of 2016. Dickerson also joined Billy Curringtonon the road in 2016, and went out on the road with Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker on their tour across the United States and Canada beginning July 19, 2018. In 2015, he released the single "Yours" written by Dickerson, Parker Welling, and Casey Brown. It became the title track to his second extended play, released on January 18, 2016 by Dent Records. The EP debuted at number 14 on the BillboardTop Country Albums chart, selling 2,700 copies in its first week of release. It launched at number 2 in the iTunes Country Store and number 8 in all genres. In its 39th week on Billboard'sCountry Airplay chart, Dickerson jumped from number 3 to 1 on the list on January 27, 2018. "Yours" holds the record for the longest journey to number 1 for a solo male's first entry on the survey. The album, Yours was released on October 13, 2017 and premiered at No. 1 on Billboard's Heat Seeker chart. The album peaked at No. 5 on Top Country Albums dated November 4, 2017, with 12,000 equivalent album units in its first week, and includes five songs co-written by Dickerson, containing an acoustic wedding version of the title track "Yours." Due to the popularity of his hit single, he landed on the iTunes Best of 2015 year-end list, TheKnot.com's "Best Wedding Songs of 2016," and Spotify's #SpotifySpotlight 2016; where he later became one of Spotify's RISE artists. Dickerson made his Grand Ole Opry debut on June 3, 2016. On October 10, 2016, he signed with Triple Tigers Records. Dickerson married his wife, Kailey, in May 2013.
