SCOTTY Mccreery TALKING POINTS

! SCOTTY McCREERY TALKING POINTS • McCreery will release his new single “Five More Minutes” in 2017. • McCreery wrote “Five More Minutes” with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell. He first performed it on the Grand Ole Opry during CMA Music Festival on June 10, 2016, where he received a standing ovation from the audience. Two weeks later, the Opry uploaded the performance on YouTube. The performance was praised by Rolling Stone Country, Taste of Country, Rare Country, Whiskey Riff, Sounds Like Nashville, and more. You can watch the performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb8o8fgMs3A. McCreery won the 2016 Rare Country Award for Grand Ole Opry Moment of the Year in Dec. 2016 for this performance. • McCreery is performing concerts across the country throughout 2017. Tour dates can be found at scottymccreery.com. • McCreery recently returned from performing his first concert in New Zealand on March 4. He co-headlined the Stampede Music Festival with LeAnn Rimes. • McCreery performed at the “Heroes and Friends: A Tribute to Randy Travis” event in Nashville on Feb. 8. He performed the Randy Travis classic “1982.” Travis is one of McCreery’s musical heroes. Travis surprised McCreery by coming out to watch his concert in January 2017 at Billy Bob’s in Ft. Worth, Texas. • McCreery performed as part of Radio Disney’s “The Human Race” single, which premiered on both Radio Disney and Radio Disney Country in Nov. 2016. His distinctive vocals kick the song off at the beginning, and he can be heard at various points throughout the multi-artist single. Other artists performing on the song include Kelsea Ballerini, Lauren Alaina, Locash, Mickey Guyton, Lindsay Ell, and many more. The song is available for download at iTunes. In conjunction with its release and in celebration of Radio Disney’s “Share the Joy” campaign, a donation was made to City of Hope, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Toys for Tots, Feeding America, and Musicians on Call. • McCreery released his first book, Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream, last year. • McCreery was voted both “Country Music’s Hottest Bachelor” and “Country Music’s Sexiest Man” by the readers of NASH Country Weekly Magazine. • McCreery has won the following awards: • American Idol Champion (2011) • Academy of Country Music (ACM) Award for New Artist of the Year (2011) • CMT Music Award for the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year for “The Trouble With Girls” (2012) • American Country Awards for Artist of the Year: New Artist of the Year (2011) and Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2013) • Inspirational Country Music Award for Mainstream Country Male Artist of the Year (2013) • Music Row No. 1 Challenge Coin for “See You Tonight” hitting No. 1 on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart. (2014) • BMI Award for writing one of the Top 50 Country Songs of 2015 (“See You Tonight”) • Rare Country Award for Grand of Opry Moment of the Year 2016 (“Five More Minutes”) • McCreery has debuted all three of his albums at No. 1 on a Billboard chart. • McCreery’s sophomore studio album, See You Tonight, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart when it was released on Oct. 15, 2013. It features two consecutive Top 10 hits: the Platinum- certified “See You Tonight” and the Gold-certified “Feelin’ It.” The video for “See You Tonight” spent an impressive 11 weeks at No. 1 on GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Countdown. • McCreery’s Gold-certified holiday album, Christmas with Scotty McCreery, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart in 2012. • McCreery’s first album, the Platinum-selling Clear as Day, debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 in 2011. He made history as the first country artist, as well as the youngest male artist, to do so with their first studio album. Clear as Day reached No. 1 on five separate Billboard charts – Billboard 200, Top Current Albums, Digital Albums, Internet Albums and Top Country Albums. It features the Platinum-certified single “I Love You This Big,” the Platinum-certified single “The Trouble with Girls,” and the fan favorite “Water Tower Town.” • McCreery has sold nearly 3 million albums. He also has more than three million followers on Facebook and Twitter combined. .

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