KC Johns

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KC Brittney Johns (born August 3, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter and model. She has released five studio albums. Her single, "Whiskey Break," gained national attention when it was featured in the documentary Enormous: The Gorge Story. Johns has opened for artists such as Luke Bryan, Chris Young & Randy Houser.

Early life

Johns was born in Memphis, TN raised in Hernando, MS. She comes from a family of one sister, one step sister and one step brother. Her biological father, Billy Johns and her mother Darlene Johns were both born in Florida.

Johns grew up on 29 acres of land. Her mother was a horse trainer and barrel racer which led to Johns growing up around horses. She was a barrel racer from the time she could walk. Johns also took tap, jazz & ballet for ten years. She began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of fifteen, the same year she began performing in her local Youth Praise Band at church. At the age of sixteen-seventeen, Johns performed at local competitions, fairs and festivals in the southeast area. In 2009, Johns won first place at her hometown local singing competition which lead her to open for Luke Bryan that year.

Johns attended public school until she was in 9th grade, She decided to become a homeschool student through her high school years to graduate a year early and focus on her pursuit of the music dream.

Music career

2008-2009: Tell Me You Love Me

At the age of 18, she was introduced to Billy Block where she performed on The Billy Block Show at 12th & Porter and joined Block on his WKDF radio show from time to time. Block produced her first debut album, Tell Me You Love Me. Her original song, "Fireflies at Night," was featured on GAC. Johns was featured as an exclusive Artist to Watch For in Country Weekly of 2009. This same year, Johns performed original sets during intermissions & sang national anthems at national PBR rodeos, NBRA’s & IPRA’s.

2010: Carousel Ride

In 2010, Johns went back into the studio to create her second album, Carousel Ride which was produced by Thomm Jutz. Johns toured with this album heavy in the Memphis, TN area. This same year, Johns opened for Chris Young, Randy Houser, the Dirt Brothers & Carters Chord.

2011: Key To My Heart

In 2010, Johns decided to release a Christian album, Key To My Heart, which was produced by Scott Godsey. She signed a record deal with Homeland Entertainment and toured from the Caribbean to Scotland with this album.

2011-2015: Carnival Cruise Lines

In 2011, Johns auditioned and was hired as a Rock Band Vocalist for Carnival Cruise Lines. She traveled the Caribbean with Carnival for almost seven years total. Johns sang varieties of music from Aretha Franklin to Guns n Roses to Jefferson Airplane.

2016: Dollywood

In 2016, Johns auditioned and was hired as a Singer/Dancer at Dollywood in a show called, Country Crossroads. Johns was featured in Dolly’s Christmas Coat of Many Colors film as a singer. She performed for one season.

2017: Feather

In 2017, Johns performed one more contract with Carnival Cruise Lines before making the big move to Music City Nashville, where she eventually recorded her EP, Feather, produced by Thomm Jutz. Johns wrote all the songs on the album inspired by her time on cruise ships.

2017-2021: Thunder (vinyl release), "Whiskey Break (radio version)," "Please Come Home For Christmas"

Johns has been actively living and working as part of the music scene in Nashville, TN since 2017, performing on lower Broadway's legendary stages like Blake Shelton's Ole Red and at local writers rounds regularly. Working with Grammy-nominated musician and producer, Billy Smiley, Johns recorded and released her fifth album, Thunder to vinyl only. Her single, "Whiskey Break", went on to garner national attention when it was featured in the motion picture, Enormous: The Gorge Story. Johns later covered the Led Zeppelin hit, "Black Dog" which went viral on TikTok with over 100k+ views overnight. In 2021, her classic Zeppelin cover was streamed 34k+ times on Spotify. During that time, Johns also co-wrote "Shore Feels Good" with Steven Cade & Andi Renfree and shot the upbeat music video on the shores of Key West, FL. Johns re-released her radio version of "Whiskey Break" in late 2021, ultimately topping Country Music charts in South Africa at #1 in early November, 2021. Johns re-released her rendition of "Please Come Home For Christmas" for the holiday season; the single appeared at the top of PlayMPE's Country Daily Streams several times after it's release, climbing to the number one spot in early December, 2021.

2022-present: "Confused," Thunder (digital album), "Desperado"

KC Johns' newest single,“Confused,” was released in January of 2022, topping PlayMPE's Country Daily Streams as one of the chart's Top 5 Downloads and the #1 Most Streamed track in its first week. Recorded at the legendary Sound Kitchen Studios in Franklin, TN, "Confused" is Johns' latest collaboration with GRAMMY-nominated producer and songwriter Billy Smiley (White Heart, Johnny Cash, and Petra). Following its release, "Confused" made its way on to radio playlists in a growing list of markets across the country, cracked Nashville's Music Row charts, and climbed well over 100 spots up the respected rungs of one of the music industry's most influential rankings.

2022 also sees the digital release of KC’s 2021 full album, Thunder, recorded at the legendary Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee. The digital release features three songs previously released only on the vinyl version of Thunder plus KC’s brand-new recording of “Desperado,” best known for being recorded by legends Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles.

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