Andy Griggs 400741 224313040 2008-07-08T08:23:13Z Eric444 4079085 /* Singles */ add Waitin' on Sundown according to Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs {{refimprove|date=May 2007}} {{Expand|article|date=June 2008}} {{Infobox musical artist |Img=Replace this image male.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Andy Griggs | | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = | Born = {{birth date and age|1973|8|13}} | Origin = [[West Monroe, Louisiana]], [[USA]] | Instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]<br />[[Acoustic guitar]] | Genre = [[Country music|Country]] | Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]] | Years_active = 1997–present | Label = [[RCA Nashville]]<br />[[Montage Music Group]] | Associated_acts = Coley McCabe<br />[[Martina McBride]] | URL = http://www.andygriggs.com }} '''Andy Griggs''' (born [[August 13]], [[1973]] in [[West Monroe, Louisiana]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[country music]] artist. Griggs began his adult life as a minister, playing [[guitar]] on the side. By 1997, he had written several songs and was playing in the [[Nashville, Tennessee]] area. He eventually landed a record deal with [[RCA Nashville]], for whom he recorded three albums. In the same timespan, he charted more than a dozen singles on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] charts. Griggs parted ways with RCA in 2005, singing to [[Montage Music Group]] in 2007. ==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! rowspan="2"| Label ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| RIAA |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Top Country Albums|US Country]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard 200|US 200]]</small> |- | 1999 | ''[[You Won't Ever Be Lonely]]'' | align="center" rowspan=3|RCA Nashville | align="center"| 15 | align="center"| 73 | align="center"| Gold |- | 2002 | ''[[Freedom (Andy Griggs album)|Freedom]]'' | align="center"| 7 | align="center"| 77 | |- | 2004 | ''[[This I Gotta See]]'' | align="center"| 7 | align="center"| 59 | |- | 2008 | ''[[The Good Life (Andy Griggs album)|The Good Life]]'' | align="center"| Montage | | | |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="60"| <small>[[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]</small> ! width="60"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small> |- |rowspan=2|1999 | "[[You Won't Ever Be Lonely (song)|You Won't Ever Be Lonely]]" |align="center"|2 |align="center"|28 |rowspan=3|''You Won't Ever Be Lonely'' |- | "I'll Go Crazy" |align="center"|10 |align="center"|65 |- |rowspan=4|2000 | "[[She's More]]" |align="center"|2 |align="center"|37 |- | "Grow Young with You" <small>(w/ Coley McCabe)</small> |align="center"|50 | | ''Where the Heart Is (soundtrack)'' |- | "Waitin' on Sundown" |align="center"|50 | |rowspan=2|''You Won't Ever Be Lonely'' |- | "You Made Me That Way" |align="center"|19 |align="center"|116 |- | 2001 | "How Cool Is That" |align="center"|22 |align="center"|119 |rowspan=3|''Freedom'' |- |rowspan=2|2002 | "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" |align="center"|7 |align="center"|52 |- | "Practice Life" <small>(w/ [[Martina McBride]])</small> |align="center"|33 | |- | 2003 | "The Truth About Men"<BR><small>(w/ [[Tracy Byrd (musician)|Tracy Byrd]] [[Blake Shelton]], and [[Montgomery Gentry]])</small> |align="center"|13 |align="center"|77 | ''The Truth About Men''<BR><small>(Tracy Byrd album)</small> |- |2004 | "[[She Thinks She Needs Me]]" |align="center"|5 |align="center"|43 |rowspan=4|''This I Gotta See'' |- |rowspan=3|2005 | "If Heaven" |align="center"|5 |align="center"|65 |- | "This I Gotta See" |align="center"|58 | |- | "I Never Had a Chance"<sup>A</sup> | | |- |rowspan=2|2007 | "Tattoo Rose" |align="center"|57 | |rowspan=3|''The Good Life'' |- | "What If It's Me" |align="center"|52 | |- |2008 | "You Can't Drive My Cadillac"<sup>B</sup> | | |} *<sup>A</sup> Failed to chart. *<sup>B</sup> To be released. ==External links== * {{Official|http://www.andygriggs.com}} * {{MySpace|andygriggs|Andy Griggs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Griggs, Andy}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:American country singers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Louisiana musicians]]