{{Short description|American singer and songwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Alana Springsteen | image = Alana MIU LilyxMason 350.jpg | caption = Springsteen in 2022 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = Virginia Beach, Virginia | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |23|2024|6|18}} | occupation = Singer-songwriter | relatives = | website = {{URL|https://www.alanaspringsteen.com/}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes |genre=Country music |instrument={{flatlist| * Vocals * piano * guitar }} |label=Columbia Records, Sony Music |origin=Virginia Beach, Virginia }} | footnotes = }}
'''Alana Springsteen''' is an American country music singer and songwriter. She gained fame in 2023 after releasing her first full-length album, ''Twenty Something''.
== Early life == Springsteen grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with her parents and three younger brothers, where she started making music at an early age.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Douris |first=Raina |last2=Junod |first2=Kimberly |date=2024-01-10 |title=Alana Springsteen is making a 'different kinda country' on her debut album |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2024/01/10/1223682320/alana-springsteen-album-twenty-something |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=NPR}}</ref> She started playing guitar at age 7 and wrote her first song, called "Fairy Tale", at age 9. When Springsteen was 10 years old, her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to support her music career, and there she secured a publishing deal at age 14. Some of her early performances were at minor league baseball games. Springsteen has said that both her grandfathers were pastors.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Tracy |first=Brianne |date=2024-12-10 |title=Alana Springsteen on Chappell Roan, Her Tour Bus Fire and New Chapter (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/alana-springsteen-on-chappell-roan-tour-bus-fire-new-chapter-exclusive-8757699 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Schoof |first=Dustin |date=2024-06-18 |title=Country singer Alana Springsteen ready to have fun in Bethlehem |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/northampton-county/country-singer-alana-springsteen-ready-to-have-fun-in-bethlehem/article_d04cfd32-2a79-11ef-8287-8793609734e1.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=WFMZ.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Waruguru |first=Grace |date=2025-01-05 |title=Who is Alana Springsteen's dad? Is she related to Bruce Springsteen? |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/kenya/who-is-alana-springsteen-s-dad-is-she-related-to-bruce-springsteen/ar-AA1x1tdN |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref> Despite having the same surname, Springsteen is not related to musician Bruce Springsteen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simeone |first=Matt |date=2023-08-19 |title=Watch Alana Springsteen Cover Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I'm on Fire’ |url=https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/alana-springsteen-bruce-im-on-fire |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=SiriusXM |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == alt=Young woman playing an acoustic guitar on stage, singing into a microphone|thumb|Springsteen performing at NAMM show in 2014 In 2019, Springsteen released her debut EP ''Slow Down'' with a single of the same name.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dukes |first=Billy |date=2024-10-25 |title=Alana Springsteen Loses Everything in Bus Fire |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/alana-springsteen-bus-fire/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In 2023, Springsteen released a series of three EPs, called ''messing it up'', ''figuring it out'', and ''getting it right''. Those three EPs were later combined to form her first full-length album, ''Twenty Something'', released in August 2023.<ref name=":0" /> The album included collaborations with two high-profile country musicians. Chris Stapleton was featured on "Ghost In My Guitar" and Mitchell Tenpenny was featured on "Goodbye Looks Good On You". The latter record was Springsteen's first to be certified RIAA Gold.<ref name=":1" /> Springsteen co-wrote all the songs on the album, along with other Nashville-based songwriters, including Liz Rose.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Weatherby |first=Taylor |date=2023-08-23 |title=Alana Springsteen Isn't Just Living Her Teenage Dream. She's Speaking To An Entire Generation |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/alana-springsteen-twenty-something-debut-album-interview |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Grammy.com}}</ref> Robin Hilton of ''NPR'' called the title track of ''Twenty Something'' "a deeply moving coming-of-age song that left a lot of us at the office in tears."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Robin |date=2024-08-05 |title=Alana Springsteen: Tiny Desk Concert |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/g-s1-15012/alana-springsteen-tiny-desk-concert |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=NPR}}</ref> Other ''NPR'' critics wrote that the album "focused on illuminating, owning and pushing through the tangled mesh of emotions of that time with piercing detail — the self-doubt, the friendships that come and go, the ways we navigate a mountain of new responsibilities, and so much more."<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Touros |first=Cyrena |last2=Sweeney |first2=Nicole |last3=Moody |first3=Tarik |last4=Hilton |first4=Robin |date=2023-07-14 |title=New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 14 |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187567634/new-music-friday-the-best-releases-out-on-july-14 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=NPR}}</ref>
In July 2024, Springsteen released a collaboration with Dutch DJ Tiësto called "Hot Honey", which went to the number-one position on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=2024-07-25 |title=Tiësto and Alana Springsteen Play With Fire in Video for Country-Tinged Dance Collab ‘Hot Honey’ (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/tiesto-alana-springsteen-hot-honey-video-1236084131/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Springsteen toured in 2024 as an opening act for Luke Bryan's Mind of a Country Boy tour.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dinh |first=James |date=2024-06-04 |title=Alana Springsteen Spills on Next Album: ‘It’s Fueling a Wildly Creative Energy’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/alana-springsteen-spills-on-next-album-fueling-a-wildly-creative-energy-1235700340/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> While touring in October 2024, Springsteen's tour bus caught fire, destroying musical gear and personal items. This forced Springsteen to cancel tour dates in Texas before returning to performing.<ref name=":1" /> That month, Springsteen released singles "Cowboy" and "Hold My Beer", and in December 2024, she released an EP produced from her August 5, 2024 appearance on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.<ref name=":0" />
In 2025, Springsteen toured as a supporting act for country musician Keith Urban.<ref name=":1" />
In addition to singing, Springsteen plays piano and guitar on her records.<ref name=":5" /> She has said that Taylor Swift has been her musical role model.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=2023-08-24 |title=Springsteen Covers Springsteen: Check Out Alana’s Version of Bruce’s ‘I’m on Fire’ |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/alana-springsteen-covers-bruce-im-on-fire-1235703959/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Reception== ''People'' named Springsteen on their "2024 Ones to Watch" list of musicians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Apatoff |first=Alex |date=2024-12-10 |title=Ones to Watch in Music: Exclusive Interviews with Our Favorite Stars on the Rise |url=https://people.com/people-s-ones-to-watch-in-music-8758870 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref> In discussing Springsteen, music critics at ''NPR'' wrote that "few artists dissect and make sense of life in your 20s quite like Alana Springsteen" and that she "pulls off a deep understanding of human nature with surprising detail — and without falling back on any of the typical tropes you might expect in country music."<ref name=":4" />
==Tours==
=== Co-headlining === *High and Alive World Tour (2025) with Keith Urban<ref>{{cite web|title=Keith Urban Announces High and Alive World Tour Featuring Chase Matthew, Alaina Springsteen, And Karley Scott Collins|url=https://www.mca.com/keith-urban-announces-high-and-alive-world-tour-featuring-chase-matthew-alana-springsteen-and-karley-scott-collins/|website=MCA |access-date=May 30, 2025|date=December 9, 2024}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+List of studio albums, with selected details !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Album details |- !scope="row"|''Twenty Something''<ref name=":6">{{Citation |title=TWENTY SOMETHING by Alana Springsteen on Apple Music |date=2023-08-18 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/twenty-something/1699456527 |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Release date: August 18, 2023<ref name=":6" /> * Label: Columbia * Formats: CD, digital download, LP |}
=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+List of EPs, with selected details !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|EP details |- !scope="row"|''History of Breaking Up (Part One)''<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Breaking Up (Part One) by Alana Springsteen on Apple Music |date=2021-09-17 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/history-of-breaking-up-part-one/1582304962 |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Release date: September 17, 2021<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Breaking Up (Part One) by Alana Springsteen on Apple Music |date=2021-09-17 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/history-of-breaking-up-part-one/1582304962 |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Label: Warehouse West Entertainment Records * Format: Digital download |- !scope="row"|''History of Breaking Up (Part Two)''<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Breaking Up (Part Two) by Alana Springsteen on Apple Music |date=2022-07-15 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/history-of-breaking-up-part-two/1626374736 |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> | * Release date: July 15, 2022<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Breaking Up (Part Two) by Alana Springsteen on Apple Music |date=2022-07-15 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/history-of-breaking-up-part-two/1626374736 |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Label: Warehouse West Entertainment Records * Format: Digital download |}
=== Singles ===
==== As lead artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+List of singles !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Certifications !scope="col"|Album |- !scope="row"|"Trying Not To" | rowspan="3" |2021 | | rowspan="3" |''History of Breaking Up (Part One)'' |- !scope="row"|"California" | |- !scope="row"|"Zero Trucks" | |- !scope="row"|"Me Myself and Why" | rowspan="3" |2022 | | rowspan="3" |''History of Breaking Up (Part Two)'' |- !scope="row"|"New Number" | |- !scope="row"|"Trust Issues" | |- !scope="row"|"You Don't Deserve a Country Song" | rowspan="4" |2023 | | rowspan="3" |''Twenty Something'' |- !scope="row"|"Goodbye Looks Good on You"<br />{{small|(featuring Mitchell Tenpenny)}} | * RIAA: Gold<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=alana+springsteen#search_section |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|"Ghost in My Guitar" | |- !scope="row"|"My Own Advice"<br />{{small|(with William Black and Illenium)}} | |''The Nature of Hope'' |- !scope="row"|"Hot Honey"<br />{{small|(with Tiësto)}} |2024 | |{{Non-album single}} |}
==== As featured artist ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+List of featured singles !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Album |- !scope="row"|"For What It's Worth"<br />{{small|(Breland featuring Alana Springsteen)}} |2023 |''Cross Country: The Extra Mile'' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{URL|https://www.alanaspringsteen.com/|Official website}} * [https://www.npr.org/2024/08/02/g-s1-15012/alana-springsteen-tiny-desk-concert NPR Tiny Desk Concert]
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