{{short description|American Texas country music singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Casey Donahew | image = | caption = | landscape = yes | origin = Burleson, Texas, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Country|Texas country}} | years_active = 2002–present | label = Almost Country Entertainment | website = {{official website|http://www.caseydonahew.com/}} }} '''Casey Donahew''' (born April 21, 1977 in Burleson, Texas) is an American Texas country music singer. His last four albums charted on the ''Billboard'' US country top 10.<ref>{{cite web|author=David Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/casey-donahew-mn0001754010/biography |title=Casey Donahew | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2015-06-27}}</ref> The 2016 album ''All Night Party'' reached number three on the ''Billboard'' country chart, his highest chart position to date.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/casey-donahew/chart-history/clp/|title = Casey Donahew|magazine = Billboard}}</ref> On July 26, 2019, his album ''One Light Town'' was released and made its debut at number two on the ''Billboard'' Country Album Sales chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-album-sales/2019-08-10 |title=Archived copy |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2019-08-13 |archive-date=2019-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813170424/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-album-sales/2019-08-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Career == Donahew began writing songs in high school, and credits past relationships as inspiration behind much of his early work, stating:
{{blockquote|Once you get your heart broken for the first time, you've got a lot to say, I guess.<ref name="caseydonahewband1">{{cite web|url=http://www.caseydonahewband.com/?pg=bio|title=Casey Donahew Band - Bio|publisher=Caseydonahewband.com|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>}}
Eventually, he broke into the world of Texas Country, which was gaining popularity with Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen and Randy Rogers. Casey's approach to songwriting is different from typical country music artists, as he often writes about heartbreak with a unique twist on the subject, as well as his experiences in different locations across the state, most notably the Stockyards of Fort Worth.
Donahew began playing professionally in 2002 by booking mostly bar gigs and building a dedicated fanbase among younger crowds.<ref name="caseydonahewband1"/> He gained notoriety online and on airwaves throughout Texas, and reached the Top 30 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart with the album ''Moving On'', released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey+donahew/chart |title=Casey Donahew - Chart history |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-27 |archive-date=2015-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108204627/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey+donahew/chart |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On October 24, 2011, the Casey Donahew Band released their fourth studio album titled ''Double-Wide Dream'' exclusively on iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caseydonahewband.com/?pg=newsdetail&nid=49|title=Casey Donahew Band - News|publisher=Caseydonahewband.com|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> The album was officially released on CD, available at retailers like Best Buy, Walmart and Hastings on October 25, 2011. From this album, their single, "One Star Flag", held the number one spot on Texas Music Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/111406/casey-donahew-band-tops-the-texas-music-chart|title=Latest Radio News, Talk Shows, Sports, Hosts, Personalities|publisher=AllAccess.com|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>
In 2013, the album ''Standoff'' was released. It reached No. 7 on Top Country Albums, selling 13,000 on its debut week.<ref name="asker 2016"/>
''All Night Party'' was released on August 19, 2016. It debuted at No. 3, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. It is their highest charting album on Top Country Albums.<ref name="asker 2016">{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/pro/dolly-parton-back-at-no-1-on-top-country-albums-after-25-years/ |title=Dolly Parton Back at No. 1 on Top Country Albums After 25 Years |date=August 30, 2016 |first= Jim|last= Asker |magazine=Billboard }}</ref>
On October 7, 2017, Donahew released ''15 Years:The Wild Ride, '' 15 updated recordings of Donahew’s most popular songs from the first part of his career, as well as a recording of Matchbox 20’s "3AM," a song Casey played for years live before finally recording it in the studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radiotexaslive.com/casey-donahew-to-release-15-years-the-wild-ride-this-october/|title = Casey Donahew to Release '15 Years, the Wild Ride'}}</ref>
On March 29, 2019, Casey announced a new project, "One Light Town." Released on July 26, 2019, and produced by Josh Leo, "One Light Town" features 15 new songs, 7 of which were released digitally to fans when the album was announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2019/03/29/casey-donahew-announces-new-album-one-light-town-drops-7-new-songs/|title = Casey Donahew Announces New Album 'One Light Town,' Drops 7 New Songs}}</ref> Donahew wrote or co-wrote 8 of the 15 songs and recorded songs by songwriters including Tim Nichols, Jimmy Yeary, Brad Tursi, Ben Hayslip, David Lee Murphy, Josh Leo, Matt Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Jeff Hyde, Jon Randall, Rodney Clawson, Michael Lotten, Wynn Varble, Jeff Outlaw, and Steve Stone.
On September 27, 2024, Donahew released ''Never Not Love You'' featuring 17 new songs.
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"| Sales |- style="font-size: smaller" ! style="width:45px;"| US Country<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=320 |title=Casey Donahew > Top Country Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009013351/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=320 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2013-05-04 |title=Top Country Albums |date=May 4, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2016-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109124456/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums/2013-05-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"| US<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=305 |title=Casey Donahew > Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009013339/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=305 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2013-05-04 |title=Billboard 200 |date=May 4, 2013 |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"| US Heat<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=324 |title=Casey Donahew > Heatseekers |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009013402/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=324 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"| US Indie<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=326 |title=Casey Donahew > Independent Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009013414/http://www.billboard.com/artist/298775/casey-donahew/chart?f=326 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2013-05-04 |title=Independent Albums |date=May 4, 2013 |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Lost Days'' | * Release date: August 15, 2006 * Label: self-released | - | - | - | - | |- ! scope="row"| ''Casey Donahew Band'' | * Release date: December 20, 2006 * Label: self-released | - | - | - | - | |- ! scope="row"| ''Moving On'' | * Release date: September 1, 2009 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | 28 | 126 | 3 | 19 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Double-Wide Dream'' | * Release date: October 25, 2011 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | 10 | 32 | - | 8 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Standoff'' | * Release date: April 16, 2013 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | 7 | 32 | - | 7 | |- ! scope="row"| ''All Night Party''<ref>{{cite web|title=Album Releases|url=http://www.musicrow.com/calendars-2/cdalbum-releases/|website=MusicRow|date=4 January 2013 |accessdate=July 2, 2016}}</ref> | * Release date: August 19, 2016 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | 3 | 40 | - | 3 | |- ! scope="row"| ''One Light Town'' | * Release date: July 26, 2019 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | 25 | - | - | 7 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Built Different'' | * Release date: March 25, 2022 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | - | - | - | - | |- ! scope="row"| ''Never Not Love You'' | * Release Date September 27, 2024 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment | - | - | - | - | |- | colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"| "-" denotes releases that did not chart |}
=== Live albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:14em;"| Title ! style="width:20em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''Live-Raw-Real In The Ville'' | * Release date: March 20, 2008 * Label: self-released |- ! scope="row"| ''Lost My Brothers Goat'' | * Release date: June 19, 2020 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment
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=== Greatest Hits albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:14em;"| Title ! style="width:20em;"| Album details |- ! scope="row"| ''15 Years: The Wild Ride''<ref>{{cite web|title=Album Releases|url=https://radiotexaslive.com/casey-donahew-to-release-15-years-the-wild-ride-this-october/|website=MusicRow|accessdate=July 2, 2016}}</ref> | * Release date: October 6, 2017 * Label: Almost Country Entertainment
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===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Country Airplay<br /><ref name="Country Airplay">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/casey-donahew/chart-history/csa/ |title=Country Airplay |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |- | 2009 ! scope="row"| "Ramblin Kind" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Moving On'' |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "Next Time" | - |- | 2011 ! scope="row"| "Let Me Love You" | - |- | 2011 ! scope="row"| "Double-Wide Dream" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Double-Wide Dream'' |- | 2011 ! scope="row"| "Let’s Not Say Goodbye Again" | - |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| "One Star Flag" | - |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| "When Santa Rides Through Texas" | - | align="left"| Non-Album Single |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| "Whiskey Baby" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Standoff'' |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| "Small Town Love" | - |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Loving Out Of Control" | - |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Not Ready To Say Goodnight" | - |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Loser" | - |- | 2015 ! scope="row"| "Feels This Right" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''All Night Party'' |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "Kiss Me" | 49 |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "Going Down Tonight" | - |- | 2017 ! scope="row"| "Country Song" | 54 |- | 2018 ! scope="row"| "That Got The Girl" | - |- | 2019 ! scope="row"| "Drove Me To The Whiskey" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''One Light Town'' |- | 2020 ! scope="row"| "Bad Guy" | - |- | 2022 ! scope="row"| "83 Chevrolet Time Machine" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Built Different'' |- | 2022 ! scope="row"| "Built Different" | - |- | 2022 ! scope="row"| "Telling On My Heart" | - |- | 2023 ! scope="row"| "God Blessed Texas" | - | align="left"| Non-Album Single |- | 2023 ! scope="row"| "Oklahoma" | - | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="7"| ''Never Not Love You'' |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "Luckiest Guy I Know" | - |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "Hungover Again" | - |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "Whiskey Talkin’" | - |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "When She Kissed Me" | - |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "Green In Colorado" | - |- | 2024 ! scope="row"| "Never Not Love You" | - |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "-" denotes releases that did not chart |}
=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! style="width:12em;"| Video ! Director |- | 2010 ! scope="row"| "Nowhere Fast" | Randall Alexander |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 ! scope="row"| "Double-Wide Dream" | rowspan="5"| Evan Kaufmann |- ! scope="row"| "One Star Flag" |- | 2013 ! scope="row"| "Whiskey Baby"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/912236/whiskey-baby.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610162533/http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/912236/whiskey-baby.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2013|title=CMT : Videos : Casey Donahew Band : Whiskey Baby|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=May 31, 2013}}</ref> |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Lovin' Out of Control"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/1049657/lovin-out-of-control.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622114131/http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/1049657/lovin-out-of-control.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Casey Donahew Band : Lovin' out of Control|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref> |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "Kiss Me"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/1518658/kiss-me.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821220430/http://www.cmt.com/videos/casey-donahew-band/1518658/kiss-me.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2016|title=CMT : Videos : Casey Donahew Band : Kiss Me|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=August 21, 2016}}</ref> |- | 2018 ! scope="row"| "Country Song" | |- | 2020 ! scope="row"| "Bad Guy" | |- | 2023 ! scope="row"| "Oklahoma" | |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|http://www.caseydonahewband.com/}}
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