{{short description|American singer}} {{About|the singer|other people named Ray Scott|Ray Scott (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Ray Scott | image = Ray Scott Performing In Destin, FL, Aug 2014.jpg | caption = Ray Scott at Toe Jam in Destin, Florida, August 27, 2014 | image_size = 300 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Carlton Ray Scott Jr.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|pages=371|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|5}} | origin = Semora, North Carolina, United States | instrument = Vocals, acoustic guitar | genre = Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2003–present | label = Decibel Nashville, Warner Bros. Nashville, Jethropolitan | website = http://www.rayscott.com }} '''Carlton Ray Scott Jr.''' (born December 5, 1969, in Semora, North Carolina) is an American country music artist. He first gained attention in 2005 with his debut album ''My Kind of Music'', and has since released eleven albums and two EPS.
==Career== Scott has a distinctive southern voice and wears a cowboy hat. Warner Brothers released his debut album, ''My Kind of Music'', and its title track became a top 40 single in 2005.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.rayscott.com/bio |title=About Ray Scott |work=Ray Scott }}</ref>
Scott split from the Warner Brothers label two years later. He independently released ''Crazy Like Me'' (2008) and ''Rayality'' (2011), which gave him a physical product on the road and support from Sirius XM.<ref name=procountry>{{cite web |url=https://procountrymusic.com/2019/09/02/nowhere-near-done-the-ray-scott-story-so-far/ |title="Nowhere Near Done;" The Ray Scott Story (So Far) |work=Pro Country |date= September 2, 2019}}</ref> "Drinkin Beer" and "Ain’t Always Thirsty" received Sirius airplay, as did one of his best-known singles: "Those Jeans" from the Rayality album, produced by Dave Brainard (Jerrod Neimann, Brandy Clark). Then came his 5th studio album in 2017 — ''Guitar for Sale'', produced by Michael Hughes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://countrymusicmatters.com/2017/06/15/ray-scott-celebrates-guitar-sale-fan-party-cmm-interview/ |title=Ray Scott Celebrates "Guitar For Sale" With A Fan Party – CMM Interview |date=June 15, 2017|first=Mary |last=Kay |work=Country Music Matters}}</ref>
Hughes and Scott paired up again for ''Honky Tonk Heart'', an EP released on March 1, 2019. According to Scott, ""Honky Tonk Heart" is all about who I am, and it's an ode to all the troubadours out there runnin' up and down the highways keeping real country music alive because they love it, live it, and breathe it."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/ray-scott-acoustic-honky-tonk-heart/ |title=Ray Scott Puts Acoustic Twist on His Ode to the Troubadours |first= Lauren |last= Laffer |work=Sounds Like Nashville |date=January 18, 2019 }}</ref>
Scott's second EP, ''Nowhere Near Done'', was released in February 2020.<ref name=procountry />
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! colspan="3"| Peak chart<br />positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Sales |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Country<br /><ref name=country>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ray-scott/chart-history/clp/ |title=Ray Scott > Top Country Albums |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> ! width="45"| US Heat<br /><ref name=heat>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ray-scott/chart-history/tln/ |title=Ray Scott > Heatseekers Albums |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> ! width="45"| US Indie<br /><ref name=indie>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ray-scott/chart-history/ind/ |title=Ray Scott > Independent Albums |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''My Kind of Music'' | * Release date: November 22, 2005 * Label: Warner Bros. Nashville | 39 | 4 | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Crazy Like Me'' | * Release date: June 3, 2008 * Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Rayality'' | * Release date: September 16, 2011 * Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Ray Scott'' | * Release date: October 10, 2014 * Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Guitar for Sale'' | * Release date: June 9, 2017 * Label: Jethropolitan | — | 12 | 28 | *US: 1,500<ref>{{cite news |url= http://roughstock.com/news/2017/06/41978-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-june-19-2017 |title= Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: June 19, 2017 |first= Matt |last= Bjorke |date= June 19, 2017 |work= Roughstock |archive-date= April 7, 2019 |access-date= June 23, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190407084933/http://roughstock.com/news/2017/06/41978-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-june-19-2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Cover The Earth'' | *Release date: September 17, 2021 *Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |- ! scope="row"| ''Billboards & Brake Lights'' | *Release date: November 10, 2023 *Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
===EPs=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br />positions ! rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Sales |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"| US Heat<br /><ref name=heat /> ! width="45"| US Indie<br /><ref name=indie /> |- ! scope="row"| ''Honky Tonk Heart'' | * Release date: March 1, 2019 * Label: Jethropolitan | 19 | 39 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Nowhere Near Done'' | * Release date: Early 2020 * Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | *US: 100<ref>{{cite news|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2020/03/44152-top-10-country-albums-in-pure-sales-march-2-2020|title=Top 10 Country Albums In Pure Sales: March 2, 2020|work=Roughstock|first=Matt|last=Bjorke|date=March 3, 2020|accessdate=March 7, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322213814/http://roughstock.com/news/2020/03/44152-top-10-country-albums-in-pure-sales-march-2-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="60"| US Country<br /><ref name="whitburn"/> |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| "My Kind of Music" | 39 | align="left" rowspan="3"| ''My Kind of Music'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 ! scope="row"| "Gone Either Way" | 53 |- ! scope="row"| "I Didn't Come Here to Talk" | — |- | 2008 ! scope="row"| "Sometimes the Bottle Hits You Back" | — | align="left"| ''Crazy Like Me'' |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| "Those Jeans" | — | align="left"| ''Rayality'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2014 ! scope="row"| "What Works for Willie" | — | align="left"| ''Rayality'' <small>(Deluxe)</small> |- ! scope="row"| "Drinkin' Beer" | — | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Ray Scott'' |- | 2015 ! scope="row"| "Ain't Always Thirsty" | — |- | rowspan=""| 2017 ! scope="row"| "Livin' This Way" | — | align="left"| ''Guitar For Sale'' |- |- | rowspan=""| 2019 ! scope="row"| "Honky Tonk Heart" | — | align="left"| ''Honky Tonk Heart'' |- | rowspan=""| 2022 ! scope="row"| "Santa's Sack" | — | align="left"| ''N/A'' |- ! colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! style="width:18em;"| Video ! Director |- | 2005 ! scope="row"| "My Kind of Music" | Shaun Silva |- | 2012 ! scope="row"| "Those Jeans" | Marcel |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "Drinkin' Beer"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yallwire.com/player/rayscottdrinkinbeer.html|title=Ray Scott – Drinkin' Beer|publisher=Yallwire|accessdate=October 21, 2014}}</ref> | Sam White |- | 2015 ! scope="row"| "Ain't Always Thirsty" | Blake Judd |- | 2016 ! scope="row"| "High Road" |- | 2022 ! scope="row"| "Santa's Sack" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.rayscott.com/ Ray Scott Official Website]
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