Cody Johnson has been singing since 2006.
Cody Johnson is an American country music singer-songwriter.
He self-released six albums, including Gotta Be Me, which debuted at number two on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, before releasing his first major-label album, Ain’t Nothin’ to It, in January 2019. He released his second major-label album, Human: The Double Album, in October 2021.
In 2006, he formed the Cody Johnson Band with his dad, Carl, and drummer Nathan Reedy. Together they recorded an album, Black and White Label.
The band added a lead guitar player, Matt Rogers, and recorded a live album, Live, and Rocking, at Shenanigans and Confetti’s Club in Huntsville. Following the release of the album, Johnson’s father quit the band.
Johnson made Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo history by becoming the first unsigned/independent artist to play to a sold-out crowd on May 15, 2019.
Johnson’s seventh album, Ain’t Nothin’ to It, was released on January 18, 2019. It includes the single “On My Way to You”, which is his first Top 40 hit on Country Airplay.
The album and single were both released via Warner Bros. In 2019, Johnson collaborated with Brooks & Dunn on a new version of their hit song “Red Dirt Road” which appears on their album Reboot.
Johnson’s eighth album, Human: The Double Album, was released in October 2021.