Andrew Tyler (Andy) Griggs (born August 13, 1973 in West Monroe, Louisiana) is an American country music artist. In his career, he has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville (You Won't Ever Be Lonely , Freedom , and This I Gotta See ) and a fourth, The Good Life for Montage Music Group. His four albums have accounted for thirteen singles on the Billboard country charts, of which the highest are "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" and "She's More" at #2 each. He also charted "Grow Young With You", a cut from the soundtrack to the film Where the Heart Is .

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Biography

Andrew Tyler Griggs was born August 13, 1973 ^[1] in West Monroe, Louisiana. His father, Darrell, died when Griggs was ten, and brother Mason served as the family's father figure until he died of a heart attack at age 22. ^[2]

He briefly attended Northeast Louisiana University before returning to his hometown in the early 1990s, where he found work as a minister and began a family with his wife. He continued to work on his musical skills, however, and by 1999, he signed to a contract with RCA Records Nashville. Griggs has been married twice, first to Stephanie Sullivan in February in 1995, but were eventually separated. In 2005 Griggs married his current wife, Renee.

Musical career

Griggs' debut album, You Won't Ever Be Lonely , was issued in 1999 via RCA Records Nashville. Certified gold by the RIAA, the album accounted for five singles on the Billboard country singles charts. The first three singles — the title track, "I'll Go Crazy" and "She's More" — were all Top Ten hits, peaking at #2, #10 and #2 respectively. Following "She's More" was a non-album song, "Grow Young With Me", recorded as a duet with Coley McCabe, and after that, "Waitin' on Sundown" at #50 and "You Made Me That Way" at #19. Also included on the album was a duet with Griggs' idol Waylon Jennings in the track "Shine On Me", as well as a cover of Jennings' "Ain't Livin' Long Like This".

He released his second album, Freedom , in 2002. Although its lead-off single "How Cool Is That" peaked at #22, the second single, "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man", became his fourth Top Ten hit at #7. Closing out this album was "Practice Life", a #33 duet with Martina McBride.

For 2003 and half of 2004, Griggs was absent from the country charts, although he, Montgomery Gentry, and Blake Shelton performed uncredited guest vocals on Tracy Byrd's 2003 single "The Truth About Men". Mid-2004 saw the release of "She Thinks She Needs Me". Co-written by Shane Minor, this song was the first single release from Griggs' third album, This I Gotta See , also released in 2004. Although this song and follow-up "If Heaven" were both #5 hits on the country charts, the album's third single, "This I Gotta See", stopped at #58, and the fourth single ("I Never Had a Chance") failed to chart at all. By 2005, he had left RCA's roster.

In 2007, Griggs signed to his second recording contract, this time with Montage Music Group. His first album for the label, The Good Life , produced two low-charting singles in "Tattoo Rose" (co-written by Cole Deggs, lead singer of Cole Deggs & the Lonesome) and "What If It's Me".

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US Country	US	US Heat	CAN Country
1999	You Won't Ever Be Lonely Released: April 13, 1999 Label: RCA Nashville	15	73	5	11	US: Gold
2002	Freedom Released: May 28, 2002 Label: RCA Nashville	7	77	—
2004	This I Gotta See Released: August 10, 2004 Label: RCA Nashville	7	59	—
2008	The Good Life Released: February 12, 2008 Label: Montage	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released * denotes unknown peak positions

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1999	"You Won't Ever Be Lonely"	2	28	11	You Won't Ever Be Lonely
	"I'll Go Crazy"	10	65	2
2000	"She's More"	2	37	2
	"Waitin' on Sundown"	50	—	57
	"You Made Me That Way"	19	116
2001	"How Cool Is That"	22	119		Freedom
2002	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	7	52
	"Practice Life" (with Martina McBride)	33	—
2004	"She Thinks She Needs Me"	5	43	21	This I Gotta See
2005	"If Heaven"	5	65	23
	"This I Gotta See"	58	—	—
	"I Never Had a Chance"	—	—	—
2007	"Tattoo Rose"	57	—	—	The Good Life
	"What If It's Me"	52	—	—
2009	"Cutthroat, Montana"	—	—	—	single only
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released * denotes unknown peak positions

Other charted songs

Year	Single	US Country	Album
2000	"Grow Young with You" (with Coley McCabe)	50	Where the Heart Is (soundtrack)

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1999	"You Won't Ever Be Lonely"	Brent Hedgecock
	"She's More"
2002	"Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"	Roger Pistole
2005	"If Heaven"	Roman White

References

1. Andy Griggs biography
2. Andy Griggs: He heals his past publicity with the hit "If Heaven" — and embraces his future privately with a hush-hush wedding.