Thirty TigersMore than six years after winning the tenth season of American Idol, Scotty McCreery now has his first #1 single on the country chart.
The North Carolina native, who was crowned the Idol champ in 2011, wrote “Five More Minutes” in 2015 after the passing of his paternal grandfather.
“There was a time I thought this song would never see the light of day,” the 24-year-old says. “Seeing this song, inspired by my Granddaddy Bill, go gold and then become my first number one means the world to me!”
He adds, “After writing it with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell, I tweeted out that ‘I think I just wrote my favorite song I’ve ever written,’ and that still holds true today.”
“Five More Minutes” is the lead single from Scotty’s new album, Seasons Change, which comes out March 16.
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