Background and career
Kip Moore (born April 1, 1980) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed, as of September 2024, to Virgin Music Group. Moore previously recorded for MCA Nashville, where he released five studio albums for the label and charted a total of twelve entries on Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, including the number-one "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" and four additional top-ten hits. He has also written songs for Frankie Ballard, Thompson Square, and James Wesley.
Kip Christian Moore was born on April 1, 1980, in Tifton, Georgia, to Bonnie Moore (née Mann) and Stan Moore. He was raised there, in a family of six children (two brothers and three sisters). Moore initially began to follow the path of his father, a golf pro; he earned a scholarship in that sport, to Valdosta State University in Georgia. (His father died in September 2011, just months before the release of Moore's debut album.) Moore is quoted as having said that he "started playing guitar...we when [he] was 17", an event assigned to a period when he was attending Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama. While at Valdosta State, "music began to exert a greater hold on his life" than his sport; he reportedly made his first public performance at a Mellow Mushroom restaurant in Valdosta, Georgia. During that period he "toured with a band and began to consider a musical future".
Sometime after graduation (see Personal life), Moore moved to Nashville, Tennessee. One report has him there in 2004, with songwriter and producer Brett James helping him to sign a publishing deal. He is also said to have spent eight years in Nashville before signing a record deal, which eventually came with MCA Nashville. His song, "Mary Was the Marrying Kind", debuted at number 58 on Billboard's country singles charts, before peaking at number 45. On September 27, 2011, he released his second single, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck". The song was followed by the release of his debut album Up All Night in April 2012. Moore co-wrote every song on the album, and Brett James produced it. A month later, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" hit number 1 on the Billboard country charts. "Beer Money" was the album's second single, followed by "Hey Pretty Girl". These songs also reached the country Top 5. Up All Night was the most commercially successful album for a debut country male artist in both 2012 and 2013. Moore co-wrote two tracks on Thompson Square's self-titled debut album which was released in February 2011: "All the Way" and "Let's Fight", the latter of which was their debut single. He also co-wrote James Wesley's 2012 single "Walking Contradiction". He also co-wrote Frankie Ballard's 2016 single "Cigarette".
In October 2013, Moore announced his fifth single, "Young Love". It charted at number 22 on the Country Airplay in March 2014. After it underperformed, it was followed by "Dirt Road", which failed to make Top 40. Moore then decided to "scrap" his second album and compose new material. Moore then released "I'm to Blame", the lead single to his 2015 album, Wild Ones. In 2016, Kip released his first EP titled Underground, featuring tracks “My Kind” and an acoustic version of “Midnight Slowdance”.
On February 10, 2017, Moore released "More Girls Like You" as the lead single from a then-unannounced forthcoming album. On June 21, 2017, Moore announced the album's title, Slowheart, and its release date of September 8, 2017. On November 16, 2018, Moore released his second EP titled Room to Spare: The Acoustic Sessions. Three singles were released in preparation for the EP: "Tennessee Boy," an acoustic version of "Plead the Fifth," and "It Ain't California." The EP consists of seven acoustic tracks.
In May 2019, Moore announced on social media "That's a wrap, record #4 is done". No release date had been officially announced, but on June 15 Moore announced he was checking mixes for his upcoming record, indicating the record may be released sometime in 2019. On August 9, 2019, Moore released a much-anticipated lead single to his yet to be named upcoming album. "She's Mine" is a song Moore wrote over a decade ago, and finally released it in 2019. On March 27, 2020, Moore released the title track for his anticipated fourth studio album titled Wild World. Later that same day, Moore did an interview with Billboard about his new album. The album, which consists of thirteen tracks (twelve of which are co-written by Moore), was released on May 29, 2020. Another preview song, "Southpaw", followed on April 17, 2020. In January 2022, Moore released a re-recorded version of "Crazy One More Time", which was previously featured as an album track on Up All Night. The new version was sent to country radio on January 24, 2022.
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
