# Ray Scott (singer)

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.
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. "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.
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."
Scott's second EP, Nowhere Near Done, was released in February 2020.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US Heat | US Indie | Sales |
| My Kind of Music | Release date: November 22, 2005 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville | 39 | 4 | — | |
| Crazy Like Me | Release date: June 3, 2008 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |
| Rayality | Release date: September 16, 2011 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |
| Ray Scott | Release date: October 10, 2014 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |
| Guitar for Sale | Release date: June 9, 2017 Label: Jethropolitan | — | 12 | 28 | US: 1,500 |
| Cover The Earth | Release date: September 17, 2021 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |
| Billboards & Brake Lights | Release date: November 10, 2023 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### EPs

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US Heat | US Indie | Sales |
| Honky Tonk Heart | Release date: March 1, 2019 Label: Jethropolitan | 19 | 39 | |
| Nowhere Near Done | Release date: Early 2020 Label: Jethropolitan | — | — | US: 100 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 2005 | "My Kind of Music" | 39 | My Kind of Music |
| 2006 | "Gone Either Way" | 53 | My Kind of Music |
| 2006 | "I Didn't Come Here to Talk" | — | My Kind of Music |
| 2008 | "Sometimes the Bottle Hits You Back" | — | Crazy Like Me |
| 2012 | "Those Jeans" | — | Rayality |
| 2014 | "What Works for Willie" | — | Rayality (Deluxe) |
| 2014 | "Drinkin' Beer" | — | Ray Scott |
| 2015 | "Ain't Always Thirsty" | — | Ray Scott |
| 2017 | "Livin' This Way" | — | Guitar For Sale |
| 2019 | "Honky Tonk Heart" | — | Honky Tonk Heart |
| 2022 | "Santa's Sack" | — | N/A |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 2005 | "My Kind of Music" | Shaun Silva |
| 2012 | "Those Jeans" | Marcel |
| 2014 | "Drinkin' Beer" | Sam White |
| 2015 | "Ain't Always Thirsty" | Blake Judd |
| 2016 | "High Road" |
| 2022 | "Santa's Sack" |