page_title: Thomas Rhett
section_title: 2012–2015: It Goes Like This
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Rhett / Career / 2012–2015: It Goes Like This
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Rhett performing in Baltimore, MD on January 24, 2013.
context_page_description: Thomas Rhett Akins Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is the son of singer Rhett Akins.
  Rhett has released four studio albums for Big Machine Records' Valory Music imprint: It Goes Like This, Tangled Up, Life Changes, and Center Point Road. His last two albums were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2017 and 2019.
  His four albums have produced nineteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country and Country Airplay charts, with fifteen reaching the No. 1 position on the latter: "It Goes Like This", "Get Me Some of That", "Make Me Wanna", "Crash and Burn", "Die a Happy Man", "T-Shirt", "Star of the Show", "Craving You", "Unforgettable", "Marry Me", "Life Changes", "Sixteen", “Remember You Young”, "Look What God Gave Her", and "Beer Can't Fix".
  In addition to much of his own material, Rhett has written singles for Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Florida Georgia Line, LoCash, and Michael Ray, among others.
context_section_description: In early 2012, he released his debut single, "Something to Do with My Hands", followed later that year by "Beer with Jesus". Both of these made top 30 on the Hot Country Songs charts. His third single, "It Goes Like This", topped the Country Airplay chart and also peaked at number 2 on the Hot Country Songs.
  His debut album, also titled It Goes Like This, was released on October 29, 2013. The album's fourth single, "Get Me Some of That", became Rhett's second number 1 single in early 2014. The album's fifth single, "Make Me Wanna", was released to country radio on August 4, 2014. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart on March 7, 2015. In between the two singles, Rhett sang guest vocals along with Justin Moore on Brantley Gilbert's "Small Town Throwdown".
caption: Rhett performing in 2013
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