Chase Rice is an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice began playing guitar in college. Rice cites his father as the inspiration for his country career, recalling his father telling him "boy anyone can play guitar, but no one is gonna really listen to you until you start singing." Rice says that he models his albums after his live shows, and is building his career through the performance aspect.
In March 2011, Rice released Country as Me, a 6 track EP featuring his single "Buzz Back". In April 2012, Rice's Dirt Road Communion debuted as number 48 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and was the number 6 download on iTunes for the week. Ignite the Night was released in August of 2014, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
Where else might you have seen Chase Rice before? He was a contestant on Survivor: Nicaragua, where he was the runner-up to Jud "Fabio" Birza.