Brad Cotter

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title: "Brad Cotter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1970-births", "american-country-singer-songwriters", "american-male-singer-songwriters", "living-people", "nashville-star-contestants", "nashville-star-winners", "people-from-auburn,-alabama", "epic-records-artists", "people-from-opelika,-alabama", "21st-century-american-singer-songwriters", "country-musicians-from-alabama", "21st-century-american-male-singers", "singer-songwriters-from-alabama"] description: "American country music singer" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Cotter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American country music singer ::

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Field	Value
name	Brad Cotter
birth_name	Thomas Bradley Cotter
birth_date
origin	Opelika, Alabama, United States
instrument	Vocals
genre	Country
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years_active	2004–present
label	Epic Nashville, Adobe Road, OMG
associated_acts	Silverado, Chad Brock, Steve Bogard
website	www.bradcotter.com
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| name = Brad Cotter | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Thomas Bradley Cotter | birth_date = | origin = Opelika, Alabama, United States | instrument = Vocals | genre = Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2004–present | label = Epic Nashville, Adobe Road, OMG | associated_acts = Silverado, Chad Brock, Steve Bogard | website = www.bradcotter.com Thomas Bradley Cotter (born September 29, 1970) is an American country music singer who won the 2004 season of Nashville Star a talent competition on the USA Network. Signed to Epic Records that year, he released his debut album Patient Man, which produced three singles on the Billboard country charts, including the No. 35 "I Meant To". An independent EP, Continuity, followed in 2007.

Biography

Born in Opelika, Alabama, Cotter trained with Jerry Redd, who had performed with Elvis Presley and the gospel music group The Stamps Quartet. His first public performance was at the age of nine in a church in Columbus, Georgia. He recorded five gospel records in the next eight years, and was voted the "top child Gospel soloist in America". He dropped out of performing in his late teen years, then returned to music in Auburn, where he joined the group Silverado.

Cotter left Silverado in 1993 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he tried to get work as a solo act and a songwriter, landing cuts by Tommy Shane Steiner and Chad Brock, in addition to recording demos. He later competed on and won Nashville Star, then signed to a recording contract with Epic Records. Cotter's debut album Patient Man was released in mid-2004 via Epic, with production by songwriter Steve Bogard. This album produced three chart singles on the country charts, including the Top 40 "I Meant To", but Cotter exited the label before Epic closed its Nashville division in 2005. In 2007, Cotter signed with Adobe Road Records in Nashville, releasing an EP called Continuity.

In 2009, Cotter and Bogard reunited, and Cotter signed to OMG Records. His second full album, Right on Time, was released in June 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | US Country | US | Patient Man | Right on Time | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 4 | 27 | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | ::

Extended plays

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Title	Album details	Continuity
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | US Country | "I Meant To" | "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" | "I Miss Me" | "God's Fingerprints" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2004 | 35 | Patient Man | | | | | | | | 59 | | | | | | | | | | 59 | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | — | Continuity | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | | | | | ::

Music videos

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Year	Video	Director	"I Meant To"
2004	Peter Zavadil
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References

References

1. Jeffries, David. "Brad Cotter biography". [[Allmusic]].
2. Conaway, Alanna. (June 15, 2009). "Roller Coaster Ride: Brad Cotter has bounced back from tough times after winning ''Nashville Star''.". [[Country Weekly]].
3. "Brad Cotter Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard.
4. "Brad Cotter Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.
5. "Brad Cotter Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard.
6. "CMT : Videos : Brad Cotter : I Meant To". Country Music Television.

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