Emerging New Artist: Bailey Zimmerman

06/14/2022

Bailey Zimmerman is a 22-year-old who was born and raised in Louisville, Illinois. Back in 2020, Bailey brought his musical talents to Tik Tok as he began uploading content of his original songs along with plenty of acoustic covers. Before he knew it, his fan base grew quickly as people found a firm appreciation for his deep and raspy voice. Now, Bailey has accumulated over 1.1M followers and 12.8M likes on Tik Tok.

In April of 2022, Bailey officially signed his first major record deal with Warner Music Nashville and Elektra Music Group. That same month he reached a career milestone, surpassing 100 million global streams. Upon signing his first record deal, Bailey posted a heartfelt message to social media expressing his gratitude (read below).

Bailey writes: God Is Good. First of all I wanna thank y'all. Going into 2021 I had an empty bank account, bills that were past due and not a clue where my life was headed.. fast forward into 2022 and we've got almost 100 Million global streams, the best team a guy could ask for, and 1.2 Million loyal and badass people that listen to my music every single month, I'll never be able to thank y'all enough! With that being said, I'd like to proudly announce that because of y'all's insane support over the last year, I've signed my first major record deal with @warnermusicnashville and @elektrarecords, thank yall for takin a chance on this ole boy from Southern Illinois❤️ Here's my promise to y'all. I promise to never be somebody I'm not, fame or no fame, money or no money, I will always continue to make the most badass music I possibly can This is gonna be a lot of fun, and I hope y'all stick around for the journey🔥 "Lets ride Clyde" ⚡️BZ⚡️

Throughout the years, Bailey has released five songs. These are: "Rock and A Hard Place," "Fall In Love," "Never Comin' Home," "Change," and "Small Town Crazy." In addition, Bailey recently announced that his first single at country radio will be "Fall In Love" and it will impact on July 11th. And he has been having even more success with his music as his latest release, "Rock and A Hard Place," debuted at #5 on the Spotify Top Songs Debut USA and reached #2 on the iTunes All Genres Chart.