Jake Hoot @ 7:30PM
Mark Wills @ 8:45PM
JAKE HOOT BIO
Hey ya’ll! I’m Jake Hoot, Champion of Season 17 of The Voice.
I am a Texas born, Dominican Republic raised, Tennessee living, country music playing, songwriting, God fearing, family raising, people loving, super blessed kinda guy.
In 2019, I auditioned for NBC’s The Voice, and wouldn’t ya know, somehow, I won the whole thing! Since then, I have been touring, writing, recording and releasing a lot of music! Some of the songs I’ve written and released include Tennessee Strong, which reached top 10 in the iTunes Country Singles chart, and I Would’ve Loved You, featuring my dear friend Kelly Clarkson, which reached No. 3 on the iTunes Country Singles Chart! Other hits include, Best Job I Ever Had, an ode to my daughters, and my album Love Out Of Time, which reached No. 2 on both the iTunes All-Genre Albums and Country Albums charts. These are just a few, but there are so many more so please check them out.
Beyond the music, Kelly Clarkson and I released a music video for I Would’ve Loved You to critical acclaim, including 8 million YouTube views and a feature on the TODAY Show with Hoda & Jenna. You may have seen the music video on CMT, where it remains in rotation, or perhaps you’ve seen live performances of Kelly and I on The Kelly Clarkson Show. My band and I have become quite the road warriors. We get to play often at The Grand Ole Opry, and have been blessed to open shows for some legendary acts including Alabama, Darius Rucker,
Jordan Davis, and so many other artists and friends.
In 2024, we plan to tour extensively hitting the State and County fair circuit as well as our other touring commitments in an effort to bring our music and live show to as many people as possible. My inspirations are my beautiful wife Brittney and our two beautiful girls. They are the wind beneath my wings, my inspirations, and the songs in my heart. We’d love to see you out on the road this summer, but before then please check out my music on Apple music, Spotify, iTunes or anywhere music is streamed. And please connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, or Twitter.
Thank y’all for your support! It means the world.
MARK WILLS BIO
It was “19(90) Somethin’” when Grand Ole Opry member Mark Wills went from singing at Atlanta’s infamous Buckboard to releasing his first of 19 Billboard-charting singles across seven albums. While climbing his musical ‘ladder,’ he has recorded Gold and Platinum albums and released some of the most enduring and recognizable Country Music hits of the last 25 Years.
“Wish You Were Here,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and “I Do (Cherish You)” cemented his country status in the late ’90s and at the ‘dawning of a new decade’ in the early ’00s. “Jacob’s Ladder” was released via Mercury Nashville in May 1996 as Wills’ debut single, and it became the singer’s first of eight Top 10 hits. His debut self-titled album followed “full of rambunctious good-time songs teeming with sly wit and bittersweet ballads —all in a baritone that throbs with emotion” per Entertainment Weekly. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart Top 5 hits:“Places I’ve Never Been,” “I Do (Cherish You),” “Don’t Laugh at Me,” and No. 1 single “Wish You Were Here” hit the airwaves between 1997-1999. Fittingly, Wills’ early chart success earned him an Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Male Vocalist in 1998. One of his biggest hits to date is the RIAA Gold-certified “19 Somethin’” –a six-week No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
In 2022, Mark rerecorded and released his hit “Don’t Laugh at Me” with the acapella recording group, Home Free featuring Mark’s daughter, Macey. In conjunction with this release, a new music video was filmed staring 21 Pineapples’ Nate Smith and JennaLee Wasserman earning the collaborators 3 Gold Telly Awards.
He also has taken more than a dozen trips to entertain U.S. troops in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Korea, and Italy. Wills continues to hit the road with his high-energy show full of hits that were the soundtrack to so many people’s lives.