Biography
Max McNown’s rise has been meteoric – he has gone from teaching himself how to play the guitar within months and busking around SoCal just a few years ago, to auditioning (and gracefully turning down) a major TV talent show and gaining a legion of supporters on TikTok (currently has 2.6M followers). Since blazing his own path as a singer-songwriter, the Nashville-based artist’s breakout hit “A Lot More Free” has gone RIAA Certified Platinum in the U.S. and Double Platinum in Canada, amassed over 360M worldwide streams to date, and made its Billboard Hot 100 debut, which launched him to the top of Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart. Featured on his 2023 debut EP and his 2024 full-length Wandering album, it also peaked in the Top 10 at Hot AC Radio, Top 20 at Pop, and Top 30 at Triple A, plus landed at #1 on TikTok’s Breakthrough USA chart, #2 on iTunes Country chart, hit the Spotify Viral 50 Global Playlist, and even got a nod from Kelly Clarkson when she performed the song on her Kellyoke series on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The rising star’s follow-up track, “Better Me For You (Brown Eyes),” which is the lead single from his 2025 sophomore album Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), also went double Platinum in the U.S and Platinum in Canada, and landed McNown his highest charting position on the Billboard Hot 100 hitting #19 in Canada and #26 in the U.S. The song, which amassed 480M+worldwide streams to date, spent 36 weeks on the Hot 100 chart in the U.S. It also landed him his first entry onto the Spotify US Top 200 Chart (#120 peak), #6 at Country Radio in the U.S, Top 30 at Pop, #8 at Hot AC, Top 20 AC, plus #1 on iTunes Country Songs Chart, and Top 5 on iTunes All Genres Chart. In Canada, the track hit #1 on the Canadian Country Radio Chart and remained on the chart for 43 weeks. In Quebec, the track reached #6 on the Top 100 (All Format) and #5 on the Top 25 Pop Adult Chart, where it continues to hold a top 10 position. A consistent chart-climber across genres, McNown proves to be a true, multi-format artist.
