Cassadee Pope
Cassadee Blake Pope (born August 28, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Pope was the lead vocalist of the rock band Hey Monday (on hiatus as of December 2011), with whom she released two studio albums and three EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early 2012, and released the EP Cassadee Pope in May 2012. She took part in the third season of The Voice and became the first female winner on December 18, 2012. Her debut solo country album, Frame by Frame, was released on October 8, 2013 to a top 10 Billboard 200 charting.[5] It debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, with 43,000 copies sold in its first week.
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Birth name | Cassadee Blake Pope |
Born | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | August 28, 1989
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Years active | 2008–present |
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Website | cassadeepope |
Life and career
2008–2011: Career beginnings and Hey Monday
While attending Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida, Pope formed the band Blake with good friend Mike Gentile. The project disbanded before being signed and in 2008, she and Gentile along with Alex Lipshaw, Michael "Jersey" Moriarty, and Elliot James founded the pop punk band Hey Monday. Hey Monday released their first studio album, Hold on Tight, in October 2008. Pope wrote two songs and co-wrote the other nine songs. She appeared in Fall Out Boy's video for "America's Suitehearts", from their 2008 album Folie à Deux. She also provided guest vocals for The Cab's remix version of their song "Take My Hand" that appeared on Fall Out Boy's mixtape, Welcome to the New Administration, and appeared in the music video for it the following summer of 2009. James left the band at the end of 2009. Hey Monday's first EP Beneath It All was to be released in August 2010; to promote the album the group toured the US and played on the 2010 Warped Tour. The Christmas EP was released on December 6, 2011, and later that month Hey Monday took an indefinite hiatus on good terms.
2012–2014: Solo career, The Voice and Frame by Frame
In January and February 2012, Pope embarked on her first solo acoustic tour across the east and west coasts of the United States.[6][7] She released her debut self-titled EP (self-labeled) on May 22, 2012, containing four songs written by Pope.[8] She auditioned for season 3 of the singing competition The Voice during the summer and had all four coaches offer her a place on their teams; she ultimately picked country singer Blake Shelton. In the third live round, Pope performed "Over You", co-written by mentor Shelton. The song reached number one on the iTunes chart, knocking Psy's "Gangnam Style" down to number two. She was the only female contestant to advance to the Top 4 round where she performed "Stupid Boy" by country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton, which also reached number one on iTunes. She advanced to The Voice finals, winning the title on the live finale results day in December. An album compiling her performances on The Voice entitled The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection reached No. 1 on the Heatseekers and sold 11,000 copies, and 8,000 more copies in the following week. Her self-titled EP also re-entered the chart at No. 42, selling 1,000 copies.[9]
The Voice (2012)
- – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes
Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Order | Result |
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Blind Audition | "Torn" | Ednaswap | Sept. 25, 2012 | 7.6 | All four chairs turned Joined Team Blake |
Battles (Top 64) | "Not Over You" (vs Ryan Jirovec) | Gavin DeGraw | Oct. 22, 2012 | 14.4 | Saved by Coach |
Knockouts | "Payphone" (vs Suzanna Choffel) | Maroon 5 | Oct. 30, 2012 | 17.10 | Saved by Coach |
Live Playoffs | "My Happy Ending" | Avril Lavigne | Nov. 5, 2012 | 18.5 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 12 | "Behind These Hazel Eyes" | Kelly Clarkson | Nov. 12, 2012 | 21.7 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 10 | "Over You" | Miranda Lambert | Nov. 19, 2012 | 23.9 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 8 | "Are You Happy Now?" | Michelle Branch | Nov. 26, 2012 | 25.8 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Top 6 | "Stand" | Rascal Flatts | Dec. 3, 2012 | 27.2 | Saved by Public Vote |
"I'm With You" | Avril Lavigne | 27.11 | |||
Live Top 4 (Semifinals) | "Stupid Boy" | Keith Urban | Dec. 10, 2012 | 29.3 | Saved by Public Vote |
Live Finale (Final 3) | "Over You" | Miranda Lambert | Dec. 17, 2012 | 31.2 | Winner |
"Steve McQueen" (with Blake Shelton) | Sheryl Crow | 31.6 | |||
"Cry" | Faith Hill | 31.9 | |||
In January 2013, Pope signed with country music label Republic Nashville; the lead single of her solo album, "Wasting All These Tears", was released on May 31, 2013. It debuted at number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It sold 125,000 copies in first week of release.[10] The album, Frame by Frame, was released in October 2013.[11] Pope spent most of 2014 touring with country artists Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley. She also was featured on the Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe album where she covered The Animal In Me.[12]
2015–present: Summer EP and Stages
Pope released the lead single, "I Am Invincible" from her upcoming second studio album. During late 2015, Pope recorded a duet with Chris Young, titled "Think of You" for his 2015 album I'm Comin' Over. This single became Pope's first song to peak at number one on the US Country Airplay chart in May 2016. In March 2017, Pope traveled to London and performed several times as part of the C2C: Country to Country festival line-up, including an appearance on the main stage with Young.
Pope's new EP, Summer, was released on June 3, 2016 and the title track was released as a single on June 6, 2016.
On July 24, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
On October 16, 2016, Pope sang the Star Spangled Banner, the United States national anthem, before the Houston Texans and Colts game.
Pope and Young were nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Think of You", making her first contestant from The Voice to receive a Grammy nomination.
In May 2017, Pope parted ways with BMLG records
On March 30, 2018 she independently released her first single in nearly 2 years, called “Take You Home”. It was followed on August 10 by her second single of 2018, called “One More Red Light”.
On February 1, 2019, Pope released her second full-length studio album, Stages.
Personal life
In January of 2010, Pope began dating drummer Rian Dawson, who is a member of the band All Time Low. They became engaged in February of 2017.[13] In July 2017, it was announced that the couple had ended their relationship.[14]
Pope has been in a relationship with British actor and musician Sam Palladio since December 2017.[15][16]
Influences
When it comes to Pope's influences she has said “I’m all over the place. I tend to go backwards a little bit and listen to Natalie Imbruglia's Left of the Middle and old Shania, Michelle Branch, Avril, Blink 182…I’m kind of all over the board. And then more recently I’m into the new Blake Shelton album, not gonna lie. Hunter Hayes and Taylor Swift.”[17] Pope also mentions Martina McBride as one of her influences.
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Degrassi Goes Hollywood | Herself | Television film |
2010 | Hellcats | Episode: "Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" | |
2012 | The Voice | Contestant / Winner (Season 3) | |
2016 | Lip Sync Battle | Episode: "Cassadee Pope vs. Dustin Lynch" | |
2017 | Nashville | Episode: "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" | |
2018 | Audience Music | Episode: "Cassadee Pope” | |
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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US Country [18] |
US [19] |
US Indie [20] |
CAN [21] |
UK Country [22] | |||||
Frame by Frame |
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1 | 9 | — | 16 | 3 |
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Stages |
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39 | —[upper-alpha 1] | 7 | — | — |
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Rise and Shine |
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— | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | — | 13 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was ineligible for that chart. |
Extended plays
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Country [18] |
US [19] |
US Heat [27] | ||
Cassadee Pope |
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— | — | 25 |
Summer |
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14 | 164 | — |
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
Singles
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||
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US Country [28] |
US Country Airplay [29] |
US [10] |
CAN Country [30] |
CAN [31] | |||||
"Wasting All These Tears" | 2013 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 41 |
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Frame by Frame | |
"I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" | 2014 | 35 | 32 | — | — | — |
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"I Am Invincible" | 2015 | — | 52 | — | — | — |
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Non-album single | |
"Think of You" (with Chris Young) | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 57 |
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I'm Comin' Over | |
"Summer" | — | 55 | — | — | — | Summer | |||
"Take You Home" | 2018 | 49 | — | — | — | — | Stages | ||
"One More Red Light"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"If My Heart Had a Heart"[40] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I've Been Good"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart or was not released to that territory. |
Promotional singles
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Country [28] | |||
"You Hear a Song" | 2013 | 44 | Frame by Frame |
"11" | 38 | ||
"Good Times" | 50 | ||
"Champagne"[42] | —[upper-alpha 3] | ||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
Music videos
Year | Video | Director |
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2013 | "Wasting All These Tears" | Brian Lazzaro[44] |
2014 | "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" | Wes Edwards |
2015 | "I Am Invincible" | Roman White[45] |
2016 | "Think of You" (with Chris Young) | David McClister[46] |
"Summer" | TK McKamy[47] | |
2018 | "Take You Home" | Justin Nolan |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US [19] |
US Heat [27] | ||
The Complete Season 3 Collection |
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125 | 1 |
Singles
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
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US Country [28] |
US [10] |
CAN [31] | ||||
"Over You" | 2012 | 3 | 25 | 15 |
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The Complete Season 3 Collection |
"Are You Happy Now?" | — | 95 | 92 | |||
"Stand" | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | |||
"I'm With You" | — | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | |||
"Stupid Boy" | 4 | 40 | 28 | |||
"Cry" | — | 60 | 53 | |||
"Steve McQueen" (with Blake Shelton) | 42 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
Guest appearances
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Record label |
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2008 | The Cab | Welcome to the New Administration | "Take My Hand Machine Shop Production" | Decaydance |
2009 | The Cab | The Lady Luck EP | "Take My Hand (Remix)" | Decaydance, Fueled By Ramen |
2011 | Vonnegutt | $FREE.99 | "When I Come Around" | Purple Ribbon Records |
Yellowcard | When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Acoustic) | "Hang You Up" | Hopeless | |
It Boys! | Introduction | "Shy" | Hollywood Waste | |
2012 | I See Stars | Digital Renegade | "Electric Forest" | Sumerian |
Yellowcard | Southern Air | "Telescope" | Hopeless | |
All Time Low | Don't Panic and Don't Panic: It's Longer Now! | "Backseat Serenade" (backing vocals) | ||
"So Long, Soldier" (backing vocals) | ||||
I See Stars | The Hardest Mistakes – Single | "The Hardest Mistakes" | Sumerian | |
2015 | Chris Young | I'm Comin' Over | "Think of You" (duet) | RCA Records Nashville |
Other appearances
Year | Song | Album | Record label |
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2014 | "The Animal in Me" (featuring Robin Zander) | Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crue | Big Machine |
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Category | Awards | Result |
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2013 | American Country Awards | New Artist of the Year | Herself | Nominated |
2014 | CMT Music Awards | Female Video of the Year | Wasting All These Tears | |
Breakthrough Video of the Year | Won | |||
American Country Countdown Awards | Female Vocalist of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |
2016 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Country Artist | Herself | Nominated |
2017 | Grammy Award | Best Country Duo/Group Performance (with Chris Young) | Think of You | Nominated |
2018 | Taste of Country Fan Choice Awards | Top Indie Artist of 2018 | Herself | Won |
Tours
- Headlining
- Solo Acoustic Tour (2012) with Stephen Jerzak, Justin Young, and Darling Parade
- CMT Next Women of Country Tour (2019) with Clare Dunn and Hannah Ellis
- Supporting
- Live & Loud Tour (2013) with Rascal Flatts & The Band Perry
- Crop Circles and Tractor Beams Tour (2014) with Dean Brody
- Sundown Heaven Town Tour (2014) with Tim McGraw & Kip Moore
- Riser Tour (2014) with Dierks Bentley & Randy Houser
- Southern Style Tour (2015) with Darius Rucker & David Nail
- I'm Comin' Over World Tour (2016) with Chris Young
- GIRL: The World Tour (2019) with Maren Morris
Notes
- Stages did not enter the Billboard 200, but did chart at number 81 on the Top Album Sales component chart that tracks physical and digital albums sales.[24]
- Rise and Shine did not enter the Billboard 200, but did chart at number 82 on the Current Album Sales component chart that tracks physical and digital albums sales of all non-catalog albums.[26]
- "Champagne" did not enter the Hot Country Songs, but did chart at number 43 on the Country Digital Song Sales component chart that tracks the top downloaded country songs based on Nielsen SoundScan sales data.[43]
- "Stand" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension.[49]
- "I'm With You" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension.[49]
References
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- Kara Warner (December 19, 2012). "Cassadee Pope: Before She Was 'The Voice' – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "Hey Monday Bio". AllMusic.
- Jessen, Wade (Oct 26, 2013). "Pope, Rogers Debut". ProQues. Retrieved Feb 14, 2016.
- Hey Monday Announce Hiatus Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Livemusicguide.com. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
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- "Cassadee Pope Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- Thompson, Gayle (August 9, 2013). "Cassadee Pope Documentary Series Premiering in October". The Boot. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- "Mötley Crüe, Various – Nashville Outlaws (A Tribute To Mötley Crüe)". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- Kimble, Lindsay (February 1, 2017). "Cassadee Pope Is Engaged to All Time Low Drummer Rian Dawson — See Her Ring!". People. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- Chiu, Melody (July 12, 2017). "Cassadee Pope and Rian Dawson End Their Engagement". People. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- Mizoguchi, Karen (March 29, 2018). "Cassadee Pope Talks 'Super Easy Breezy' Romance with Sam Palladio — and Their Paw-fect First Date". People. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- Carballo, Charlie (5 June 2019). "CMT Music Awards 2019 Celebrity Red Carpet Arrivals". Footwear News. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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- Peak positions on UK Country Artists Albums chart:
- Frame by Frame: "Official Country Artist Albums Chart Top 20 (25 May 2014 - 31 May 2014)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- Rise and Shine: "Official Country Artist Albums Chart Top 20 (21 August 2020 - 27 August 2020)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- Matt Bjorke (August 13, 2014). "Country Album Sales Report – August 13, 2014". Roughstock. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. sales figures given in this link here
- "Cassadee Pope Chart History – Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- Bjorke, Matt (February 20, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: February 20, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- "Cassadee Pope Chart History – Current Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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- Matt Bjorke (March 26, 2014). "Country Chart News – The Top 30 Digital Singles – March 26, 2014: Florida Georgia Line #1, Luke Bryan, Dan+Shay, Jerrod Niemann, and Scotty McCreery Notables This Week". Roughstock. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014.
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- Matt Bjorke (July 30, 2014). "The Top 30 Digital Singles – July 30, 2014". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- http://www.roughstock.com, Roughstock -. "The Top 30 Digital Singles: December 14, 2015 | RoughStock". RoughStock. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
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- "Cassadee Pope - I've Been Good". Daily Play MPE. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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- "Think of You (Duet with Cassadee Pope) – Chris Young". Vevo. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Jermaine Paul |
The Voice (American) Winner 2012 (Fall) |
Succeeded by Danielle Bradbery |
Preceded by "I Believe I Can Fly" |
The Voice (American) Winner's song "Cry" 2012 (Fall) |
Succeeded by Born To Fly |