| Carter Faith | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Carter Faith Jones | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 14 June 2000 | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2018–present | ||||||||||
| Genre: | Country music | ||||||||||
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Carter Faith Jones[1] (born June 14, 2000), known professionally as Carter Faith, is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released two EPs, "Let Love Be Love" and "Man".
Faith is a native of Davidson, North Carolina.[2] [3] [4] She has an older sister and a younger brother, Griffin Jones, who is also a musical artist; he uses the stage name Grifdorf.[5] Her father is a lawyer who represented Peter Angelos, majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles.[6]
Although she grew up in a non-musical family, at a young age, she was inspired by her grandfather's country music cassette tapes. She taught herself piano and guitar and at age 16, she began writing lyrics, inspired by the end of a relationship. She attended Grammy Camp in Nashville where she performed at the Bluebird Café and was a featured performer in the 2016 Thanksgiving Day Parade in Charlotte.[7] In June 2018, she graduated from Cannon School.[8] In the fall of 2018, she enrolled in a songwriting program at Belmont University.[9] In September 2018, she sang The Star-Spangled Banner at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.[1] In 2019, she signed with Pound It Out Loud Entertainment. Faith's first song titled "Leaving Tennessee" debuted in July 2020, and was followed by "Sinners in a Small Town" and "Easy Pill" later that year. In October 2020, she signed an artist development deal with Altadena, a record company founded by busbee.[10] "The Dusk Session", which included acoustic versions of "Easy Pill" and "Leaving Tennessee", was released in April 2021. In July 2021, she made her first performance at the Ryman Auditorium.[11] On August 20, 2021, she released her debut EP Let Love Be Love.[4] [12] In September 2021, she was the opening act for The Avett Brothers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.[9] She graduated from Belmont University in December 2021.[13]
In March 2022, she signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Group Nashville.[14] Also in March 2022, she was named Country Rookie of the Month by Billboard.[13]
In June 2022, she made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.[15]
In November 2022, she released the single "Already Crazy", which she co-wrote with Tofer Brown and Lauren Hungate.[16]
Faith is based in Nashville and is a part of the Song Suffragettes.[17]