Kane Brown named grand marshal of the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway
Five-time American Music Award winner Kane Brown will serve as grand marshal for the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on June 26.
Brown, known for the chart-topping hits “One Mississippi,” and “Be Like That”, as well his latest hit “Like I Love Country Music," will give NASCAR’s top drivers the command to start their engines before the 4 p.m. CT race.
Brown, a Chattanooga native, was recently named to the Time100 Most Influential People in the World List.
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“We can’t wait to welcome Kane Brown to Nashville Superspeedway next month as part of our celebration around the Ally 400,” Nashville Superspeedway president Erik Moses said. “As Middle Tennessee’s home for NASCAR racing and entertainment, we are thrilled to be able to host America’s top drivers and top entertainers at the same time."
In 2017, Brown became the first artist to lead all five of Billboard’s main country charts simultaneously and has gone on to amass seven No. 1 hits on country radio, including the seven-time platinum hits “Heaven” and “What Ifs.”
One of Brown’s most impactful collaborations is “Famous Friends” with Chris Young, which became Billboard’s 2021 year-end No. 1 Country Airplay Song. It remained in the top f of Billboard’s airplay chart for 15 weeks.
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Last summer, Brown and Young won the “Collaborative Video of the Year” for “Famous Friends” at the 2021 CMT Music Awards.
Brown recently announced his latest international tour, “Drunk or Dreaming,” which will be September-January, with stops in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands and Germany.
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