Chapter 1 (EP)

Chapter 1 is the second extended play (EP) by American country music singer Kane Brown who is signed with Sony Music Nashville in early 2016.[2] The five-song EP was released on March 18, 2016, as his first EP with the Sony label[3] although he had an earlier independently released EP on his own label titled Closer. Chapter 1 is considered a prelude to his debut studio album which was released later in 2016.

Chapter 1
EP by Kane Brown
Released	March 18, 2016[1]
Genre	Country pop
Length	14:44
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Matthew McVaney
Kane Brown chronology
Closer (2015) Chapter 1 (2016) Kane Brown (2016)
Singles from Closer
"Used to Love You Sober" Released: October 21, 2015

Brown co-wrote four of the five tracks on the EP with co-writers including Chris Young, Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge. The EP's lead single, "Used to Love You Sober" is Brown's first official single, although he had released "Don't Go City on Me" single independently. Both the EP and the single "Used to Love You Sober" were great commercial successes.

Reception

The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, and number three on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 23,000 copies in the first week.[4] The album has sold 89,800 copies in the United States as of September 2017.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wide Open"	Kane Brown Corey Crowder Justin Lantz	3:05
2.	"Used to Love You Sober"	Brown Josh Hoge Matthew McVaney	3:01
3.	"Last Minute Late Night"	Ben Caver Crowder Matt McGinn	2:54
4.	"Excuses"	Brown Hoge McVaney	3:01
5.	"There Goes My Everything"	Brown Hoge McVaney Chris Young	2:43

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic[6]

• Kane Brown - lead vocals
• Corey Crowder - keyboards, programming, background vocals
• Matthew McVaney - banjo, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, six-string banjo, string instrument, background vocals
• Danny Rader - bouzouki, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
• F. Reid Shippen - percussion, programming

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 28 US Billboard 200[8] 9 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] 43

References

1. "Chapter 1 - EP by Kane Brown on iTunes". ITunes. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
2. "Kane Brown to Release EP Chapter 1 on March 18". Sony Music Nashville. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
3. TheBoot.com: Kane Brown Announces Debut EP, 'Chapter 1'
4. Asker, Jim (March 29, 2016). "Cole Swindell's 'You Should Be Here' Tops Two Country Charts". Billboard.
5. Bjorke, Matt (September 6, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: September 5, 2017". Roughstock.
6. "Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
7. "Kane Brown Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
8. "Kane Brown Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
9. "Kane Brown Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2020.