Chart-topping, platinum-selling recording artist and current Best New Artist of the Year (all-genre) GRAMMY nominee Jimmie Allenâs dynamic album Bettie James Gold Edition will be available to purchase on CD from 21 January, 2022, and is now available to pre-order here.
Released to stream/download earlier this year, the 16-track album doubles down on Allenâs expansive love for music across genres, with nine collaborations in addition to the seven previously featured on his critically acclaimed July 2020 project Bettie James, named in homage to Allenâs late father, James Allen, and late grandmother, Bettie Snead.
Featured artists on Bettie James Gold Edition include Nelly, Keith Urban, Babyface, BRELAND, Keith Urban, LANCO, Mickey Guyton, Lindsay Ell, Little Big Town, Monica, Darius Rucker, Charley Pride, Noah Cyrus, Tim McGraw Pitbull, teamwork. and Vikina.
The album includes the current US Top 10 chart-climbing single with Brad Paisley, âFreedom Was a Highway,â which Allen performed on The Late Late Show With James Corden.
âWhen it comes to music I love, I donât really get wrapped up in boundaries or genres. I thought we were gonna stop with the collaborations with Bettie James, and then I was like man, thereâs so much music out there that I love, so many artists that I love, and I just wasnât done,â Allen says of the impetus for Bettie James Gold Edition. âThereâs some Pop, thereâs some Rock, thereâs some Country, thereâs some R&B. I got a chance to work with legends! When I was writing some of the songs, I was trying to picture each moment. I went to each artist to work with them so they could be who they are on the song and bring their greatness to the song â I feel like thatâs what makes the songs better. Iâm super proud of the body of work of this album.â
The physical release of Bettie James Gold Edition in 2022 will follow a monumental 2021 for Allen, which saw him publish his first childrenâs book My Voice Is a Trumpet, take home the trophy for New Male Artist of the Year at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards and New Artist of the Year at the 55th Annual CMA Awards, receive his first GRAMMY nomination, hit the road with country superstar Brad Paisley, serve as Executive Music Producer for the Netflix series Titletown High, perform at the Kennedy Center Honors in tribute to Garth Brooks, appear on Elton Johnâs newest album The Lockdown Sessions with the track ‘Beauty In The Bones,’ and make it to the quarterfinals on Dancing with the Stars (US), among other professional highlights.Â
Bettie James Gold Edition Track List:
1. Â Â âGet Countryâ â Jimmie Allen, LOCASH
2. Â Â âHome Sweet Hometownâ â Jimmie Allen, LANCO
3. Â Â âFlavor (feat. Vikina)â â Jimmie Allen, Pitbull, teamwork.
4. Â Â âSomebodyâ â Jimmie Allen, BRELAND, Lathan Warlick
5. Â Â âPrayâ â Jimmie Allen, Monica, Little Big Town
6. Â Â âBoy Gets A Truckâ â Jimmie Allen, Keith Urban
7. Â Â âLivinâ Manâ â Jimmie Allen, Neon Union
8. Â Â âTequila Talkinââ â Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell, teamwork.
9. Â Â âForeverâ â Jimmie Allen, Babyface
10. Â âGood Times Rollâ â Jimmie Allen, Nelly
11. Â âDrunk & I Miss Youâ â Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton
12. Â âMade For Theseâ â Jimmie Allen, Tim McGraw
13. Â âFreedom Was A Highwayâ â Jimmie Allen, Brad Paisley
14. Â âWhy Things Happenâ â Jimmie Allen, Darius Rucker, Charley Pride
15. Â âWhen This Is Over (feat. The Oak Ridge Boys)â â Jimmie Allen, Tauren Wells, Rita Wilson
16. Â âThis Is Usâ â Jimmie Allen, Noah Cyrus
Allen was featured on BBC Radio Two and BBC Fourâs CMA Country Christmas on the 23rd and 24th December and celebrated Christmas from one of his favorite places â Walt Disney World Resort â where he performed his rendition of âWhite Christmasâ for the beloved Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade.