Walt Disney Records:
Biography of Bryan White
Bryan White sings "When You Wish Upon a Star," from Pinocchio. White, whose self-titled debut album is nearly platinum, is currently promoting his recent release, Between Now and Forever.
White's rise from obscurity took place during one 12-month timespan -- "Eugene You Genius" cracked the Top 40 in late 1994; "Look at Me Now" ascended into the Top 20 at the dawn of 1993; White's performance at the influential Country Radio Seminar made him the talk of the industry that spring; "Someone Else's Star" hit No. 1 as summer became fall; Bryan White became gold by the holiday season; and "Rebecca Lynn" became the first #1 country hit of 1996.
Along the way, White co-wrote Sawyer Brown's smash hit "I Don't Believe In Goodbye," picked up a Country Music Television award as the Rising Video Star of the Year, and was nominated as one of the top five male newcomers by the TNN Music City News Country Awards.
Within three months of the 18-year-old's arrival in Music City in 1992, he had a staff songwriter's job and artist management deal with Glen Campbell Music and GC Management respectively, the same companies that launched Alan Jackson's career. Everything fell into place when he was signed to Asylum Records in 1994. Asylum President Kyle Lenning and Billy Joe Walker Jr., who produced White's first album, collaborated again on Between Now and Forever.