John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Active from 1992 to 2025, he has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts. This total includes seven number-one singles: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", and "The Little Girl". Several of Montgomery's singles crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, his highest peak there having been achieved by "Letters from Home" in 2004. "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both covered by All-4-One, while "I Love the Way You Love Me" was covered by Boyzone.
Montgomery has released ten studio albums. His first seven were released via Atlantic Records Nashville, and his next two via parent company Warner Records Nashville after Atlantic closed its country division in 2001. After exiting that label, he released one album for his own Stringtown label in 2008. His first three albums, Life's a Dance (1992), Kickin' It Up (1994), and John Michael Montgomery (1995) are all certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1996's What I Do the Best is certified platinum; while Leave a Mark (1998) and Brand New Me (2000) are certified gold. Montgomery's musical style includes a mix of ballads and up-tempo country rock material, and he has seen mixed to positive critical reception. Many critics have compared his musical image to that of Garth Brooks. Montgomery's brother, Eddie Montgomery, founded the duo Montgomery Gentry in the late 1990s; his nephew Dillon Carmichael and son-in-law Travis Denning are also country music singers.
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