5 Reasons Scotty McCreery's Doing Everything Right

Scotty McCreery won season 10 of "American Idol," but he's a winner in more ways than one. The 18-year-old Garner, North Carolina native's first country album, "Clear as Day," shot to the top of the Billboard charts. The cute country singer is the youngest male artist to see a debut release open in the No. 1 spot. In addition, no other country artist this year has seen album sales rank as high in the first week.

"I feel on top of the world," said Scotty. "It's been a pretty wild last nine months."

There are plenty of talented singers, but to make it in the industry you have to possess more than that. There are at least five reasons why McCreery is doing everything right.

He puts his faith in a higher power

It seems the country singer always mentions his faith when he's doing interviews. In fact, the Christian wears a bracelet that says "I am second" in obedience to God. "I'm just taking it all in and enjoying life and thanking God for everything he's been giving me because this has truly been a blessing to be able to do this," said the season 10 winner.

Whether a person is Christian, Buddhist, or some other faith, absorbing the positive wisdom of a higher power has proven to help make it in life.

He's humble and hardworking 

Even though the Garner native won "Idol," he's under no illusions that it will be a piece of cake from here on out. He knows there's a lot of hard work ahead, despite the fact that he's gotten the attention of the big country names, such as Brad Paisley who asked the young artist to tour with him. 

"I've gotta put in the work like those guys did, and hopefully one day I can be like them and be around in20 years still making music," said Scotty. "That's the ultimate goal. It's a long process. There's a lot of work that goes into that."

He puts school first

One would think that a winner of the most popular reality music show would have no interest in college. Not McCreery. He plans to attend college after graduation.

"We're looking to apply to some schools coming up pretty soon. We're looking at some different options and different schools out there. After high school, I'll still be working and making music, but I'll be in college as well," says the famous high school student.

He doesn't get into trouble

When it comes to the "Clear as Day" singer's track record - it's squeaky clean. There is no scandal in the young singer's life.

He's focused on one type of music

Like fellow "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood, Scotty chose to focus on his first love - country music. Randy Jackson, the only original judge on "American Idol," would say that's a smart move. He feels that Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry have done a better job than Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.

"You're not going, 'Well, I could be a painter, but I want to drive race cars. But I can do R&B, pop, jazz soul ... Maybe I think I'm more like Bono, but I could be more like Sting. But I'm gonna be like Lady Gaga, but I'm kind of like Justin Hawkins from the Darkness.' You can't be five people. You can only be one, and we have to make that choice," said Jackson.


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