RECORDS/Arista Nashville recording artist Matt Stell will perform his Top 15 and rising single "Prayed For You" during a special episode of ABC's summer reality series, Bachelor in Paradise. Filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Stell's romantic performance takes place as Bachelor in Paradise alums Krystal Neilson and Chris Randone say "I DO!" in front of Bachelor in Paradise hopefuls and other friends of the franchise. The episode is scheduled to air Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at 8/7c on ABC.
fter playing college basketball for Drury University for four years, breakthrough country artist Matt Stell stood at a crossroads. One road led to Cambridge, MA where Stell was accepted into Harvard University's Extension School Pre-Med program. The other road pointed toward Nashville and a career in country music. Stell made the choice to follow his dreams of writing and performing. The 6'7" Center Ridge, Arkansas native and self-taught vocalist and guitar-player made the move to Music City in 2014, landing a publishing and management deal with Wide Open Music and a record deal with music industry powerhouse Barry Weiss's RECORDS/Arista Nashville. His debut single, "Prayed For You," written by Stell along with Ash Bowers and Alison Veltz, has already amassed over 68 million digital streams, making waves on Billboard's Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs Charts and spinning on SiriusXM's The Highway in addition to having been featured on Spotify's Hot Country, New Boots, Wild Country, and Country Kind Of Love Playlists, Amazon's "The Weekly One," and Apple's A-List Country Playlist. The CMT Discovery Artist and Taste of Country Ones To Watch artist's official music video for "Prayed For You" premiered via People, has racked up over 6 million views! "Prayed For You" along with "Home In A Hometown," a collaboration with Jimmie Allen, can be found on Stell's just-released EP, Everywhere But On. Catch Matt on tour this summer at a number of major country music festivals, including Faster Horses, LakeShake, Oregon Jamboree and Watershed, before he joins Chris Young's "Raised On Country World Tour 2019" for 19 arena and amphitheater dates from September 26 through November 23.
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