Kameron Marlowe Artistfacts

June 20, 1997
Kameron Marlowe joins Alanis Morissette, Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson on the list of TV singing competition contestants who lost but still made it in the industry. He was a contestant on The Voice in 2018 and was eliminated before the finals. (Morissette lost on Star Search; Daughtry and Hudson on American Idol.)
Marlowe was able to turn heartbreak into a hit on "Giving You Up," one of the first songs he wrote. The song is about his split with the girl he wanted to marry. He wrote the song to sort out his feelings, but when he posted it on streaming services in 2019, it connected with listeners and led to a record deal with Sony Music Nashville, which in 2020 released it as his first single.
Marlowe comes from a close-knit, working-class family. His grandfather, who took him hunting and fishing, was a major musical influence, introducing him to country music. When his mother suffered a serious back injury and could no longer work, Kameron left college to help support the family by working at General Motors.
When he was on The Voice in 2018 it was big news in his hometown of Kannapolis, North Carolina, a city of about 60,000 where he worked in the parts department at a local car dealership. He became a popular concert draw in the area, playing places like breweries, bars and nearby festivals.
Marlowe wasn't one of those singers that started writing songs when he was 12; it's a skill he learned after his time on The Voice when he started spending time in Nashville and got to work with seasoned songwriters. "I began to figure out who I was as an artist and what I wanted to say in my songs," he told Country Now.
His breakthrough came in 2020 at the start of the Pandemic. Fortunately, he had the videos for "Giving You Up" and "Burn 'Em All" in the can, but he had to adapt to writing and recording songs remotely, and to doing livestream concerts.
His first night as the opening act on Morgan Wallen's Dangerous Tour - July 21, 2022 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania - Kameron Marlowe fell off the stage, landing awkwardly in the pit. He was OK and even posted the video on Instagram, which Wallen also posted with the message "welcome to the tour bub."
Kameron Marlowe and Meagan Bennington first met at Whiskey Jam in Nashville in 2019, introduced by his manager. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, their connection developed from friendship into a romantic relationship. The couple tied the knot at The Meadows on Rock Creek in Philipsburg, Montana, on June 27, 2025.

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