Moore began performing during his junior year of high school. After graduating, he joined his uncle's Southern rock band and moved to
Nashville, Tennessee, in 2002. It reached number 38 on the US
Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He continued working on his debut album, which was part of a special promotion called "So You Want to Be a Record Label Executive". This promotion placed his music on social networking sites such as
MySpace and
iLike, where fans were allowed to create playlists comprising ten of his songs; the top 10 songs picked were then included on the final album. His next single, "
Small Town USA". entered the charts in February 2009, This album debuted at number 3 on the
Top Country Albums chart. He promoted the single and album on a "Small Town USA" tour which began in his hometown of Poyen, Arkansas, and included several stops in small towns, as well as acoustic shows at
Walmart stores. Later in the month, he entered the studio to begin recording his third studio album. The album's first single, "
Point at You", was released on March 18, 2013. It peaked at number 2 on the Country Airplay chart in October 2013. The album, entitled
Off the Beaten Path, was released on September 17, 2013. The album's second single, "
Lettin' the Night Roll", was released on October 21, 2013, and became his fourth number one single on the Country Airplay chart in July 2014. After that single's release, Moore sang guest vocals along with
Thomas Rhett on
Brantley Gilbert's 2014 single "
Small Town Throwdown". Just like Moore himself, Rhett and Gilbert are also signed to Valory. Later, he recorded a cover of
Mötley Crüe's "
Home Sweet Home" as a duet with the band's lead singer
Vince Neil. This song is featured on the multi-artist tribute album
Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe, which was released by Big Machine on August 19, 2014. A third single from
Off the Beaten Path, "
This Kind of Town", was released on October 20, 2014.
2015–2020: ''Kinda Don't Care and Late Nights and Longnecks'' Moore's fourth album, ''
Kinda Don't Care'', was released in August 2016. Its lead single is "
You Look Like I Need a Drink", which became another No. 1 single on the Country Airplay charts in late 2016. In October 2016, the second single from the album, "
Somebody Else Will" was released. It became Moore's sixth number 1 hit on the Country Airplay charts. On September 18, 2017, the
title track was released as the third and final single. The album includes Moore's second collaboration with Brantley Gilbert, following "Small Town Throwdown", titled "More Middle Fingers". ''Kinda Don't Care'' reached number 1 on the U.S.
Top Country Albums chart and peaked at number 4 on the U.S.
Billboard 200. Moore announced his fifth album,
Late Nights and Longnecks, in February 2019. Its lead single is "
The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home", which became Moore's seventh number 1 on the Country Airplay chart. Its second single, "Why We Drink", was released to radio on September 30, 2019. It became Moore's eighth number 1 on the Country Airplay charts.
Late Nights and Longnecks debuted at number 2 on the US Top Country Albums chart. A deluxe edition was released, containing three additional songs.
2021–2023: Straight Outta the Country and Stray Dog Moore announced his sixth album
Straight Outta the Country on March 25, 2021. The lead single is "
We Didn't Have Much", which became Moore's ninth number 1 on the Country Airplay charts. The album was released on April 23. The album peaked at number 28 on the Top Country Albums chart. On February 23, 2023, Moore announced his seventh album
Stray Dog, which was released on May 5, 2023. The album's lead single, "
With A Woman You Love" was released on October 1, 2021. It would become Moore's tenth No. 1 hit on the Country Airplay charts. The second single, "
You, Me, & Whiskey", a duet with
Priscilla Block, was released a year later on October 7, 2022. It peaked at number 3 on the Country Airplay chart, and number 2 on the Canada Country chart.
2023–present: This Is My Dirt On November 17, 2023, Moore released "
This Is My Dirt" as the lead single from his upcoming eighth studio album. The first promotional single, "Put a Boot in It", was released in July 2024. On August 16, 2024, Moore announced his eighth studio album,
This Is My Dirt, which was released on October 11, alongside the second promotional single, "The Worst", featuring
Randy Houser. In August 2024, Moore was featured on the song "Dirty Money", the third promotional single from Brantley Gilbert's seventh studio album,
Tattoos. This is the third collaboration between Moore and Gilbert, following "Small Town Throwdown" and "More Middle Fingers". ==Awards and nominations==