John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American
country music artist. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who is one-half of the country duo
Montgomery Gentry, before beginning his major-label solo career in 1992. He has had more than thirty singles on the
Billboard country charts, of which seven have reached number 1: "
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". Thirteen more have reached the top 10. "I Swear" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" were named by
Billboard as
the top country songs of 1994 and 1995, respectively. Montgomery's recordings of "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" were both released concurrently with cover versions by the
rhythm and blues group
All-4-One. 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.