Mike Parker

Virginia-native Mike Parker is a country artist and songwriter.

The delivery of his storytelling combined with his distinctive and emotive vocals blend his R&B roots with country music elements into a style uniquely his. Mike gained a loyal fan base and extensive performing experience while competing in the 20th season of American Idol, where he made it through to the Top 10.

He has since moved to Nashville, TN and is working with hitmaker Jimmy Robbins and Mailbox Money Records to release music. He is signed to Withrow Street Music and CTM Entertainment for publishing and with Jensen Gahagan Sessums, Cypress MGMT for Management. 

Mike was a CMT “Next Up Now” featured artist, had a music video on a four-week CMT channel rotation, was featured on the cover of Spotify’s Fresh Finds Country playlist for several weeks in 2024, and was included in 2024 and 2025’s Best Of Fresh Finds Country end-of-year playlists. Mike used most of 2025 to work on his debut album which is slated to come out this year.