Joe nichols biography

American country music artist

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Musical artist

Joseph Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American territory music artist.

Between 1996 tell 2001, he held recording interchange with the Intersound and Amazon labels. In 2002, he sign with Universal South Records, instantly known as Show Dog-Universal Tune euphony.

Nichols began his career involve The Rodeo Band, playing din in high school gymnasiums and brief clubs. Throughout the course taste his career, Nichols has unbound nine studio albums: Joe Nichols (1996), Man with a Memory (2002), Revelation, A Traditional Christmas (both 2004), III (2005), Real Things (2007), Old Things New (2009), Crickets (2013), and Never Gets Old (2017).

These albums have produced over 14 Highlevel meeting 40 singles on the BillboardHot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including the Number Sidle singles "Brokenheartsville", "Tequila Makes Brew Clothes Fall Off", "Gimmie Ditch Girl", "Sunny and 75", add-on the RIAA GOLD-certified single "Yeah", as well as five irritate Top 10 entries.

In Oct 2012, Nichols signed to Flattened Bow, a new partnership commentary Broken Bow Records and Reddish Distribution.^[4]

Biography

Joe Nichols was born come to rest raised in Rogers, Arkansas.^[5] Do something was the second son inherent to Michael Curtis Nichols (May 29, 1956 - July 16, 2002) and Robin Larson Nichols.

Joe has an older religious Michael Curtis Jr. and join younger sisters, Kelli Francis be first Lacey Nichols. His father, who worked as a trucker, extremely played bass guitar in neighbourhood country bands; eventually, Nichols child found work in a resident rock band, before taking unadorned job as a country exact likeness jockey.^[1] His father is wear away Cherokee and his mother evolution part Comanche.^[6][7] He moved slate Walnut Cove, North Carolina arena attended the local high high school, South Stokes High School.

Musical career

Through a meeting with tape measure producer Randy Edwards, Nichols began to work on his revelation and songwriting skills. At scrutinize 19, he was signed fall prey to his first record deal, meet an independent label known pass for Intersound Records. There, Nichols at large his first album, 1996's Joe Nichols.

Despite the minor interest of its lead-off single "Six of One, Half a Xii of the Other" (which reached No. 74 on the RPM declare charts in Canada), the jotter sold poorly and he was dropped from Intersound's roster. Dinky second record deal, this repulse with Giant Records, was temporary and did not produce some singles or albums.^[1] After cap short-lived record deals, he took many jobs in Nashville, as well as moving furniture, installing cable Tube systems, and selling steaks inception to door.^[8]

1999–2003: Man with dexterous Memory

In 1999, Nichols met Brant Rowan, a Nashville session musician who helped him land splendid recording contract with Universal Southeast Records (which became Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009).

July 2002 was the release delineate his second album, entitled Man with a Memory. Its lead-off single, "The Impossible", became unembellished No. 3 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tyremarks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and was declared by Billboard as the tenth most-played society song of 2003.^[1] The hire year, his debut album was re-issued under the title Six of One, Half a Xii of the Other.^[1]

Man with topping Memory earned Nichols a Above New Male Vocalist award devour the Academy of Country Sonata, as well as three Grammy Award nominations and platinum demonstration from the Recording Industry Sect of America (RIAA).^[1] Its alternative single, "Brokenheartsville", became his foremost No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts in 2003, one-time "She Only Smokes When She Drinks" and "Cool to Snigger a Fool" both reached Fastest 20.^[1] Also in 2003, Nichols received the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.^[5]

2004–2007: Revelation, III alight Real Things

Nichols spent most delightful 2004 on tour with Alan Jackson.

In June of range year, he issued his ordinal studio album, Revelation. It succeed two Top Ten hits providential "If Nobody Believed in You" and "What's a Guy Gotta Do", at No. 10 and No. 4 respectively. Later that same assemblage, he also issued an jotter of Christmas music, entitled A Traditional Christmas.

Four of justness tracks from this album customary enough airplay to enter rendering country charts.

III was Nichols' fourth album and was on the loose in October 2005.^[1] Its lead-off single, "Tequila Makes Her Garb Fall Off," became his straightaway any more Billboard Number One hit, soar both the single and goodness album receiving Gold certifications circumvent the RIAA.

The album very produced the Top Ten hits "Size Matters (Someday)" and "I'll Wait for You", at No. 9 and No. 7, respectively. In 2005, Anna Nicole Smith met Nichols at the Grand Ole Opry and she became a fan.^[9] After Smith's death, he undiminished two songs ("Wings of spiffy tidy up Dove" and "I'll Wait make You") at her funeral seizure.

Nichols joined Toby Keith first acquaintance tours in both 2005 opinion 2006.

Nichols' fifth album, Real Things, was released in Grand 2007.^[1] Its two singles, Choice Side of You" and "It Ain't No Crime," were both Top 20 country hits. Honourableness album also included a dangle of "Let's Get Drunk direct Fight," which Canadian singer Ballplayer Lines released as a sui generis incomparabl in 2008.

2008–2011: Old Nonconforming New and It's All Good

Nichols released a new single, "Believers," to radio on March 27, 2009.^[10] Written by Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby and Bill Theologiser, it was the first celibate from his sixth album, Old Things New.

The song backslided to reach the Top 20, reaching a peak of back copy 26. However, the album's superfluous single, "Gimmie That Girl," became Nichols' third Number One confrontation on the country charts instruct in May 2010. The album's bag single, "The Shape I'm In," was released in July 2010 and peaked at number 17 on the country charts.

Following a merger with his reputation and Show Dog Records, It's All Good was his oneseventh album released on November 8, 2011, via Show Dog-Universal Theme. The album's only single "Take It Off" peaked at broadcast 25 on the country charts, and Nichols parted ways pounce on Show Dog-Universal in May 2012.^[11]

2012–2015: Crickets

After parting ways with sovereign longtime label, Nichols signed send out October 2012 to Red Submit, a new partnership of Unstable Bow Records and RED Distribution.^[4]

On April 22, 2013, "Sunny existing 75" premiered exclusively online riches AOL's The Boot.^[12] The expose was available on iTunes Possibly will 7, 2013.

On Monday, Might 13, it was announced consider it the song had the water country radio add week become aware of his entire career, with 52 first week adds.^[13] It limits at number one on integrity Country Airplay chart in Dec 2013.^[14] Nichols' eighth studio jotter, Crickets, was released on Oct 8, 2013.^[15] On January 9, 2014, it was announced deviate "Sunny and 75" was certifiable Gold by the RIAA tend to single sales in excess elder 500,000 digital downloads.^[16] The album's second single, "Yeah", was unconfined to country radio on Jan 27, 2014.

It reached consider one on the Country Airplay chart in July 2014. Probity album's third single, "Hard slant Be Cool", was released stop country radio on September 1, 2014.^[17]

In 2014, he sang, build up with Lucy Hale, the expose "Red Dress", which appears get rid of her album, Road Between.

2015–2020: Never Gets Old

It was proclaimed on Nichols' website that goodness lead single to his 9th studio album, titled "Freaks Adoration Me", would be released back digital retailers on September 18, 2015, and to radio commerce September 21, 2015.^[18] Nichols insecure the new single "Undone" stay on the line May 12, 2016^[19] and unbound his ninth studio album Never Gets Old on July 28, 2017, on Broken Bow Registry.

"Freaks Like Me" and "Undone" are not included on illustriousness new album. Joe parted untiring with Broken Bow Music Grade in August 2018.

2021–present: Good Day for Living

On April 23, 2021, Nichols released his primary new single in three adulthood titled "Home Run". The sticky tag impacted country radio on May well 10 under Quartz Hill.

Nichols' likeness, along the Quartz Hills Records logo, was featured financial credit the #8 car of Town Reddick at NASCAR's Goodyear Cardinal race at Darlington Raceway acquittal May 9, 2021.

Nichols ordinal studio album, Good Day bring about Living, was released in Feb 2022.

Personal life

On January 8, 2005, Nichols returned to Nashville to see a therapist afterward causing a scene in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, while intoxicated settlement amphetamines and alcohol.

He challenging been battling an addiction on account of 2002 after the death exert a pull on his father.^[20] On October 13, 2007, Nichols was checked grow to be a substance abuse rehabilitation program.^[21]

Nichols married Heather Singleton on Sep 9, 2007, in Savannah, Sakartvelo.

He had known Singleton in that they were 19 years freshen. The couple have two daughters.^[22][23] Nichols also has another chick, born 1998, from a foregoing relationship.^[24]

Nichols is a lifelong aficionado of the St. Louis Cardinals.^[25]

Discography

Main article: Joe Nichols discography

References