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Josh Thompson (singer)

{{short description|American country singer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Josh Thompson

| image = JoshThompson.jpg

|caption=Thompson in 2010

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name =

| birth_place =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|23}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/03/10/josh-thompson-gets-personal-on-way-out-here/ |title=Josh Thompson gets personal on 'Way Out Here' | Tune in Music City | the Tennessean |website=blogs.tennessean.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707055521/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/03/10/josh-thompson-gets-personal-on-way-out-here/ |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| origin = Cedarburg, Wisconsin, U.S.

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Columbia Nashville
RCA Nashville
Show Dog-Universal Music

| associated_acts = Jason Aldean

| website =

}}

Josh Thompson (born January 23, 1978) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released two studio albums: Way Out Here for Columbia Records Nashville, and Turn It Up for Show Dog-Universal Music, and has charted six singles on Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay, the highest-peaking being "Way Out Here" at No. 15. Thompson has also written songs for Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Brett Young, Morgan Wallen and Darius Rucker.

Early life

Thompson was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He worked in construction starting at age twelve.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p2062834|pure_url=yes}}|title=Josh Thompson biography|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|work=Allmusic|access-date=April 12, 2010}} As a young adult, he took a nature course in the Nicolet National Forest.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1635641/josh-thompson-cracks-open-a-cold-one-with-way-out-here.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606090156/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1635641/josh-thompson-cracks-open-a-cold-one-with-way-out-here.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2011|title=Josh Thompson Cracks Open a Cold One With Way Out Here|last=Self|first=Whitney|date=April 7, 2010|work=CMT|access-date=April 12, 2010}}

Career

=2009–2012: ''Way Out Here'' and ''Change''=

Thompson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2005. He worked as a songwriter, with his first cut being the title track to Jason Michael Carroll's album Growing Up Is Getting Old.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2009/07/on-the-rise-david-nail-the-parks-josh-thompson/|title=New Artists Now|first=Sarah|last=Saktes|date=July 1, 2009|work=Music Row|access-date=October 4, 2009}} By 2009, Thompson had signed to Columbia Records' Nashville division. He released his debut single "Beer on the Table" in late 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.columbianashville.com/pressreleases/details.cfm?artistid=1000043&pressid=1000715|title=Josh Thompson|work=Sony BMG Nashville|access-date=October 4, 2009}} and it debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending August 15, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1617880/darius-rucker-claims-no-1-song-spot-with-alright.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812074200/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1617880/darius-rucker-claims-no-1-song-spot-with-alright.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2009 |title=Darius Rucker Claims No. 1 Song Spot With "Alright" |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=August 8, 2009 |access-date=October 30, 2009 |work=CMT.com}} This song was followed by a four-song digital extended play which included that song and three other tracks.{{cite web|url=http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2010/02/24/new-artist-spotlight-josh-thompson/|title=New Artist Spotlight: Josh Thompson|last=Doerschuk|first=Bob|date=February 24, 2010|work=Great American Country|access-date=April 12, 2010}}

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Way Out Here, his debut album, was released in February 2010 under the production of Michael Knox.{{cite journal|first=Chris|last=Neal|date=October 12, 2010|title=Who's New: Josh Thompson|journal=Country Weekly|volume=16|issue=35|page=17|issn=1074-3235}} Thompson wrote or co-wrote every one of the album's ten tracks, and promoted the album at the Northern Lights Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=3822|title=Josh Thompson goes home again|date=February 22, 2010|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=April 12, 2010}}

"Beer on the Table" peaked at number 17 on the country music charts. The album's second single, its title track, was released to radio in March 2010. Besides the two singles, the tracks "Won't Be Lonely Long" and "Blame It on Waylon" were made into music videos. Starting in February 2010, Thompson began touring with Eric Church on a 32-stop tour and was tapped for portions of Brad Paisley's 2010 H2O Tour.{{cite web|url=http://countrymusicchicago.com/2010/07/17/brad-paisley-concert-review/|title=Paisley's walk on water|date=July 17, 2010|work=Country Music Chicago |access-date=January 10, 2011}} The album's third single "Won't Be Lonely Long" released to country radio on November 22, 2010. Thompson also co-wrote "Church Pew or Bar Stool", a song recorded by Jason Aldean on his 2010 album My Kinda Party. In 2011 he co-wrote a song on Brad Paisley's album This Is Country Music the song is entitled "A Man Don't Have to Die".

In August 2011, Thompson and labelmate Miranda Lambert transferred to RCA Nashville as part of a corporate restructuring.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1669904/miranda-lambert-moves-to-rca-nashville.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103204436/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1669904/miranda-lambert-moves-to-rca-nashville.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2011|title=Miranda Lambert Moves to RCA Nashville|date=August 29, 2011|work=CMT|access-date=August 29, 2011}} He released his first RCA Records single, "Comin' Around", in late 2011. However, Thompson parted ways with RCA Nashville in July 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=6526|title=Thompson splits from RCA|date=July 17, 2012|work=Country Standard Time|access-date=July 24, 2012}}

=2013–present: ''Turn It Up''=

In September 2012 it was announced that Thompson had signed a recording contract with Show Dog-Universal Music and will release new music sometime in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/09/17/josh-thompson-record-label/|title=Josh Thompson Signs New Label Deal|last=Duvall|first=Erin|date=September 17, 2012|work=The Boot|access-date=September 18, 2012}} Also in 2013, he co-wrote James Wesley's single "Thank a Farmer" with Dustin Lynch and Steve Bogard.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/1564955/james-wesley-sets-up-debut-album-with-thank-a-farmer|title=James Wesley Sets Up Debut Album With 'Thank a Farmer'|last=Dauphin|first=Chuck|date=May 27, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 23, 2014}}

His first Show Dog single, "Cold Beer with Your Name on It", entered the charts in late 2013 and reached Top 30 on Country Airplay. It is the lead single from his first Show Dog-Universal album, Turn It Up. The album's second single "Wanted Me Gone" was released on April 28, 2014. Thompson parted ways with Show Dog in 2015.

Thompson announced in August 2015 that he would be releasing his unreleased second album for RCA as a pair of extended plays. The first of the two, Change: The Lost Record, Vol. 1, was released in October.{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/josh-thompson-change-the-lost-record-vol-1/ |title=Josh Thompson Announces Release of 'The Lost Record, Vol. 1' |website=Theboot.com |date=August 26, 2015 |access-date=April 23, 2020}} Thompson, along with Deric Ruttan, co-wrote Jason Aldean's number one hit Any Ol' Barstool.

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Sales

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:45px;"| US Country
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=Country Albums C}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Country Albums)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=October 26, 2010}}

! style="width:45px;"| US
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=October 26, 2010}}

scope="row"| Way Out Here

|

| 9

| 28

|

  • US: 152,000
scope="row"| Turn It Up

|

| 7

| 36

|

  • US: 25,000{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2014/07/27399-country-album-sales-report-july-23-2014 |title=Country Album Sales Report: July 23, 2014 |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date=July 23, 2014 |work=Roughstock }}
scope="row"| Change: The Lost Record

|

  • Release date: April 21, 2017
  • Label: Ole
  • Formats: music download

| —

| —

|

colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Sales

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:45px;"| US Country

! style="width:45px;"| US Indie
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=Independent Albums}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Independent Albums)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=October 20, 2015}}

scope="row"| Change: The Lost Record Vol. 1

|

  • Release date: October 9, 2015
  • Label: Ole
  • Formats: music download

| 20

| 37

|

  • US: 1,900{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/10/39051-country-album-chart-report-ocober-19-2015 |title=Top 10 Country Albums Chart: October 19, 2015|date= October 19, 2015|work=Roughstock }}

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single

! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:45px;"| US Country
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=Country Songs}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Country Songs)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=October 26, 2010}}

! style="width:45px;"| US Country Airplay

! style="width:45px;"| US
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=all}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=October 26, 2010}}{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2010|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=893|year=2011|isbn=978-0-89820-188-8}}

! style="width:45px;"| CAN
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=josh thompson|chart=Billboard Canadian Hot 100}}|title=Josh Thompson Album & Song Chart History (Billboard Canadian Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Company|access-date=August 1, 2013}}

2009

! scope="row"| "Beer on the Table"

|colspan=2|17

| —A

| —

|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Way Out Here

rowspan="2"| 2010

! scope="row"| "Way Out Here"

|colspan=2|15

| 85

| —

|

  • US: Gold{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Way Out Here|artist=Josh Thompson}}
scope="row"| "Won't Be Lonely Long"

|colspan=2|25

| —

| —

2011

! scope="row"| "Comin' Around"

|colspan=2|31

| —

| —

|

| style="text-align:left;"| Change: The Lost Record

2013

! scope="row"| "Cold Beer with Your Name on It"

| 32

| 27

| —

| 88

|

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Turn It Up

2014

! scope="row"| "Wanted Me Gone"

| —

| 44

| —

| —

2017

! scope="row"| "Daddy Had a Beer"{{cite web|url=http://daily.plaympe.com/josh-thompson-daddy-had-a-beer/|title=Josh Thompson – Daddy Had a Beer|work=Play MPE|date=April 19, 2017}}

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

| style="text-align:left;"| Change: The Lost Record

colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Guest singles=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Single

! Artist

! Album

2015

| "Tonight on Repeat"

| The Lacs

| Outlaw in Me

=Other charted songs=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single

!| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:65px;"| US Country

2011

! scope="row"| "Change"

| 47

| style="text-align:left;"| Change: The Lost Record

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Year

! style="width:20em;"| Video

! Director

rowspan="3"| 2009

! scope="row"| "Beer on the Table"

| Wes Edwards

scope="row"| "Won't Be Lonely Long" (acoustic version)

|

scope="row"| "Sinner"

|

rowspan="3"| 2010

! scope="row"| "Blame It on Waylon"

| rowspan="2"| Wes Edwards

scope="row"| "Way Out Here" (acoustic version)
scope="row"| "Way Out Here" (album version)

| Darren Doane

2011

! scope="row"| "Won't Be Lonely Long" (album version)

| Wes Edwards

2012

! scope="row"| "Comin' Around"

| P. R. Brown

rowspan="2"| 2014

! scope="row"| "Cold Beer with Your Name on It"{{cite news|title=Thompson releases video|url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=7720|access-date=March 4, 2014|newspaper=Country Standard Time|date=March 4, 2014}}

| Chris Hicky

scope="row"| "Wanted Me Gone"{{cite news|last1=Conaway|first1=Alanna|title=Josh Thompson Releases New Video for "Wanted Me Gone"|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/josh-thompson-releases-new-video-for-wanted-me-gone-/|access-date=July 16, 2014|work=Roughstock|date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140718023329/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/josh-thompson-releases-new-video-for-wanted-me-gone-/|archive-date=July 18, 2014}}

| Tom Dyer

2015

! scope="row"| "Tonight on Repeat" (with The Lacs)

| Fab 5 Freddy

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.joshthompsonofficial.com Official website]
  • {{allmusic}}

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