Matt Jenkins

{{short description|American musician}}

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

{{Infobox musical artist

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas

| origin = Aledo, Texas, United States

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Universal South

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Matt Jenkins (born in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American country music artist. Signed to Universal South Records in 2003,{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8C815372951F79&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Next stop, Nashville Nineteen-year-old Aledo country singer/songwriter Matt Jenkins is hard at work in the family living room – crafting his first CD and creating buzz in Music City |accessdate=January 27, 2009|date=January 2, 2003|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}} he released two singles in 2005, including "King of the Castle", which reached number 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts, but did not release an album. He also appeared on the Fox Networks reality show Nashville,{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/nashville/matt-jenkins-has-mixed-feeling-12628.aspx |title=Matt Jenkins Has "Mixed Feelings" About 'Nashville' Experience |accessdate=January 27, 2009|date=October 1, 2007|work=Buddy TV}} which was canceled after two episodes. An eight-song digital EP, Quarter of a Century, was released in late 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/matt-jenkins-quarter-of-a-century-ep |last=Bjorke |first=Matt |title=Quarter of a Century review |accessdate=January 27, 2009 |work=Roughstock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421064523/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/matt-jenkins-quarter-of-a-century-ep |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

Jenkins is the brother of fellow songwriter Josh Jenkins.{{cite web |first=Dale |last=Kawashima |url= https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/josh-jenkins-songwriter-interview-2022.htm |title=Rising Songwriter & Artist Josh Jenkins Co-Writes Two Of Country Music's Big Hits: 'Fancy Like' and 'Buy Dirt' |website=Songwriteruniverse.com |date=February 25, 2022 |accessdate=October 14, 2022 }}

Jenkins co-wrote Steve Holy's 2011 single "Until the Rain Stops", Love and Theft's 2012 single "Runnin' Out of Air", Keith Urban's 2014 single "Cop Car", Dustin Lynch's 2014 single "Where It's At", and Jordan Davis's 2021 single "Buy Dirt", which won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year.