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James Allen Otto (born July 29, 1973 at Fort Lewis in Washington, USA) is an American country music singer-songwriter who is a member of the MuzikMafia, a group of country-music singer-songwriters known for their "country music without prejudice". Otto began his career on Mercury Nashville Records in 2002, charting three minor singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recording one album for Mercury before being dropped in 2004.
In late 2007, he signed to Warner Bros. Records. His second album, Sunset Man, is to be released in April 2008; its lead-off single, "Just Got Started Lovin' You", has become a Top 10 hit on the country charts.[1]
Biography
Otto was born on July 29, 1973 on the Fort Lewis Army Base in the state of Washington.[2] He first took up singing at age four, and later learned to play violin and saxophone. However, he wanted to learn to play guitar as well, and at age thirteen, he received a guitar for his birthday.[2]
After graduating high school, Otto joined the United States Navy, where he served for two years.[2] In 1998, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and began attending songwriters' nights there; three years later, he joined the MuzikMafia, a group of country music songwriters which includes Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson.
Musical career
In 2002, Otto met Scott Parker of Mercury Nashville Records, who signed him to a record deal that year.[2] His first single, "The Ball", peaked at #45 on the Billboard country charts; a second single, "Long Way Down", failed to chart at all. "Days of Our Lives", his third release for the label, a song entitled "Days of Our Lives", was released in late 2003, peaking at #33 on the country charts.[3] Shortly after the song peaked, his debut album (also entitled Days of Our Lives) was released on Mercury, and in 2004, Otto was signed as an opening act for Shania Twain on her Up! Tour. [2] His fourth single for Mercury, "Sunday Morning and Saturday Night", peaked at #58, and he exited Mercury not long afterward.
Sunset Man
By 2007, Otto signed to Warner Bros. Records Nashville. His first single for the label, "Just Got Started Lovin' You", was released at the end of that year, and by March 2008 it had entered Top Ten on the Billboard country singles charts, becoming his highest-charting single to date. "Just Got Started Lovin' You" is the lead-off single to his forthcoming second album, entitled Sunset Man, which will be released by Warner Bros. in April 2008.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Days of Our Lives | 61 | Mercury |
| 2008 | Sunset ManA | TBD | Raybaw/Warner Bros. |
- A To be released April 8th.
Singles
| Year | Single | US Country | US Hot 100 | US Pop 100 | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "The Ball" | 45 | Days of Our Lives | |||
| 2003 | "Long Way Down"A | |||||
| "Days of Our Lives" | 33 | |||||
| 2004 | "Sunday Morning and Saturday Night" | 58 | ||||
| 2007 | "Just Got Started Lovin' You"B | 5 | 50 | 85 | 20 | Sunset Man |
- A Failed to chart.
- B Current single.
References
- ^ Mafia Soldiers
- ^ a b c d e Leggett, Steve. "James Otto biography" (html). All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ^ "Despite his ballads, James Otto wants to rock" (html). CMT.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.