Jake Owen
Jake Owen (born September 28, 1981 in Vero Beach , Florida ; real name Joshua Ryan Owen ) is an American country singer .
Career
Owen's original career aspiration was a golfer , but when a serious sports accident put him out of action for a long time, he passed the time playing guitar. This resulted in performances in student bars and a collection of self-written songs. This went so far that he finished his advanced college studies and moved to Nashville . There he met producer Jimmy Ritchey, with whom he wrote songs and who eventually helped him find a record company. In 2006 he signed with Sony / BMG and had his debut album ready shortly afterwards. Startin 'with Me made it into the top 10 of the country charts and three singles from the album made it into the singles top 20, two of which also made it into the official Hot 100 charts.
The second album Easy Does It was released in 2009. The single Don't Think I Can't Love You had already reached number 2 in the country song charts, and the album repeated this position in the album charts, both of which had its highest positions in the respective charts. The song Eight Second Ride , although not ranked that high, earned him his first gold record .
Jake Owen's most successful album to date was released in 2011. Barefoot Blue Jean rose to number one on country albums and made it into the top ten on the Billboard 200 . The gold album contained two number one hits in the country charts: Barefoot Blue Jean Night sold over two million copies and reached number 21 on the official single charts, and Alone with You was another million seller. The One That Got Away and Anywhere with You were also very successful and , like the album, each achieved gold status.
The fourth studio album Days of Gold was released two years later. It lagged well behind the success of its predecessor. Four singles were released, only two of which reached the Hot 100.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Country
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| 2006 | Startin 'with Me |
US31 (13 weeks) US |
Country8 (81 weeks) Country |
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| 2009 | Easy Does It |
US13 (9 weeks) US |
Country2 (78 weeks) Country |
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| 2011 | Barefoot Blue Jean Night |
US6th  (66 weeks)US |
Country1 (102 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | Endless summer |
US19 (2 weeks) US |
Country2 (24 weeks) Country |
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| 2013 | Days of Gold |
US15 (37 weeks) US |
Country4 (72 weeks) Country |
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| 2016 | American love |
US4 (6 weeks) US |
Country1 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 2017 | Greatest hits | - |
Country46 (1 week) Country |
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| 2019 | Greetings From ... Jake |
US65 (1 week) US |
Country8 (16 weeks) Country |
|
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
|
Country
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| 2006 | Yee Haw startin 'with me |
US83 (7 weeks) US |
Country16 (25 weeks) Country |
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| Startin 'with Me Startin' with Me |
US83 (9 weeks) US |
Country6 (41 weeks) Country |
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| 2007 | Something About a Woman Startin 'with Me |
- |
Country15 (36 weeks) Country |
|
| 2008 | Don't Think I Can't Love You Easy Does It |
US57 (15 weeks) US |
Country2 (36 weeks) Country |
|
| 2009 | Eight Second Ride Easy Does It |
US70  (13 weeks)US |
Country11 (32 weeks) Country |
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| 2010 | Tell Me Easy Does It |
- |
Country35 (12 weeks) Country |
|
| 2011 | Barefoot Blue Jean Night Barefoot Blue Jean |
US21st × 2
(24 weeks)US |
Country1 (29 weeks) Country |
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| Alone with You Barefoot Blue Jean |
US41 (20 weeks)US |
Country1 (29 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | The One That Got Away Barefoot Blue Jean |
US51 (20 weeks) US |
Country7 (35 weeks) Country |
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| 2013 | Anywhere with You Endless Summer |
US46 (20 weeks)US |
Country7 (28 weeks) Country |
|
| Days of Gold Days of Gold |
US83 (9 weeks) US |
Country19 (20 weeks) Country |
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| What We Ain't Got Days of Gold |
US89 (11 weeks) US |
Country19 (30 weeks) Country |
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| 2014 | Beachin ' Endless Summer |
US26th (20 weeks)US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
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| 2015 | Real life |
US74 (13 weeks) US |
Country17 (20 weeks) Country |
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| 2016 | American Country Love Song American Love |
US55 (17 weeks)US |
Country6 (27 weeks) Country |
|
| If He Ain't Gonna Love You American Love |
- |
Country45 (4 weeks) Country |
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| 2017 | Good Company American Love |
- |
Country39 (14 weeks) Country |
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| 2018 | I Was Jack (You Were Diane) Greetings from ... Jake |
US43 (11 weeks)US |
Country7 (25 weeks) Country |
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| Down to the Honkytonk Greetings from ... Jake |
US65 (13 weeks)US |
Country9 (33 weeks) Country |
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| Homemade Greetings from ... Jake |
US39 (… Where.)US |
Country5 (28 weeks) Country |
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| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
| 2011 | Mele Kalikimaka A Very Country Christmas |
- |
Country40 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | Summer Jam Endless Summer |
- |
Country35 (1 week) Country |
feat. Florida Georgia Line
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| 2013 | Ghost Town Days of Gold |
- |
Country47 (1 week) Country |
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| 2018 | Made For You Jake Owen |
- |
Country42 (2 weeks) Country |
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Collaborations
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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Country
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| 2008 | Life in a Northern Town Love on the Inside |
US43 (3 weeks) US |
Country28 (20 weeks) Country |
Sugarland feat. Little Big Town & Jake Owen
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| 2012 | Back |
- |
Country40 (12 weeks) Country |
Colt Ford with Jake Owen
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Web links
- official website (English)
- official MySpace page (English)
- Jake Owen at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Owen, Jake |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Owen, Joshua Ryan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vero Beach , Florida , USA |