Josh Turner

Josh Turner (2010)

Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner (born November 20, 1977 in Hannah , South Carolina ) is an American country singer . He had four number one hits on the country charts by 2010 .

Career

Josh Turner grew up in rural South Carolina in the southern United States and sang in the church choir of the Union Baptist Church as a child. His grandmother introduced him to country music , from the Southern Gospel Quartet to Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings to bluegrass musicians like The Stanley Brothers . He later sang in a South Carolina gospel quartet called Thankful Hearts. After graduating from high school, he attended Belmont University near Nashville , which has one of its majors in musical education.

In 2001 Turner was allowed to appear in the Grand Ole Opry with his song Long Black Train . In 2003 he received a recording contract with MCA Nashville and released the song and the album of the same name. The latter reached number 3 in the country album charts, stayed there for a total of 75 weeks and sold a million copies in just under a year.

With his second album Your Man , Turner was able to build on this success in 2006. It reached number 1 on the country charts and number 2 on the Billboard 200. The singles Your Man and Would You Go with Me reached number 1 in the Hot Country Songs . After six months, a million albums had been sold; another six months later it had reached double platinum . The two singles were awarded gold like his debut single Long Black Train . He was nominated for two awards at the 2007 Grammy Awards .

After this great success, the third album Everything Is Fine was released in autumn 2007 . But despite high placements, it fell short of the success of its predecessors overall. The first single from the album, Firecracker , reached number 2, the second, entitled Another Try , a duet with Trisha Yearwood , reached number 15 on the country charts.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2003	Long Black Train	US39 platinum (41 weeks)US	Country3 (75 weeks) Country
2006	Your Man	US2 × 2 Double platinum (92 weeks)US	Country1 (101 weeks) Country
2007	Everything is fine	US5 gold (38 weeks)US	Country3 (78 weeks) Country
2010	Haywire	US5 gold (33 weeks)US	Country2 (78 weeks) Country
2012	Punching bag	US4 (17 weeks) US	Country1 (44 weeks) Country
2017	Deep South	US18 (12 weeks) US	Country1 (44 weeks) Country
2018	I serve a savior	US41 (3 weeks) US	Country2 (12 weeks) Country

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2011	Icon	US93 gold (20 weeks)US	Country20 (78 weeks) Country

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2012	Live across America	US48 (10 weeks) US	Country7 (27 weeks) Country

More live albums

• 2007: Live at the Ryman

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2002	She'll Go on You Long Black Train	-	Country46 (7 weeks) Country
2003	Long Black Train Long Black Train	US72 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country13 (44 weeks) Country
2004	What It Ain't Long Black Train	-	Country31 (20 weeks) Country
2005	Your Man Your Man	US38 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (37 weeks) Country
2006	Would you go with me your man	US43 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (29 weeks) Country
	Me and God Your Man	US98 (2 weeks) US	Country16 (26 weeks) Country
2007	Firecracker Everything Is Fine	US50 gold (20 weeks)US	Country2 (28 weeks) Country
2008	Another try everything is fine	US96 (3 weeks) US	Country15 (26 weeks) Country	with Trisha Yearwood
	Everything Is Fine Everything Is Fine	-	Country20 (27 weeks) Country
2009	Why Don't We Just Dance Haywire	US35 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country
2010	All over Me Haywire	US59 (18 weeks) US	Country1 (29 weeks) Country
	I Wouldn't Be a Man Haywire	US92 (1 week) US	Country18 (36 weeks) Country
2012	Time Is Love Punching Bag	US44 platinum (25 weeks)US	Country2 (39 weeks) Country
2014	Lay Low Deep South	-	Country28 (21 weeks) Country
2016	Hometown Girl Deep South	US56 platinum (16 weeks)US	Country5 (35 weeks) Country

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: [1]
2. ↑ Gold / platinum awards in the USA (RIAA database)

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• Josh Turner at Allmusic (English)