Justin Moore

Justin Moore at the 2010 ACM Awards

Justin Moore (born March 30, 1984 in Poyen , Arkansas ) is an American country singer.

Live and act

Justin Moore was born in the 300-person village of Poyen, Arkansas. His parents worked at the local post office and bank, but his grandparents and other relatives ran a farm on which he grew up. As a child he sang in the church choir and was passionate about country music, and when he was eight he won a talent competition at the local high school. Although he was also a successful athlete and won the state championship in basketball with the school team, he decided to pursue a career in music.

After graduating from high school, he decided against attending college and moved to Nashville in 2002. After a first prospective contract did not materialize, he teamed up with Jeremy Stover as a songwriting duo. Together they were signed in 2004 by Keith Stegall, who produces Alan Jackson among others . Stover later became Moore's producer as well.

As a country singer Moore appeared from 2001 at concerts in Arkansas in front of hundreds of spectators. By 2006 the number of viewers was already 4000 and the following year he got a record deal. He toured with his own backing band in 2008 with artists such as Trace Adkins , Kenny Chesney , Brooks & Dunn and Hank Williams Jr. and played the supporting act. His debut single Back That Thing Up was also released in August of that year and became a first country hit.

Justin Moore had his breakthrough the following year with the follow-up single Small Town USA , which alludes to his own rural origins. It reached the top 10 on the country charts and number 52 on the official charts . In June an EP was released in advance, which was successful in the country charts, before his self-named debut album was released in August. It went straight to number 10 on the album charts and number 3 on the country charts. As a result, his first hit rose again and after more than half a year reached number 1 for country songs at the end of September.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2009	Justin Moore	US10 × 2 Double platinum (35 weeks)US	Country3 (78 weeks) Country
2011	Outlaws Like Me	US5 × 2 Double platinum (64 weeks)US	Country1 (86 weeks) Country
2013	Off the Beaten Path	US2 gold (40 weeks)US	Country1 (68 weeks) Country
2016	Kinda Don't Care	US4 (7 weeks) US	Country1 (28 weeks) Country
2019	Late nights and longnecks	US22 (3 weeks) US	Country2 (8 weeks) Country

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2009	The "You Asked for It" EP	-	Country54 (3 weeks) Country
2013	Point at You & Four More Hits EP	US172 (1 week) US	Country28 (8 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2008	Back That Thing Up Justin Moore	-	Country38 (16 weeks) Country
2009	Small Town USA Justin Moore	US44 gold (20 weeks)US	Country1 (35 weeks) Country
	Backwoods Justin Moore	US69 gold (13 weeks)US	Country6 (32 weeks) Country
2010	How I Got to Be This Way Justin Moore	-	Country17 (25 weeks) Country
2011	If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away Outlaws Like Me	US49 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Bait a Hook Outlaws Like Me	US63 gold (10 weeks)US	Country17 (28 weeks) Country
2012	Til My Last Day Outlaws Like Me	US51 gold (20 weeks)US	Country7 (45 weeks) Country
2013	Point at You Off the Beaten Path	US53 gold (19 weeks)US	Country10 (29 weeks) Country
	Lettin 'the Night Roll Off the Beaten Path	US49 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country7 (32 weeks) Country
2014	Home Sweet Home Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe	-	Country28 (15 weeks) Country	with Vince Neil
	This Kind of Town Off the Beaten Path	-	Country50 (1 week) Country
2015	You Look Like I Need a Drink Kinda Don't Care	US79 gold (8 weeks)US	Country12 (39 weeks) Country
2016	Somebody Else Will Kinda Don't Care	US59 gold (13 weeks)US	Country9 (31 weeks) Country
2017	Kinda Don't Care, Kinda Don't Care	-	Country28 (28 weeks) Country
2018	The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home Late Nights and Longnecks	US46 (16 weeks) US	Country7 (26 weeks) Country
2019	Why We Drink Late Nights and Longnecks	US50 (... weeks) US	Country8 (... weeks) Country
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:
2012	Run Rudolph Run The Country Christmas Collection	-	Country58 (1 week) Country
2013	Off the Beaten Path Off the Beaten Path	-	Country44 (1 week) Country

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2014	Small Town Throwdown Just as I Am	US67 gold (20 weeks)US	Country13 (26 weeks) Country	Brantley Gilbert feat. Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett

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1. ↑ Inside country star Justin Moore ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Kayla Kiley, Cadillac News, March 18, 2010 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: US chart history

Web links

• Biography at CMT Canada (English)
• Official MySpace page
• Justin Moore at Allmusic (English)