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Infobox musical artist | name = Jake Owen| image = JakeOwenUSA.JPG| caption = Jake Owen at Country Thunder USA 2007| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joshua Ryan OwenFull name per Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI | Born = birth date and age|1981|08|28cite web |url= http://countrymusic.about.com/od/jakeowen/p/jakeowen_pr.htm |title=Jake Owen profile |accessdate=2008-07-23 |last=Fabian |first=Shelly |work=About.com Vero Beach, Florida , USA| origin = Nashville, Tennessee , USA| instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2006present| label = RCA Records Nashville | website = http://www.jakeowen.net/ Official website| associated_acts = Kenny Chesney , Little Big Town , Jimmy Ritchey, Sugarland Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen (born August 28, 1981) is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album '' Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard '' Hot Country Songs chart: " Yee Haw ", " Startin' with Me (song)|Startin' with Me ", and " Something About a Woman ". A second album, 2009's Easy Does It (Jake Owen album)|Easy Does It , has accounted for three more singles: " Don't Think I Can't Love You ", " Eight Second Ride ", and " Tell Me (Jake Owen song)|Tell Me ". In September 2011, Owen achieved his first number one on the country charts with the Barefoot Blue Jean Night (song)|title track to his third album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night . He has also toured as an opening act for several country acts, including Kenny Chesney , Brad Paisley , Little Big Town , Sugarland , and Keith Urban .
Biography
Joshua "Jake" Owen and his fraternal twin brother Jarrod were born in Vero Beach, Florida on August 28, 1981.cite web |url= http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php? id=35730 |title=Country music star comes home to Vero Beach |accessdate=2008-04-06 |last=Isenberg |first=Barbara |date=2007-12-14 |work=My Hometown Newscite web |url= http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_artists_a-z/article/0,,GAC_26071_4751625,00.html |title=Jake Owen biography |accessdate=2008-04-06 |work= Great American Country The brothers regularly participated in a variety of sports. Jake eventually took up golf , and began pursuing a career as a professional golfer, winning his first tournament at fifteen. After graduating high school, they attended Florida State University . A wakeboarding accident which resulted in reconstructive surgery left Jake unable to continue playing the sport.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p781820/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Jake Owen biography |accessdate=2008-04-06 |last=Apar |first=Corey |work= Allmusic
While recovering from his injuries, he borrowed a neighbor's guitar and began to teach himself how to play it. After seeing a guitarist perform at a campus bar, he asked the bar's owner if he could play a gig there. Eventually, he became a regular at the bar, and soon took up writing his own material as well. He then moved to Nashville, Tennessee , making his first stop at a bank to open a savings account; after telling the bank teller that he was a singer and songwriter, the teller then asked if he had any recordings available. He gave her a compact disc|CD of his work, which she sent to the Warner/Chappell Music publishing company.
Musical career
Although Warner/Chappell did not sign him to a contract, Jake Owen eventually met record producer and songwriter Jimmy Ritchey. They, along with songwriter Chuck Jones, wrote a song entitled "Ghosts", which they had intended for Kenny Chesney . Chesney, ultimately, did not record "Ghosts", although it drew the attention of Sony BMG Nashville executives, who signed Josh to their RCA Records label in 2005. Per their suggestion, Owen changed his first name to Jake, so as to avoid confusion with Josh Turner and Josh Gracin .
''Startin' with Me
In early 2006, Jake Owen released his debut single, entitled " Yee Haw ". He describes the song (an up-tempo party anthem in which the narrator expresses his enjoyment with a cry of "yee haw") as being written "to make people have a good time."cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1564719/jake-owen-gets-a-boost-from-startin-with-me.jhtml |last=Shelburne |accessdate=2008-04-06 |first=Craig |title=Jake Owen Gets a Boost From "Startin' with Me" |date=2007-07-13 |work= Country Music Television It peaked at #16 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and served as the lead-off single on his debut album, '' Startin' with Me .
Released on July 25, 2006, the album featured 11 tracks, all co-written by him and his producer. Among them were his own recording of "Ghosts" and a duet with Randy Owen (no relation) of Alabama (band)|Alabama ) entitled "You Can Thank Dixie".cite web |url= http://entertainment.lycos.com/music/artist_bio.php? fml=1& id=Jake+Owen |title=Jake Owen biography |accessdate=2008-04-06 |work= Lycos Music) After the album's release, Jake Owen was signed as an opening act for acts such as Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood .cite web |url= http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp? xid=664& t=Jake_Owen_scores_first_Top_10_single |title=Jake Owen scores first Top 10 single |accessdate=2008-04-06 |date=2007-06-11 |work=Country Standard Time
The album's Startin' with Me (song)|title track , a ballad in which the narrator expresses his desire to change everything in his life, was released as his second single. Spending more than thirty-five weeks on the Billboard country chart, "Startin' with Me" became his first Top ten hit, reaching a peak of #6. Also in 2007, he went on tour with Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn . " Something About a Woman " was released in late 2007 as the third single. In September 2007, he and country quartet Little Big Town joined country duo Sugarland 's tour.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1570623/little-big-town-is-ready-to-roll-with-sugarland.jhtml |title=Little Big Town Is Ready to Roll With Sugarland |accessdate=2008-04-05 |last=Shelburne |first=Craig |date=2007-09-26 |work=Country Music Television During this tour, the three acts began performing " Life in a Northern Town " (a cover of British pop group The Dream Academy 's hit single from 1985). A music video of their live performance was aired on Country Music Television|CMT . In April 2008, a recording of this performance entered the Billboard country chart based on unsolicited airplay.
Easy Does It
Jake Owen released his second studio album, Easy Does It (Jake Owen album)|Easy Does It , on February 24, 2009. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #13 on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 . The lead-off single to the album, " Don't Think I Can't Love You " became his first Top 5 country hit, reaching #2 on the Hot Country Songs chart in April 2009. " Eight Second Ride ", a song which was originally on ''Startin' with Me and newly recorded for Easy Does It'', was the album's second single; it peaked at #11 in January 2010. "Tell Me" was the album's third single.
He released his third studio album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night , on August 30, 2011. The lead-off single and title track to the album, " Barefoot Blue Jean Night (song)|Barefoot Blue Jean Night " has become his first Number One single on the country chart.
In 2011, he joined Keith Urban on his 2011 Get Closer world tour.
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