Name	Joe Nichols
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth	November 26, 1976
Place of Birth	Rogers, Arkansas, USA
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“People like me grew up listening to stuff from a long time ago, and they haven't forgotten the sound, the style. The songs don't have to be about anything unrealistic right now. They can be, for example, about driving around in a boat on a lake. The subject matter may not be about riding horses and shooting guns, but the sound of classic country, it still deals with the homeland, the heartland, even if that's in the form of today's suburban life.” Joe Nichols

Born to a family with a strong country music influence, Joe Nichols started playing bass and singing at an early age. In high school, while his peers followed early 1990s hair bands and grunge, Nichols plunged himself in the classic country music preferred by his grandfather, uncles and father, and performed by the family at local VFW halls. During this period, the future country star idolized Neo-traditionalists like Randy Travis and Alan Jackson. Armed with strong will and an uncommonly precocious vocal instrument, Nichols booked his first record deal at age 19 with Intersound Records. Before the independent label folded, he managed to release a self-titled debut album in the following year.

Subsequently, Nichols lived the life of a struggling musician at Nashville for a few years. He was forced to take odd jobs, including moving furniture, installing cable TV as well as selling steaks door to door, and low-paying gigs like the one at Rippy's. During this do-or-die period, in 1999, a friend introduced Nichols to noted Nashville session guitarist, aspiring producer and musical akin spirit Brent Rowan, who had significant part in establishing Nichols' career. Their collaboration attracted the attention of Tony Brown and Tim DuBoi, two of Music Row's most important executives who were in the process of founding an associated venture label with Universal. As a result, Man With A Memory, Nichols' album with Rowan as producer, became Universal South Records' first release.

Released on July 23, 2002, Man With A Memory collected three Grammy nominations in the category of Best Country Album, Best Country Male Vocal Performance as well as Best Country Song, for the album's lead single, “The Impossible” (2002), which peaked at #1 on Radio & Records' country charts and #3 on the Billboard country charts. The follow-up single “Brokenheartsville” (2003) was even more successful and became Nichols' first single to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs charts. Its video was named by Country Music Television as the year's Breakthrough Video. Nichols received an Academy of Country Music for Top New Male Vocalist of 2003 and was named Best New Artist of 2003 by the readers of Radio & Records. Previously, Billboard Magazine tapped him as the 2002 Top New Country Artist, with “The Impossible” labeled as the No. 10 most played song of the year.

Following his commercial breakthrough, Nichols went on to be a regular performer t the Grand Ole Opry. A few days after the death of his father in 2002, he performed the illegitimate country legend Merle Haggard's classic, “ Footlights,” on the Opry. The same year he won his CMA Award, Nichols served as an opening act for Alan Jackson's 2003 tour. Next, he released Revelation, a Billboard # 3 country album, in June 2004 and a holiday album called A Traditional Christmas three months later, in September.

In 2005, Nichols released the Top Ten hit III, which despite its name the album is his fourth non-Christmas studio album. The album's first song, “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” was certified gold and marked his second single to be # 1 at the Billboard charts. The same year, he joined superstar Toby Keith's “Throwdown” Tour. They two reunited in the following year for Keith's “Hookin' Up And Hanging Out” arena tour.

More recently, Nichols released his newest album, Real Things, on August 21, 2007. The lead single “Another Side Of You” is a Top 25 hit and continues to climb the charts.

“I love making records that reflect on Merle Haggard or George Strait, George Jones, Don Williams. The core of this album is very much in tune with what I normally do. There's just a couple of new paintings in the gallery, that are different. And it's just an expansion. I wanna see if I can do it.” Joe Nichols on Real Things