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Christopher Pierre Janson (born September 28, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Janson has recorded three full-length albums, Buy Me a Boat, Everybody, and Real Friends, through Warner Bros. Records Nashville, along with one extended play each for Bigger Picture Music Group, Columbia Records, and Warner Bros. Nashville. He has charted multiple singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including "Good Vibes" and "Done", both of which went to number one on the latter. In addition to his material, Janson has performed on albums by Holly Williams and Lee Brice and has co-written singles for Tim McGraw, LoCash, Randy Houser and Hank Williams Jr.

Chris Janson
Chris Janson in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Pierre Janson
Born	(1986-04-02) April 2, 1986 (age 36)[1][2] Perryville, Missouri, U.S.
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals harmonica guitar bass piano banjo drums
Years active	2009–present
Labels	BNA Columbia Nashville Bigger Picture Warner Bros. Nashville Big Machine

Musical career

Christopher Pierre Janson was born on September 28, 1985, in Perryville, Missouri. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, after finishing high school.[2]

In June 2009, Janson co-wrote and recorded two duets with Holly Williams on her album Here with Me: "I Hold On" and "A Love I Think Will Last."[3] Janson signed to BNA Records in October 2009[4] and released his debut single, "'Til a Woman Comes Along," in April 2010. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the single a five-star rating, with his review praising Janson's vocals as well as the arrangement.[5] The song debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending May 1, 2010.[6]

After BNA was restructured, Janson left the label.[2] He co-wrote Tim McGraw's 2012 single "Truck Yeah,"[7] played harmonica on the track "Beer" from Lee Brice's album Hard 2 Love,[8] and wrote the title track to Justin Moore's 2013 album Off the Beaten Path.

In 2013, he signed to Bigger Picture Music Group and released "Better I Don't."[9] Janson wrote the song with his wife, Kelly, and Pat Bunch,[10] and Keith Stegall produced it.[2] "Better I Don't" peaked at number 40 on Country Airplay in mid-2013. A second single, "Cut Me Some Slack," peaked at number 60 before Bigger Picture closed in 2014. That same year, Columbia Records released Take It to the Bank, which included "Til a Woman Comes Along" and other songs that he had recorded while on BNA.

Janson self-released the single "Buy Me a Boat" in early 2015. The song debuted at No. 33 on Hot Country Songs after it received airplay on the Bobby Bones Show.[2][11] It was officially released as a single via Warner Bros. Records Nashville in May 2015,[12] and became Janson's first top-5 hit by August. In September, Janson announced that his debut studio album (also titled Buy Me a Boat) would be released on October 30.[13] "Buy Me a Boat" peaked at No. 3 on Country Airplay and No. 1 on Mediabase.[14] The album also includes the singles "Power of Positive Drinkin'" and "Holdin' Her". Also, in 2015, Janson co-wrote LoCash's "I Love This Life."[15] Also, in 2016, Janson co-wrote Randy Houser's "Song Number 7."

Janson performed on the third day of the 2016 Republican National Convention.[16]

Janson's second album for Warner Bros., Everybody, was released in September 2017. Its lead single is "Fix a Drink", which was followed in 2018 by "Drunk Girl".[2] His next album was 2019's Real Friends, which accounted for the number-one singles "Good Vibes" and "Done".[2] A fourth Warner album, All In, was commercially unsuccessful and did not enter the album charts. Due to its failure, Janson departed Warner and signed with Big Machine Records in 2022.[17]

Musical stylings

Nashville Gab wrote that "He is explosive on stage and completely unpredictable. I compare his live set to a wild horse, it's not meant to be tamed. He brings a blue-collar, redneck edge to every show that seems to be lacking in country music these days. Chris Janson is the future of country music..."[18]

Personal life

Chris Janson is married to Kelly Lynn.[1] They have four children, two of whom are from Lynn's previous marriage.[19]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US Country [20]	US [21]
Buy Me a Boat	Release date: October 30, 2015 Label: Warner Bros.	4	18	US: 117,100[22]
Everybody	Release date: September 22, 2017 Label: Warner Bros.	7	53	US: 46,600[23]
Real Friends	Release date: October 18, 2019 Label: Warner Bros.	12	110	US: 9,900[24]
All In	Release date: April 29, 2022 Label: Warner Bros.	—	—

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US Country [20]	US Heat [25]
Chris Janson	Release date: September 3, 2013 Label: Bigger Picture Music Group	47	27	—
Take It to the Bank	Release date: February 25, 2014 Label: Columbia Nashville	—	—	US: 5,000[26]
The Fix a Drink EP	Release date: June 9, 2017 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville	—	—	US: 900[27]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales	Album
		US Country Songs [28]	US Country Airplay [29]	US [30]	CAN Country [31]	CAN [32]
2010	"'Til a Woman Comes Along"	52		—	—	—			Take It to the Bank
2013	"Better I Don't"	—	40	—	—	—			Chris Janson
	"Cut Me Some Slack"	—	60	—	—	—
2015	"Buy Me a Boat"	2	3	41	2	50	US: 3× Platinum[33] CAN: Gold[34]	US: 1,084,000[35]	Buy Me a Boat
	"Power of Positive Drinkin'"	46	35	—	49	—
2016	"Holdin' Her"	25	20	—[upper-alpha 1]	49	—		US: 168,000[37]
2017	"Fix a Drink"	10	2	67	4	—	US: Gold[38]	US: 152,000[39]	Everybody
	"Drunk Girl"	12	7	79	25	—	US: Gold[40]	US: 180,000[41]
2019	"Good Vibes"	8	1	48	1	—	US: Gold[42]	US: 77,000[43]	Real Friends
	"Done"	8	1	41	3	84
2020	"Waitin' on 5"	—	42	—	—	—
2021	"Bye Mom"	—	38	—	—	—			All In
2022	"Keys to the Country"	—	52	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Year	Song	Peak chart positions
		US Country Airplay [44]
2020	"It Is Christmas"	41

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"'Til a Woman Comes Along"[45]	Chris Hicky
2013	"Better I Don't"[46]	Wes Edwards
2015	"Buy Me a Boat"[47]	P. R. Brown
2016	"Power of Positive Drinkin'"[48]	Michael Monaco
	"Holdin' Her"	Edgar Esteves
2017	"Fix a Drink"	Michael Monaco
	"Redneck Life"[49]	Unlisted
	"Drunk Girl" (acoustic live video)	Alex Chaloff
2018	"Drunk Girl"[50]	Jeff Venable
	"It Is Christmas"[51]	Justin Key
2019	"Good Vibes"	Michael Monaco
	"Done"	Jim Shea
2020	"Waitin' on 5"[52]	Sam Siske
2021	"Bye Mom"[53]	Spidey Smith
2022	"All In"[54]	Unlisted
	"Cold Beer Truth"[55]	David Bradley
	"Keys to the Country"[56]
	"We Did It Anyway"[57]
	"Things You Can't Live Without (with Travis Tritt)"[58]
	"You, Me & The River (With Eric Church)"[59]	Reid Long

Notes

References

External links

• Official Website

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