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Josh Ross is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. He is signed to The Core Entertainment and Universal Music Canada.[1] He has charted with the singles "First Taste of Gone" and "On a Different Night".

Josh Ross
Origin	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2018-present
Labels	The Core Universal Music Canada
Website	Official website

Early life

Ross grew up near Burlington, Ontario,[2] and spent most of his youth playing sports such as hockey, football, soccer, and motocross.[3] He has extended family in Los Angeles and Maine, and visited the United States often as a child.[4] Ross attended Western University on a football scholarship and was a defensive back.[5] He had hoped to play in the Canadian Football League.[3] A series of injuries coupled with two surgeries derailed his football career in university,[4] and he elected to pursue a career in music as a result.[3] Before his solo career, he initially formed a band in 2016 with Will Finch, a fellow former Western football player, named "Silver Lining".[6] Ross listened to both country and rock music growing up, and cites Steve Earle as one of his biggest musical influences.[3][7]

Career

While working in construction management, Ross entered several music competitions including the Magna Hoedown in Aurora, Ontario, and the Boots and Hearts Emerging Artists Showcase.[3] He began making trips to Nashville, Tennessee in 2018, with the support of fellow Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin, before making a permanent move there in 2019.[3] He released his first radio single "If You Were a Song" as an independent artist that year.[8] He released the five-song extended play Do What You Love in 2020.[3]

In February 2022, Ross released the single "First Taste of Gone", which he co-wrote with Mason Thornley.[9] He then became one of the final eight finalists for SiriusXM's "Top of the Country" contest.[10] Ross subsequently signed a joint recording and management deal with The Core Entertainment and Universal Music Canada in April of 2022.[1] With Universal taking over promotion of "First Taste of Gone", the song moved into the top five of the Canada Country chart,[11] and entered the Canadian Hot 100.[12] He released the promotional single "On a Different Night" in July 2022,[13][14][15] which would become a radio single later that September.[16] Ross will be performing at the halftime show for the 109th Grey Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan alongside Tyler Hubbard and Jordan Davis.[17] He is set to open for Bailey Zimmerman at the end of his headlining tour in the United States in early 2023.[18]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Do What You Love	Released: November 20, 2020[19] Label: The Core Entertainment / Universal Music Canada[upper-alpha 1] Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		CAN Country [11]	CAN [12]
2019	"If You Were a Song"	—	—	Non-album single
2022	"First Taste of Gone"	5	54	TBA
	"On a Different Night"	24	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Year	Video
2021	"Tall Boys"[20]

Awards and Nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref
2022	Canadian Country Music Association	Rising Star	—	Nominated	[21][22]

Notes

References

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