Julian Austin (musician)
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Julian Austin, born August 24, 1963 in Sussex, New Brunswick
, Canada
, is a country music
singer. He has released more than fifteen singles in his native Canada, including the Number One hit "Little Ol' Kisses
" (1997). In addition, Austin has recorded five studio albums.
, on May 6, 1997. The album was certified gold
by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
for sales of 50,000 copies, and the first single, "Little Ol' Kisses
," went to #1 the Canadian country singles chart. That same year, Austin won the Wrangler Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association
(CCMA). All of the additional singles released from the album reached the top 20, including the #3 song, "Diamond." In 1998, Austin was nominated for Best Country Male Vocalist at the Juno Award
s, but lost to Paul Brandt
.
Austin moved to Calgary, Alberta
in 1998 to work on his second album. However, the project was put on hold when he was injured in a bull-riding accident on January 9, 1999. Austin was left with several broken and cracked ribs, a punctured right lung, and a gaping hole in his right leg. After his recovery, Back in Your Life
was released on March 7, 2000. The album included a cover of the Steve Miller
classic "Take the Money and Run
," which reached #4 on the Canadian country singles chart. The album earned Austin six CCMA nominations, and he was again nominated for Best Country Male at the Juno's, once again losing to Paul Brandt.
Austin left his record label, ViK. Recordings
, in 2001. The following year, he was approached by Civilian Records president Myles Goodwyn
. His third album, Bulletproof
, was released on August 13, 2002. Singles from the album didn't perform well on the charts, and Austin left the label due to creative differences.
Austin began work on his fourth album in 2005, The Red and White
, which was released by LMG Records in 2007. His fifth studio album, One for One
, was released be Little Ol' Records on May 26, 2009.
, Manitoba
with his wife Angela and their dog, Baxter. Austin is an avid supporter of the Canadian Forces. He has done performances for the troops and has made a tribute song to raise money for the Sapper Mike McTeague Wounded Warriors fund, called "The Red and White Brigade".
Sussex, New Brunswick
Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, is a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer. He has released more than fifteen singles in his native Canada, including the Number One hit "Little Ol' Kisses
Little Ol' Kisses
"Little Ol' Kisses" is a single by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. Released in 1997, it was the first single from Austin's album What My Heart Already Knows. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1997....
" (1997). In addition, Austin has recorded five studio albums.
Biography
Julian Austin burst onto the country music scene with the release of his first album, What My Heart Already KnowsWhat My Heart Already Knows
What My Heart Already Knows is the debut album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by ViK. Recordings on May 6, 1997...
, on May 6, 1997. The album was certified gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...
for sales of 50,000 copies, and the first single, "Little Ol' Kisses
Little Ol' Kisses
"Little Ol' Kisses" is a single by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. Released in 1997, it was the first single from Austin's album What My Heart Already Knows. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1997....
," went to #1 the Canadian country singles chart. That same year, Austin won the Wrangler Rising Star Award from the Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
(CCMA). All of the additional singles released from the album reached the top 20, including the #3 song, "Diamond." In 1998, Austin was nominated for Best Country Male Vocalist at the Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
s, but lost to Paul Brandt
Paul Brandt
Paul Rennée Belobersycky is a Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break...
.
Austin moved to Calgary, Alberta
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
in 1998 to work on his second album. However, the project was put on hold when he was injured in a bull-riding accident on January 9, 1999. Austin was left with several broken and cracked ribs, a punctured right lung, and a gaping hole in his right leg. After his recovery, Back in Your Life
Back in Your Life
Back in Your Life is the second studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by ViK. Recordings on March 7, 2000...
was released on March 7, 2000. The album included a cover of the Steve Miller
Steve Miller (musician)
Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...
classic "Take the Money and Run
Take the Money and Run (song)
"Take the Money and Run" is a song recorded in 1976 by the Steve Miller Band. A song about two young bandits, it was one of the many hit singles produced by the Steve Miller Band in the 1970s and featured on Fly Like an Eagle. The song peaked at #11 on the U.S...
," which reached #4 on the Canadian country singles chart. The album earned Austin six CCMA nominations, and he was again nominated for Best Country Male at the Juno's, once again losing to Paul Brandt.
Austin left his record label, ViK. Recordings
ViK. Recordings
ViK. Recordings was a Canadian record label that was wholly owned subsidiary of Sony BMG. It began shortly after 1998, when Lisa Zbitnew became president of its owner of BMG in Canada. Its notable artists included: Tom Green, Treble Charger, Jacksoul, Shawn Desman,Rascalz and Keshia Chante...
, in 2001. The following year, he was approached by Civilian Records president Myles Goodwyn
Myles Goodwyn
Myles Goodwyn is a record producer, guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter, founding member of the veteran Canadian hard rock band April Wine and father of the electronic artist Aaron Goodwyn...
. His third album, Bulletproof
Bulletproof (Julian Austin album)
Bulletproof is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by Civilian Records on August 13, 2002...
, was released on August 13, 2002. Singles from the album didn't perform well on the charts, and Austin left the label due to creative differences.
Austin began work on his fourth album in 2005, The Red and White
The Red and White (album)
The Red and White is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by LMG Records in 2007. "He's Got What It Takes," the title track, "Harbour Town," "Back to Me" and "Marie" were released as singles....
, which was released by LMG Records in 2007. His fifth studio album, One for One
One for One (Julian Austin album)
One for One is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by Little Ol' Records on May 26, 2009...
, was released be Little Ol' Records on May 26, 2009.
Personal life
Austin currently lives in SteinbachSteinbach, Manitoba
Steinbach is a city of approx. 13,500 people in the southeast corner of the province of Manitoba, Canada, a short distance from the capital Winnipeg. Steinbach is the largest community in the Eastman region of Manitoba. The city is located in the R.M. of Hanover and bordered to the east by the R.M...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
with his wife Angela and their dog, Baxter. Austin is an avid supporter of the Canadian Forces. He has done performances for the troops and has made a tribute song to raise money for the Sapper Mike McTeague Wounded Warriors fund, called "The Red and White Brigade".
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| 1997 | What My Heart Already Knows What My Heart Already Knows What My Heart Already Knows is the debut album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by ViK. Recordings on May 6, 1997...
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9 |
Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Gold |
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| 2000 | Back in Your Life Back in Your Life Back in Your Life is the second studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by ViK. Recordings on March 7, 2000... |
10 | |||||||
| 2002 | Bulletproof Bulletproof (Julian Austin album) Bulletproof is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by Civilian Records on August 13, 2002... |
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| 2007 | The Red and White The Red and White (album) The Red and White is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by LMG Records in 2007. "He's Got What It Takes," the title track, "Harbour Town," "Back to Me" and "Marie" were released as singles.... |
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| 2009 | One for One One for One (Julian Austin album) One for One is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. It was released by Little Ol' Records on May 26, 2009... |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Little Ol' Kisses Little Ol' Kisses "Little Ol' Kisses" is a single by Canadian country music artist Julian Austin. Released in 1997, it was the first single from Austin's album What My Heart Already Knows. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1997.... " |
1 | What My Heart Already Knows |
| "Diamond" | 3 | ||
| 1998 | "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Two out of Three Ain't Bad "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a love song by the American musician Meat Loaf in his solo career, preceded by "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" and followed by "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". It is a track off his 1977 album Bat out of Hell, written by Jim Steinman. It reached #11 on... " |
20 | |
| "What My Heart Already Knows" | 12 | ||
| "Hard Time Loving You" | 13 | ||
| 1999 | "Back in Your Life" | 14 | Back in Your Life |
| 2000 | "Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run (song) "Take the Money and Run" is a song recorded in 1976 by the Steve Miller Band. A song about two young bandits, it was one of the many hit singles produced by the Steve Miller Band in the 1970s and featured on Fly Like an Eagle. The song peaked at #11 on the U.S... " |
4 | |
| "Forever Loving You" | 5 | ||
| "Baby Bye Bye" | * | ||
| 2001 | "Should Be Over You" | * | |
| 2002 | "Pussycat" | * | Bulletproof |
| "I'm So Over You" | * | ||
| 2003 | "Only God Knows" | * | |
| 2006 | "He's Got What It Takes" | * | The Red and White |
| "The Red and White" | * | ||
| 2007 | "Harbour Town" | * | |
| 2008 | "Back to Me" | * | |
| "Marie" | * | ||
| 2009 | "Fat Bottomed Girls Fat Bottomed Girls "Fat Bottomed Girls" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the track featured on their 1978 album Jazz, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits... " |
* | One for One |
| "She Knows About Cryin'" | * | ||
| "If Houston Doesn't Want You" | * | ||
| 2010 | "Goodbye Exit Sign" | * | |
| "Me and This Town" | * | TBD |
Awards
Canadian Country Music AwardsCanadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
- Wrangler Rising Star Award (1997)