Jameson Rodgers (born October 17, 1987) is an American

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musician signed to

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/River House, whose debut single "Some Girls" charted on the Country Airplay chart.

Early life

Jameson Rodgers grew up in

Batesville, Mississippi Batesville is a city in Panola County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,463 at the 2010 census. Batesville is one of two county seats which the legislature established for Panola County, related to a longstanding rivalry between ...

, United States. Rodgers loved baseball and music and played baseball at Northwest MS Community College before finishing college at

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. Rodgers started to write songs and perform, eventually developing a local following along the way. He later moved to Nashville in 2010 with his friend and never left.

Career

In 2014, Rodgers received The

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Foundation Leon Brettler Award and landed a publishing deal with Combustion Music. In 2016, he released his first EP and two years later, a self-titled EP in 2018, which featured the hit "

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s". The song was featured on

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's The Highway and has over 80 million streams. Rodgers has co-penned Platinum-selling hits for

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(Top 10 single "

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") and Chris Lane (No. 1 hit "

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"), along with "Camouflage Hat" on

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's 2019 album '' 9'' and the title track of Luke Bryan's 2020 album ''

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''. Jameson won the 2020 MusicRow Discovery Artist of the Year award. Rodgers spent 2019 supporting Luke Combs on his Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour, playing more than 60 arenas across the US and Canada.

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named Jameson Rodgers one of 2018 Country Artists to Watch. In 2019, Rodgers signed a recording deal with River House Artists/

. In 2020, he achieved his first charting song on the ''

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'' charts; his debut hit "Some Girls" reached number one on the

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chart and number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Discography

Albums

*''

Bet You're from a Small Town ''Bet You're from a Small Town'' is the debut studio album by American country music singer Jameson Rodgers. It was released on September 17, 2021 via Columbia Nashville. The album contains the number-one singles "Some Girls" and "Cold Beer Callin ...

'' (2021) – No. 182 US ''Billboard'' 200, No. 23 US

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EPs

*''Jameson Rodgers EP'' (Independent, 2016) *''Jameson Rodgers'' (Independent, 2018) – No. 42 US Top Country Albums *''In It for the Money'' (River House/Columbia Nashville, 2021) – No. 41 US Top Country Albums

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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