Travis William Collins (born 4 May 1985,
Campbelltown) is an Australian
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer-songwriter and guitarist. Three of his albums have reached the
ARIA Albums Chart
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top 20, ''Hard Light'' (2016), ''Brave & the Broken'' (2018) and ''Wreck Me'' (2020). He has won eight Golden Guitar trophies at the annual
Country Music Awards of Australia
The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...
and four CMC Australian awards. Collins is an ambassador for RUOK? Day.
Early life
Travis William Collins was born on 4 May 1985 in
Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
[ Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'] He is the second youngest son of six children, their parents are Terry Collins, also a musician, and Debbie ( Conroy).
Collins busked on Peel Street,
Tamworth at age 11. He was a graduate of the NSW Public Schools Talent Development Program.
Career
In January 2004 Travis Collins competed at the Star Maker Quest at the
Tamworth Country Music Festival
The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales. The festival is the second bigg ...
.
He won for his performance of "Bridge That You Won't Burn", which was co-written by Collins with his father Terry.
"Bridge That You Won't Burn" was released as his debut single in May 2004.
[ ] He issued his debut studio album, ''Start the Car'', in 2005 via
ABC Music
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.
It peaked at No. 15 on the
ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.
His second album, ''No Boundaries'' (18 August 2007), reached No. 18 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.
It was co-produced by Collins and Herm Kovac.
Dave Dawson of ''Nu Country'' observed, " the peaks are the album's finale – anthemic agoraphobia escape tune 'Walls Come Down' and summary justice narrative 'What Comes Around'."
''Capital News'' Susan Jarvis felt, "
t's acollection of great tracks points to a stellar international career...
ndis sheer class, featuring several
ollinsoriginals and some well-chosen tracks from leading writers."
His third album is self-titled and appeared on 7 November 2011 but it did not chart.
On 13 February 2015 Collins released his fourth studio album, ''Wired'', via
Universal Music Australia, which peaked at No. 26 on the ARIA Albums Chart;
it also debuted at No. 1 on the associated ARIA Country Albums Chart.
Kevin Walsh of ''Good Morning Country'' proclaimed it Album of the Week, and explained, "
tcouples classic country sounds with the artist’s unique ear for a captivating rock tune."
Collins joined fellow country artist
Adam Brand, together with
Drew McAlister (ex-
McAlister Kemp), Matt Cornell (ex-
Baby Animals
Baby Animals is an Australian hard rock band active from October 1989 to 1996 and reformed in 2007. The original line-up was Frank Celenza on drums; Suze DeMarchi on lead vocals and guitar; Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals; and Eddie Pa ...
) and Mike Carr (
Buddy Goode) to perform as Adam Brand and the Outlaws at the
Gympie Muster in August 2015.
They issued an album, ''
Adam Brand and the Outlaws
''Adam Brand and the Outlaws'' is the thirteenth studio album by Australian recording artist Adam Brand; this one credited to Adam Brand and the Outlaws. The outlaws consists of Australian country musicians Drew McAlister, Travis Collins, Matt ...
'', in January 2016.
''Hard Light'', the artist's fifth album, appeared on 6 May 2016, which peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 2 on the related Country Albums Chart.
''Sunburnt Country Music''s Sophie Hamley felt, "
t providessolid country rock performed with an ability to sing a sweet note and make it sound authentic."
Staff writer for ''Yarrawonga Chronicle'' described how, "
tmoves everything up a gear, with Collins digging deeper than ever before, not only with his vocals but also as a musician and a songwriter."
At 2017 Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) Collins won three Golden Guitar trophies: Male Artist of the Year for ''Hard Light'', Song of the Year for "Call Me Crazy" (shared with co-writer,
Damien Leith
Damien Leo Leith (born 18 January 1976, in Dublin) is an Irish-Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest ''Australian Idol 2006''. Since winning the title, Leith has released nine studio albums, four of ...
), and Single of the Year for "Just Another Girl".
Collins collaborated with label mate,
Amber Lawrence, on the seven-track
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''Our Backyard'' (31 July 2017), which peaked at No. 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Country Albums Chart.
It details Australian stories about life, love and friendship. At the 2018 Country Music Awards of Australia he won three more Golden Guitar trophies: Vocal Collaboration of the Year (with Lawrence) for "Our Backyard", Song of the Year for "Our Backyard" (shared with Lawrence and Matt Scullion) and Single of the Year for "Our Backyard" (shared with Lawrence).
On 17 August 2018 Collins released his sixth solo album, ''Brave and the Broken'', recorded in Nashville with all tracks written or co-written by Collins.
He was joined in the studio by session musicians, Carl Miner on acoustic guitar (Taylor Swift), Mike Rojas on keyboards (
Luke Bryan), and Jimmy Carter on bass guitar (Alan Jackson); it was produced by Luke Wooten (
Brad Paisley
Bradley Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album ''Who Needs Pictures'', he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashvil ...
,
Dierks Bentley
Frederick Dierks Bentley (; born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's '' Modern Day Drifter'', a ...
).
''Brave and the Broken'' peaked at No. 15 on ARIA Albums Chart, No. 1 on its Country Albums Chart, No. 4 on ARIA Australian Artists Albums, No. 5 on Top 100 Physical Albums and No. 10 on Digital Albums charts.
Rebecca Belt of ''The Country Journo'' observed, "
The artist's seventh studio album. ''Wreck Me'', appeared 31 July 2020, which peaked at No. 8 on ARIA Albums Chart and No. 1 on their Country Albums Chart.
It was produced by Wooten, again.
Hamley determined, "you're always going to be listening to an album that is produced to high standards, that has tight songs, in which Collins will use his fantastic voice – so well suited to country music – to make sure those songs find their best expression."
The album provided three singles, "Make Up", "Weekend" and "Rainy Day".
Later that year he issued an acoustic version of ''Wreck Me''.
In May 2021 Collins was featured vocalist on Canadian country artist
Jess Moskaluke's single "
Leave Each Other Alone" from her second album, ''
The Demos'' (February 2021).
Discography
Studio albums
Re-recorded albums
Extended plays
Awards and nominations
AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Awards (known colloquially as the
AIR Awards
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History
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2021
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, ''Wreck Me''
, Best Independent Country Album or EP
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APRA Awards
The
APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the
Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. Collins has been nominated for two awards.
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2020
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, Most Performed Country Work of the Year
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ARIA Music Awards
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ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music.
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2018
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, ''Brave & The Broken''
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Best Country Album
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2020
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, ''Wreck Me''
, Best Country Album
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CMC Awards
The CMC Awards are awarded annually by
Country Music Channel Australia.
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Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA)
Collins has won eight awards at the
Country Music Awards of Australia
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held annually in
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References
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Living people
1985 births