1. Jerrod Lee Niemann was born on July 24,1979 and is an American country music singer and songwriter.
24 Facts About Jerrod Niemann
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Jerrod Niemann was born in Harper, Kansas, but raised in Liberal, Kansas.
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Jerrod Niemann learned to play his first musical instrument on a Tracy Lawrence autographed guitar his mother won in a contest at a Lawrence concert.
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Jerrod Niemann began his professional music career by singing and playing acoustic guitar in Texas clubs and bars, particularly the Stockyard Saloon and the historic White Elephant Saloon located in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
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Jerrod Niemann signed a developmental deal with Mercury Records in August 2001 but did not release anything on the label.
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Jerrod Niemann soon traveled to Europe to tour with the band Kane consisting of members Christian Kane and Steve Carlson.
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Jerrod Niemann signed to Arista Nashville's Sea Gayle division, co-owned by Brad Paisley, in 2010.
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Jerrod Niemann's debut single "Lover, Lover" was released in early 2010; it was originally recorded by the folk music group Sonia Dada under the title "You Don't Treat Me No Good" and was a number one single in Australia in 1992.
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In November 2010, Jerrod Niemann was nominated in the New Artist category for that year's Country Music Association Awards.
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At the 2010 American Country Awards, Jerrod Niemann was nominated for Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist, Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist, and Music Video: Breakthrough Artist for "Lover, Lover".
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Jerrod Niemann was nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year for "Lover, Lover" at the 2011 Country Music Television Music Awards.
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Jerrod Niemann finished up the year with four nominations at the American Country Awards, including Artist of the Year: New Artist, Music Video of the Year, Music Video: Male, and Music Video: New Artist for "What Do You Want".
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Jerrod Niemann released his fourth Arista single, "Shinin' on Me", on April 9,2012.
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Jerrod Niemann collaborated with Pitbull on the remix of the song.
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Jerrod Niemann parted ways with Arista Nashville in January 2016, shortly after releasing another single titled "Blue Bandana".
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In March 2016, Jerrod Niemann signed a record deal with Curb Records.
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Jerrod Niemann's first single for the label was "A Little More Love", a duet with Lee Brice.
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At the age of 8, Jerrod Niemann was writing several songs a year.
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Jerrod Niemann found legendary Nashville songwriters such as Whitey Shafer, Dean Dillon, and Paul Overstreet to be very influential in his songwriting and went on to co-write with all three while living there.
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In May 2001, Jerrod Niemann was contacted by Garth Brooks to collaborate, along with fellow songwriter Richie Brown.
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Jerrod Niemann was awarded two BMI awards in 2012 for "What Do You Want" and "One More Drinking Song", each being one of the most played songs of the year.
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Jerrod Niemann has signed publishing deals throughout his career with Marathon Key Music and Sea Gayle Music.
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Jerrod Niemann became engaged to longtime girlfriend Morgan Petek in New Orleans in late 2013.
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Jerrod Niemann is involved with the United Service Organizations and went to Afghanistan, Kuwait, Romania, and Kosovo in 2016 on his first overseas tour.