Josh Turner

About Josh Turner

Joshua Otis Turner shortly named Josh Turner is an American country music and gospel singer-songwriter, as well as an actor. He released his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train" which became his breakthrough single release. After the success of his first album, he released his second album, "Your Man" in 2006 considered for his first two number-one hits: "Your Man" and "Would You Go with Me". After a year, his third album "Everything Is Fine" was released which included a No. 2 in "Firecracker". The fourth studio album "Haywire" was released in the year 2010 becoming his biggest hit, the four-week No. 1 "Why Don't We Just Dance" and another number one in "All Over Me". It was followed by Punching Bag (2012), whose lead-off single "Time Is Love" was the biggest country hit of 2012 according to Billboard Year-End. His seventh studio album was issued on October 26, 2018, entitled "I Serve a Savior". In the movie "Billy: The Early Years", he made his role as Billy.  

Josh Turner goes forward into the 90s with a nostalgic new video. He has released a new video for his version of Vern Gosdin's "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance." The clip has a nostalgic feel that recalls the country music dance series "Club Dance", which ran through the 1990s on The Nashville Network. The song (fully titled "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)") was one of the biggest in Gosdin's hit-filled career. It topped the country chart for the artist from Woodland, Alabama in June 1984, the first of three No.1s that also included 1988's "Set 'Em Up Joe" and "I'm Still Crazy" in the year 1989. "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance" is taken from Turner's latest album 'Country State Of Mind', which is out now on MCA Nashville.

Josh Turner is famous for being American country music and gospel singer-songwriter, and actor. He is best known for releasing the top ten hits such as "Firecracker," "Your Man," and "All Over Me".

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Josh Turner was born on 20th November 1977 in Hannah, South Carolina with the birth name/real name of Joshua Otis Turner. He is American by nationality and he belongs to American-White ethnicity. His race is White. He is Christian by religion and his horoscope sign is Scorpio. His parents are Joe Turner (father) and Karen Turner (mother). He has one brother and sister with whom he grew up. His brother's name is Matt Turner and his sister's name is Carrie Turner. Growing up in the church, he founded a gospel quartet called Thankful Hearts, where he sang bass, in addition to singing the bass and baritone parts in choirs. He learned classical vocal technique and how to take care of his voice and avoid developing further problems as he developed a lesion on his right vocal cord. As of 2020, he celebrated his 42nd birthday. 

Concerning his education, he attended enrolled in Hannah-Pamplico High School where he spent some time at Francis Marion University before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in music and enrolled in Belmont University.

Josh Turner is a very handsome and cool singer with a height of 6 feet 1 inch and his weight consist of around 74 Kg. He has a pair of blue eyes and dark brown hair. His other body measurements are still to get revealed yet. Overall, he has got a healthy body with a charming smile. Back in 1996, he developed a lesion on his right vocal cord. Turner was examined by the Vanderbilt voice clinic, where doctors advised him to let it heal on its own. Surgery was not needed, but he did have to rest his voice for a year. 

Josh Turner's Singing Career

• Josh debuted on the Grand Ole Opry with the song "Long Black Train" on 21st December 2001 for which he received a standing ovation in the middle of the song, then sang it again for an encore.
• After that, he released his debut album, also entitled "Long Black Train". 
• Back then, he also released 7" vinyl singles of "She'll Go on You" and "Long Black Train". 
• His debut album, "Long Black Train" spent more than forty weeks on the Billboard country charts, reaching a peak of No. 13 and receiving a gold certification. 
• He then released his second album, "Your Man" at the beginning of the year 2006. 
• The album's first single and title track, "Your Man", climbed the charts slowly, eventually reaching No. 1 in early 2006 and was also certified Gold by the RIAA four weeks after its release, and went Platinum six months later.
• "Would You Go with Me" was the second single released from Your Man which reached No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100. Turner also performed it on the CMA Awards in November 2006.
• Later, a song called "Me and God" was released as a single to Christian radio featured members of the band Diamond Rio on background vocals which reached a peak of No. 16 on the country charts.
• His album Josh "Turner: Live At The Ryman" was recorded in April and is available exclusively through Cracker Barrel restaurants.
• He along with veteran songwriters Brett James and Don Schlitz, wrote a song entitled "Say Yes"; recorded and released by singer Dusty Drake in the year 2007 peaked at No. 36.
• He was inducted by Vince Gill on 27th October 2007 becoming the second-youngest member after Carrie Underwood. 
• His third studio album for MCA Nashville, titled Everything Is Fine, was released on 30th October 2007.
• Regarding the albums' singles, it's lead-off single, "Firecracker", became Turner's third Top Ten hit on the country music charts, peaking at No. 2. The second single from Everything Is Fine, a duet with Trisha Yearwood entitled "Another Try", was released in late January 2008, peaking at No. 15. The title track was released as the third single and peaked at No. 20. "Everything Is Fine" has been certified gold. 
• He recorded his fourth album, "Haywire" and it's lead-off single, "Why Don't We Just Dance" was released on 12th August 2009, debuted at No. 57 on the U.S.
• The album was released on 9th February 2010, along with a deluxe version. "All Over Me" was released in April 2010 as the album's second single; it became his fourth Number One. 
• He then shot the video for "I Wouldn't Be a Man" on 27th September 2010 in Nashville, which was the third single from Haywire. "Haywire" is now certified gold.
• His fifth studio album, "Punching Bag", was released via MCA Nashville on 12th June 2012. 
• He released "Live Across America" with twelve of his songs recorded in concert in different cities in 2012. 
• The lead single from his upcoming sixth studio album, "Lay Low", was released to country radio on 1st September 2014 which reached a peak of No. 25 on Country Airplay. 
• The second single, "Hometown Girl", was released to radio on 31st May 2016. 
• The album, titled "Deep South", was released on 10th March 2017, preceded by two sneak preview songs, "Deep South" and "Where the Girls Are" released on 23rd February 2017.
• His second single "Hometown Girl" from "Deep South" peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart and peaked at No. 1 on the Mediabase chart, which makes it Turner's 5th No. 1 single.
• His seventh album "I Serve a Savior" was released on 26th October 2018 which consists of a collection of mostly gospel standards with a few original songs, including its title track that Turner co-wrote. 
• As an actor, he played George Beverly Shea in the 2008 film "Billy: The Early Years", about the evangelist Billy Graham. 

Awards and Achievements of Josh Turner

Inspirational Country Music Awards (2004)

• Song of the Year – "Long Black Train"
• Songwriter of the Year
• Mainstream Country Artist

Inspirational Country Music Awards (2006)

• Song of the Year-"Me and God"
• Songwriter of the Year
• Mainstream Country Artists

Josh Turner's Studio albums

• Long Black Train (2003)
• Your Man (2006)
• Everything Is Fine (2007)
• Haywire (2010)
• Punching Bag (2012)
• Deep South (2017)
• I Serve a Savior (2018)
• Country State of Mind (2020)

Josh Turner's Wife, Jennifer Ford

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Josh Turner is a married man. He is married to his beautiful wife, Jennifer Ford on 14th June 2003. By profession, his wife, Jennifer is the keyboardist and background singer for his shows. The couple is blessed with four children/kids namely Hampton, Colby, Marion, and Samuel. The adorable couple met at Nashville's Belmont University in the late 1990s and became acquaintances. Josh proposed to Jennifer Ford at Nashville's Percy Priest Lake in Nov 2002. As of today, their relationship is going smoothly with the passage of time. He is loyal towards his wife and they both support each other at a hard time. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay. 

Josh Turner's Net Worth 2020

Josh Turner is a famous country singer who has achieved huge success throughout his career and he has achieved a huge amount of money as well. His major source of earning comes from singing career and he is satisfied with his earnings. As of 2020, the net worth of Joe Turner is estimated to have $17 Million whereas the exact salary and career earnings of Josh are still to get revealed yet as it has not been stated by any website neither by himself.