JOSH TURNER EARNS GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR

JOSH TURNER EARNS GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Submitted By Jimmy Kwak
Dec 16, 2006

Nashville, TN --- Dec 14, 2006 --- Emerging country super star Josh Turner earned two Grammy Nominations this morning for Country Album Of The Year for YOUR MAN and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for “Would You Go With Me.” YOUR MAN, Turner’s sophomore effort made its debut at #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart the last week in January selling over 100,000 copies its first week in stores. Within weeks, the album was gold and shortly thereafter, certified platinum. To date, the album has scanned 1.3 MILLION units and now, nearly a year later, YOUR MAN continues to scan a massive 30,000 units a week.

Turner has quickly established himself as a powerful force in the world of country music. He has released BACK to BACK platinum albums and BACK to BACK multi week #1 singles at country radio with his lead single “Your Man” and the Grammy nominated “Would You Go With Me.” He reached the #1 mark yet again when “Me And God,” a duet with legendary Ralph Stanley reached the top of the American Christian Top 40 chart.

Turner’s one-of-a-kind voice has been described as “a baritone carved of solid granite, reminiscent of no less a luminary than Johnny Cash,” in Country Weekly, “deep, rich and delicious” in USA Today, “sublime and gorgeous,” in New York Times and in No Depression as, “riveting…impossible to get out of your head.”

A true fan of country music and its rich history, Turner takes great pride in these compliments and the recognition from his peers. Turner was in the studio this afternoon recording with friend and producer Frank Rogers when he learned about the news, “I was totally surprised, I didn’t expect a Grammy nomination. The first three messages we got were about the album nomination then we got news about Best Male Vocal. And I thought this year couldn’t get better…”