Jason Sellers
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Jason Sellers is an American country music
artist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs
. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Records
, for whom he recorded two studio albums: 1997's I'm Your Man
and 1999's A Matter of Time
. These two albums produced five singles on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) charts; each album's title track reached Top 40 on that chart. Although he has not recorded any albums since A Matter of Time, Jason has had continued success as a songwriter, with acts such as Lonestar
, Kenny Chesney
, and Montgomery Gentry
having recorded his songs. In addition, he holds several credits as a session background vocalist.
. His musical beginnings were as a member of his family's gospel music
group, the Singing Sellers, which toured throughout the Western United States
. Between 1991 and 1997, he was married to Lee Ann Womack
, with whom he had one daughter, Aubrie Lee (born 1991).
Sellers moved to Nashville, Tennessee
while still in his late teens. He then persuaded Vince Gill
to allow him to play bass guitar
in Gill's road band when the band's regular bassist was unavailable. Gill then recommended Sellers to Billy Joe Royal
, in whose band Sellers soon became bassist. Afterward, Sellers moved to Ricky Skaggs
' road band, also becoming a songwriter
and road manager for Skaggs. While with Skaggs, Sellers also worked on his songwriting skills, and had songs recorded by Pam Tillis
, Lonestar
and Wade Hayes
.
He was subsequently signed to BNA Records
in 1997, releasing his debut single "I'm Your Man" this year. This song, which peaked at number 37 on the country charts, was the first of three singles from his debut album, also entitled I'm Your Man
. Also released from it were "That Does It" and "This Small Divide", the latter a duet with Martina McBride
.
A second album, A Matter of Time
, produced his highest-charting single in its number 33-peaking title track. One day after the album's release, he exited the label's roster. The album's second single ("Can't Help Calling Your Name", previously included on I'm Your Man) peaked at number 64.
Although he has not released any singles since 2000, he holds several credits as a songwriter, session bass guitarist and harmony vocalist. Singles that Sellers co-wrote include "You Can't Hide Beautiful
" by Aaron Lines
, "I'm a Saint" by Mark Chesnutt
, "Some People Change
" by Montgomery Gentry
, "The One in the Middle" by Sarah Johns, "If You Didn't Love Me" by Phil Stacey
, "I Still Miss You" by Keith Anderson
, "Strange
" by Reba McEntire
, "Don't You Wanna Stay
" by Jason Aldean
and Kelly Clarkson
and "I Got You
" by Thompson Square
.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Records
BNA Records
BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, is a label group that shares ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA features country music acts on its roster...
, for whom he recorded two studio albums: 1997's I'm Your Man
I'm Your Man (Jason Sellers album)
I'm Your Man is the debut album of American country music artist Jason Sellers, released in 1997 via BNA Records. Singles released from the album include the title track, "That Does It" and "This Small Divide", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts in 1997...
and 1999's A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time (Jason Sellers album)
A Matter of Time is the second and final album released by American country music artist Jason Sellers. Its title track was a Top 40 hit for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1999...
. These two albums produced five singles on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) charts; each album's title track reached Top 40 on that chart. Although he has not recorded any albums since A Matter of Time, Jason has had continued success as a songwriter, with acts such as Lonestar
Lonestar
Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
, Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...
, and Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
having recorded his songs. In addition, he holds several credits as a session background vocalist.
Biography
Jason Sellers was born March 4, 1971 in Gilmer, TexasGilmer, Texas
Gilmer is also the name of a county in West Virginia.Gilmer is a town in and the county seat of Upshur County, Texas, United States. It is best known for being the birthplace of popular music singer Johnny Mathis. The population was 4,799 at the 2000 census...
. His musical beginnings were as a member of his family's gospel music
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
group, the Singing Sellers, which toured throughout the Western United States
Western United States
.The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time...
. Between 1991 and 1997, he was married to Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer and songwriter, who is best known for her old fashioned-styled country music songs that often discuss subjects such as cheating and lost love....
, with whom he had one daughter, Aubrie Lee (born 1991).
Sellers moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
while still in his late teens. He then persuaded Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
to allow him to play bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in Gill's road band when the band's regular bassist was unavailable. Gill then recommended Sellers to Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal
Billy Joe Royal is an American singer.-Biography:Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta in 1942, Royal became a local star at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s...
, in whose band Sellers soon became bassist. Afterward, Sellers moved to Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
' road band, also becoming a songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and road manager for Skaggs. While with Skaggs, Sellers also worked on his songwriting skills, and had songs recorded by Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
, Lonestar
Lonestar
Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
and Wade Hayes
Wade Hayes
Tony Wade Hayes is an American country music artist. Signed to Columbia Records in 1994, he made his debut that year with his gold-certified album Old Enough to Know Better...
.
He was subsequently signed to BNA Records
BNA Records
BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, is a label group that shares ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA features country music acts on its roster...
in 1997, releasing his debut single "I'm Your Man" this year. This song, which peaked at number 37 on the country charts, was the first of three singles from his debut album, also entitled I'm Your Man
I'm Your Man (Jason Sellers album)
I'm Your Man is the debut album of American country music artist Jason Sellers, released in 1997 via BNA Records. Singles released from the album include the title track, "That Does It" and "This Small Divide", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts in 1997...
. Also released from it were "That Does It" and "This Small Divide", the latter a duet with Martina McBride
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
.
A second album, A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time (Jason Sellers album)
A Matter of Time is the second and final album released by American country music artist Jason Sellers. Its title track was a Top 40 hit for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1999...
, produced his highest-charting single in its number 33-peaking title track. One day after the album's release, he exited the label's roster. The album's second single ("Can't Help Calling Your Name", previously included on I'm Your Man) peaked at number 64.
Although he has not released any singles since 2000, he holds several credits as a songwriter, session bass guitarist and harmony vocalist. Singles that Sellers co-wrote include "You Can't Hide Beautiful
You Can't Hide Beautiful
"You Can't Hide Beautiful" is the title of a song written by Michael Dulaney and Jason Sellers, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Aaron Lines. It was released in August 2002 as the first single from Lines' album, Living Out Loud. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles...
" by Aaron Lines
Aaron Lines
Anthony Aaron Lines is a Canadian country musician. Active since 2001, he has recorded for RCA, BNA and On Ramp Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the United States.-Love Changes Everything:...
, "I'm a Saint" by Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
, "Some People Change
Some People Change (song)
"Some People Change" is the title of a song written by Neil Thrasher, Jason Sellers, and Michael Dulaney. It was originally recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney for his 2004 album When the Sun Goes Down. It was then recorded by Canadian country music artist George Canyon for his...
" by Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
, "The One in the Middle" by Sarah Johns, "If You Didn't Love Me" by Phil Stacey
Phil Stacey
Joel Philip "Phil" Stacey is an American singer who first gained national attention on season 6 of the television talent show American Idol. After being eliminated from the competition on May 2, 2007, he was signed to a recording contract with Lyric Street Records...
, "I Still Miss You" by Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, Anderson was one of several co-writers on "Beer Run ", a duet by Garth Brooks and George Jones, released in late 2001. Anderson was signed as a recording artist to Arista Nashville in 2004...
, "Strange
Strange (Reba McEntire song)
"Strange" is the title of a song written by Wendell Mobley, Jason Sellers and Neil Thrasher. It was recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire as her first release for the Valory label, a sister label of Big Machine Records. McEntire debuted the song on the Academy of Country Music...
" by Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
, "Don't You Wanna Stay
Don't You Wanna Stay
"Don't You Wanna Stay" is a song performed by American country singer Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson from Aldean's 2010 album, My Kinda Party. It was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers...
" by Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams is an American country music singer, known professionally as Jason Aldean. Since 2005, Aldean has recorded for Broken Bow Records, an independent record label for which he has released four albums and twelve singles...
and Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
and "I Got You
I Got You (Thompson Square song)
"I Got You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Thompson Square. It was released in May 2011 as the third single from their self-titled debut album.-Content:...
" by Thompson Square
Thompson Square
Thompson Square is an American country music duo composed of husband and wife Keifer Thompson and Shawna Thompson. They signed to Stoney Creek Records, a sister label of Broken Bow Records, in January 2010 and have released three singles: "Let's Fight", "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" and "I Got...
.
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| I'm Your Man I'm Your Man (Jason Sellers album) I'm Your Man is the debut album of American country music artist Jason Sellers, released in 1997 via BNA Records. Singles released from the album include the title track, "That Does It" and "This Small Divide", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts in 1997... |
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| A Matter of Time A Matter of Time (Jason Sellers album) A Matter of Time is the second and final album released by American country music artist Jason Sellers. Its title track was a Top 40 hit for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1999... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1997 | "I'm Your Man" | 37 | 46 | I'm Your Man |
| 1998 | "That Does It" | 46 | 84 | |
| "This Small Divide" (with Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... ) |
55 | — | ||
| 1999 | "A Matter of Time" | 33 | 53 | A Matter of Time |
| 2000 | "Can't Help Calling Your Name" | 64 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "I'm Your Man" | Jim Hershleder |
| 1998 | "This Small Divide" | Chris Rogers |
| 1999 | "A Matter of Time" | Thom Oliphant |