Josh Ross

Joshua Ross (born May 27, 1996) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He is managed by The Core Entertainment and jointly signed to Universal Music Canada and Mercury Nashville. Ross has charted multiple singles, including "On a Different Night", "Trouble", "Ain't Doin' Jack", "Single Again", and "Hate How You Look". His debut album Later Tonight was released in September 2025. He spent most of his youth playing sports such as hockey, football, soccer, and motocross. He has extended family in Los Angeles and Maine, and visited the United States often as a child. Ross attended Western University where he played varsity football as a defensive back. He had hoped to play in the Canadian Football League.

Career Early career While working in construction management, Ross entered several music competitions including the Magna Hoedown in Aurora, Ontario, and the Boots and Hearts Emerging Artists Showcase. He released the five-song extended play Do What You Love in 2020. He then became one of the final eight finalists for SiriusXM's "Top of the Country" contest. Ross subsequently signed a joint recording and management deal with The Core Entertainment and Universal Music Canada in April 2022. which would become a radio single later that September. He received a nomination for "Rising Star" at the 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards.

In January 2023, Ross released the single "Trouble". He opened for Bailey Zimmerman at the end of his headlining tour in the United States in the same month. In March 2023, Universal Music Group Nashville signed Ross in partnership with Universal Music Canada and The Core. Ross subsequently released the song "Red Flags" later that month. He joined Lee Brice's "Beer Drinking Opportunity Tour" with Tenille Arts in Canada in the spring of 2023, and signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music shortly thereafter. He was named "Rising Star" at the 2023 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards. In the summer of 2023, Ross was an opening act for Nickelback on their North American "Get Rollin' Tour" along with Brantley Gilbert. In July 2023, he released the song "Ain't Doin' Jack". That same month, he made his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. At the 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards in September 2023, Ross was nominated in six total categories, and won the award for "Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year".

2024–present: Complicated, Later Tonight, The Trouble Tour, and the Single Again Tour In 2024, Ross released the songs "Single Again" and "Truck Girl". Ross also embarked on his debut headlining tour "The Trouble Tour" in Canada in early 2024, and he joined Bailey Zimmerman again for his headlining "Religiously: The Tour" in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland. He followed that up with the release of the promotional singles "New Me" in May 2024 and "Want This Beer", a duet with Julia Michaels, in July 2024. From August to November 2024, Ross embarked on his debut American headlining tour, the "Single Again Tour". He won five awards at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, including "Entertainer of the Year" and "Single of the Year. Ross also won the Jeff Walker Global Country Artist Award at the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards. He tied with Tate McRae for the most nominations at the Juno Awards of 2025, and won the Juno Award for Country Album of the Year with Complicated. In May 2025, Ross collaborated with hip hop artist Akon on the song "Drunk Right Now (Na Na Na)", a reimagined version of Akon's song "Right Now (Na Na Na)". In July 2025, "Single Again" reached number one on the Mediabase Country chart, making Ross the third Canadian man ever, after Hank Snow and Paul Brandt, to land a number one country radio single in the United States. Ross released his debut album Later Tonight on September 19, 2025. He supported the album with his "Later Tonight Tour" across Canada in early 2026. Ross was nominated for four awards at the Juno Awards of 2026.

Tours The Trouble Tour (2024) Single Again Tour (2024) Later Tonight Tour (2026)

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications CAN Later Tonight Released: September 19, 2025 Label: The Core Entertainment / Universal Music Canada / Mercury Nashville Format: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming 17 MC: Gold

Extended plays Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications CAN US Heat Do What You Love Released: November 20, 2020 Label: Independent Format: Digital download, streaming — — Live Sessions Released: November 11, 2022 Label: The Core Entertainment / Universal Music Canada Format: Digital download, streaming — — Complicated Released: March 29, 2024 Label: The Core Entertainment / Universal Music Canada / Mercury Nashville Format: CD, digital download, streaming 73 11 MC: Gold

Singles

RIAA: Gold Complicated "Ain't Doin' Jack" 69 1 26 — — — MC: Platinum 2024 "Single Again" 60 1 4 73 22 2 MC: 2× Platinum

Awards and nominations +YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultRef 2022 Canadian Country Music AssociationRising Star 2023 Country Music Association of OntarioFans' Choice Male Artist of the Year Rising Star Single of the Year "First Taste of Gone" Songwriter of the Year "On a Different Night" Canadian Country Music Association Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Fans' Choice Male Artist of the Year Single of the Year "On a Different Night" Songwriter(s) of the Year "Trouble" Video of the Year" "Trouble" 2024 Juno Awards Juno Fan Choice Country Music Association of Ontario Fans' Choice Male Artist of the Year Music Video of the Year "Trouble" Single of the Year "Trouble" Canadian Country Music Association Album of the Year Complicated 2025 Juno Awards Album of the Year Complicated Artist of the Year Country Album of the Year Complicated Juno Fan Choice Single of the Year "Single Again" Country Music Association of Ontario Compass Award Fans' Choice Canadian Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Fans' Choice Male Artist of the Year Musical Collaboration of the Year "Want This Beer" Single of the Year "Single Again" Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year Complicated Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year "Single Again" Video of the Year "Single Again" 2026 Juno Awards Album of the Year Later Tonight Country Album of the Year Later Tonight Juno Fan Choice Single of the Year "Hate How You Look"