Noeline Hofmann

Noeline Hofmann is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Bow Island, Alberta. She gained popularity for writing the song "Purple Gas" and collaborating with Zach Bryan to record it in 2024. She is currently signed to La Honda Records.

Early life Hofmann grew up in Bow Island in the Alberta Badlands. Her parents have worked as crop dusters, while she descends from a family of farmers. Hofmann cites fellow Canadians Corb Lund and Colter Wall as artists she listened to in her youth. She took piano lessons at a young age, and also wrote poems as a kid. She then decided to move to western Manitoba to work on a ranch named Poplarview Stock Farm in the spring of 2021. In 2024, Bryan asked Hofmann to collaborate with him and record "Purple Gas" as a duet, which he included on his 2024 album The Great American Bar Scene.

Later that year, Hofmann made her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. On October 18, 2024, she released her debut EP Purple Gas on La Honda Records. In February 2025, Hofmann released a cover of Luke Bell's song "The Bullfighter". Hofmann won Female Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Video of the Year at the 2025 Country Music Alberta Awards. She won the 2025 SiriusXM Top of the Country competition. Hofmann was nominated for Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year and Alternative Country Album of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

Hofmann received a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2026. She will be an opening act on select dates of Shaboozey's "Outlaws Never Die Tour" in late 2026.

Discography Extended plays +List of EPs, with selected details Title Details Purple Gas Release date: October 18, 2024 Label: La Honda Records Format: Digital download, streaming

Charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US Country CAN NZ Hot "Purple Gas" 2024 69 19 51 17 MC: Gold Purple Gas

Music videos Year Video Director 2024 "August" Preston Hoffman 2025 "The Bullfighter" 2021“Badlands” Nathan Clark

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref 2025 Country Music Alberta Album of the Year Purple Gas Fans' Choice Female Artist of Year Songwriter(s) of the Year "Purple Gas - Solo" Video of the Year "August" Canadian Country Music Association Alternative Country Album of the Year Purple Gas Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year 2026 Juno Awards Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year