Chris Janson

Chris Janson proved his songwriting merit on songs for the likes of Tim McGraw and Justin Moore before hitting the Billboard country charts as a soloist with his 2013 eponymous debut EP. Emphatically embracing a blue-collar sensibility as both a songwriter and performer, Janson's first album, 2015's Buy Me a Boat, spoke to mainstream country-pop audiences, cracking the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 on its way to multi-platinum sales. After selling out Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for the first time in 2018, his third full-length, 2019's Real Friends, included an appearance by Bl...