Jess Moskaluke | |
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Background information | |
Born | Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada [1] | June 4, 1990
Genres | Country, country pop |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | MDM Recordings |
Website | jessmoskaluke.com |
Jessica Moskaluke (born June 4, 1990) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, Light Up the Night in April 2014, which includes the platinum-certified single "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes". She has one number-one hit on the Billboard Canada Country chart with "Country Girls". [2]
In June 2011, Moskaluke won the Next Big Thing contest, sponsored by Big Dog 92.7 and SaskMusic. [3] In September 2011, she won the New Artist Showcase Award at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. [4] She was chosen to represent Canada at the Global Artist Party at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. [5]
Moskaluke's debut single, "Catch Me If You Can", was released on June 4, 2012. [6] The song's music video received regular airplay on CMT. [7] It was followed by an EP, also titled Catch Me If You Can, which was released on September 4, 2012, by MDM Recordings and distributed by EMI Music Canada. [6] Jeff DeDekker of the Leader-Post gave the EP four stars out of five, writing that "by using the full extent of her voice and also incorporating tenderness and fragility, Moskaluke is able to cover the complete spectrum of material." [8] Casadie Pederson of Top Country also gave the EP four stars out of five, calling Moskaluke "one of the best young talents we've seen in a long time." [9] The EP's second single, "Hit N Run", reached the top 40 on the Billboard Canada Country chart in 2013. [10] Moskaluke was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2013 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards. [11]
Moskaluke released the first single from her debut studio album, "Good Lovin'", in October 2013. [12] It became her first single to reach the top 20 on the Billboard Canada Country chart. [10] The album, Light Up the Night , was released on April 15, 2014. [13] "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes" and "Used" were both released as singles from the album in 2014.
In February 2021, she released her second studio album The Demos , [14] which included her first number-one hit "Country Girls", [15] as well as the singles "Halfway Home", [16] "Mapdot", [17] "Leave Each Other Alone", [18] [19] and "Nothin' I Don't Love About You". [20]
Title | Details |
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Light Up the Night |
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The Demos |
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The Vinyl [21] |
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Title | Details | Peak positions | |||
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CAN [22] | |||||
Catch Me If You Can |
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Kiss Me Quiet |
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Past the Past |
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A Small Town Christmas |
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Heartbreaker |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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CAN Country [10] | CAN [23] | ||||||||
2012 | "Catch Me If You Can" | 49 | — | Catch Me If You Can | |||||
2013 | "Hit N Run" | 37 | — | ||||||
"Everything Falls" | — | — | — | ||||||
"Good Lovin'" | 17 | — | Light Up the Night | ||||||
2014 | "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes" | 11 | 48 | ||||||
"Used" | 13 | — | |||||||
2015 | "Night We Won't Forget" | 17 | — | ||||||
"Kiss Me Quiet" | 7 | — |
| Kiss Me Quiet | |||||
2016 | "Take Me Home" | 7 | — |
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"Elevator" | 15 | — | |||||||
2017 | "Drive Me Away" | 3 | — | Past the Past | |||||
"Kill Your Love" | 16 | — | |||||||
2018 | "Past the Past" | 30 | — | ||||||
"Camouflage" | 7 | — | |||||||
"Save Some of That Whiskey" | 6 | — | |||||||
2019 | "Country Girls" | 1 | — [upper-alpha 1] |
| The Demos | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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CAN Country [10] | AUS Country [29] | ||||||||
2020 | "Halfway Home" | 11 | 4 | The Demos | |||||
"Mapdot" | 15 | 44 | |||||||
2021 | "Leave Each Other Alone" (featuring Travis Collins) | 35 | 29 | ||||||
"Nothin' I Don't Love About You" | 13 | — | |||||||
2022 | "Knock Off" | 6 | 8 | Heartbreaker | |||||
2023 | "Heartbreaker" | 10 | 30 | ||||||
"Go Get Er" | 16 | 1 | |||||||
2024 | "Secondhand You" | — | 29 | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
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CAN Country [10] | |||
2023 | "Counting Down Christmas" | 44 | A Small Town Christmas (Deluxe) |
"White Christmas" | 49 | ||
"Little Drummer Boy" | 53 |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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CAN Country [30] | CAN [31] | ||||||||
2012 | "Storm Before the Calm" (Eppic featuring Jess Moskaluke) | — | — | Forever Imperfect | |||||
2015 | "I'm an Open Road" (Paul Brandt featuring Jess Moskaluke) | 7 | 93 |
| Borderlines | ||||
2020 | "What the Whiskey Won't Do" (Alan Doyle featuring Jess Moskaluke) | — | — | Rough Side Out | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Title | Director |
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2012 | "Catch Me If You Can" | Jordan Eady |
"Thank God for Christmas" | Antonio Hrynchuk | |
"Storm Before The Calm" | Tyler Ward | |
2014 | "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes" | Joel Stewart |
"Used" | Marc André Debruyne | |
"O Holy Night" (with The Lovelocks) | Joel Stewart | |
2015 | "Night We Won't Forget" | Amit Dabrai |
"I'm an Open Road" (with Paul Brandt) | Sam Ciurdar | |
"Kiss Me Quiet" | David Tenniswood | |
2016 | "Take Me Home" [33] | David Hustler |
"Elevator" | Ben Knechtel | |
2017 | "Drive Me Away" | |
"Kill Your Love" | Joel Stewart | |
2018 | "Past The Past" | |
"Camouflage" | Wes Mack | |
2019 | "Save Some Of That Whisky" | Ben Knechtel |
2020 | "Country Girls" | Stephano Barberis |
"Halfway Home" | ||
"Mapdot" | Tanner Goetz | |
2021 | "Leave Each Other Alone" (with Travis Collins) | |
"Nothin' I Don't Love About You" | ||
2022 | "Knock Off" | Travis Nesbitt |
2023 | "Heartbreaker" | Andrew Freedom Parry |
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Wins | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | [34] |
2014 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Won | |
Rising Star | Nominated | ||||
Interactive Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | [35] | ||
"Good Lovin'" | Single of the Year | Won | |||
2015 | Juno Awards | Herself | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
Light Up the Night | Country Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Won | ||
Light Up the Night | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Cheap Wine and Cigarettes" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |||
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Herself | Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year | Won | [36] | |
Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | ||||
"Cheap Wine and Cigarettes | Single of the Year | Won | |||
"Used" | Video of the Year | Won | |||
Light Up the Night | Album of the Year | Won | |||
2016 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Won | |
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Herself (shared with Darlene Tuleta) | Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | [37] | |
"Kiss Me Quiet" | Single of the Year | Won | |||
2017 | Juno Awards | Country Album of the Year | Kiss Me Quiet | Won | |
Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
"Take Me Home" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |||
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Herself | Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year | Won | [38] | |
Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | ||||
"Take Me Home" (shared with Kelly Archer and Emily Shackleton) | Song of the Year (Composer) | Won | |||
"Take Me Home" | Single of the Year | Won | |||
Video of the Year | Won | ||||
2018 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Album of the Year | Past the Past | Won | |
Herself | Fan's Choice Award | Nominated | |||
Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
"Drive Me Away" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Drive Me Away" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
Herself (shared with Zach Abend and Corey Crowder) | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |||
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | Herself | Award of Achievement | Won | [39] | |
Saskatchewan Music Awards | Country Artist of the Year | Won | [40] | ||
Western Canadian Music Awards | Country Artist of the Year | Won | |||
2019 | Juno Awards | A Small Town Christmas | Country Album of the Year | Nominated | |
Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
Herself (shared with Jared Mullins and Corey Crowder) | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Camouflage" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
2020 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
Saskatchewan Country Music Awards | "Save Some of That Whiskey" | Single of the Year | Nominated | [41] [42] | |
Western Canadian Music Awards | Herself | Country Artist of the Year | Won | ||
2021 | Western Canadian Music Awards | Herself | Country Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
Canadian Country Music Awards | The Demos | Album of the Year | Nominated | [43] | |
Herself | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Mapdot" (shared with Zac Abend and Liz Rose) | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Mapdot" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
Saskatchewan Music Awards | Herself | Country Artist of the Year | Won | [44] | |
2022 | Western Canadian Music Awards | Herself | Country Artist of the Year | Pending | [45] |
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