Early life
Ross was born in Waterdown, Ontario, and later moved to nearby Burlington, Ontario for school. [5] [6] He spent most of his youth playing sports such as hockey, football, soccer, and motocross. [7] He has extended family in Los Angeles and Maine, and visited the United States often as a child. [8] Ross attended Western University on a football scholarship and was a defensive back. [9] He had hoped to play in the Canadian Football League. [7] A series of injuries coupled with two surgeries derailed his football career in university, [8] and he elected to pursue a career in music as a result. [7] Before his solo career, he initially formed a band in 2016 with Will Finch, a fellow former Western football player, named "Silver Lining". [10] Ross listened to both country and rock music growing up, and cites Steve Earle as one of his biggest musical influences. [7] [11]
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. [7] He began making trips to Nashville, Tennessee in 2018, with the support of fellow Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin, before making a permanent move there in 2019. [7] Ross released his first radio single "If You Were a Song" as an independent artist that year. [12] He released the five-song extended play Do What You Love in 2020. [7]
2022–2023: Universal Music Group, Grey Cup halftime show
In February 2022, Ross released the single "First Taste of Gone", which he co-wrote with Mason Thornley. [13] He then became one of the final eight finalists for SiriusXM's "Top of the Country" contest. [14] Ross subsequently signed a joint recording and management deal with The Core Entertainment and Universal Music Canada in April 2022. [1] With Universal taking over promotion of "First Taste of Gone", the song moved into the top five of the Canada Country chart, [3] and entered the Canadian Hot 100. [15] Ross released the song "On a Different Night" in July 2022, [16] [17] [18] which would become a radio single later that September. [19] He received a nomination for "Rising Star" at the 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards. [20] Ross performed at the halftime show for the 109th Grey Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan, alongside Tyler Hubbard and Jordan Davis. [21]
In January 2023, Ross released the single "Trouble". [22] He opened for Bailey Zimmerman at the end of his headlining tour in the United States in the same month. [23] In March 2023, Universal Music Group Nashville signed Ross in partnership with Universal Music Canada and The Core. [24] [25] Ross subsequently released the song "Red Flags" later that month. [26] [27] 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. [28] [29] [30] He was named "Rising Star" at the 2023 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards. [31] In the summer of 2023, Ross was an opening act for Nickelback on their North American "Get Rollin' Tour" along with Brantley Gilbert. [32] In July 2023, he released the song "Ain't Doin' Jack". [33] That same month, he made his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. [34] 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". [35] [36] He released the song "Ain't the One" at the end of the month. [37]
2024–present: Complicated, The Trouble Tour, and the Single Again Tour
In 2024, Ross released the songs "Single Again" and "Truck Girl". [38] 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. [39] [38] He released his extended play Complicated on March 29, 2024. [40] 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. [41] [42] From August to November 2024, Ross embarked on his debut American headlining tour, the "Single Again Tour". [43] He won five awards at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, including "Entertainer of the Year" and "Single of the Year. [44]
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