Noeline Hofmann | |
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| Born | July 30, 2003 Bow Island, Alberta, Canada |
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| Years active | 2023–present |
| Labels | La Honda |
| Website | Official website |
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. [1] She is currently signed to La Honda Records. [2]
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. [3] Hofmann cites fellow Canadians Corb Lund and Colter Wall as artists she listened to in her youth. [4] She took piano lessons at a young age, and also wrote poems as a kid. [3] At age 12, she began songwriting and later learned the guitar as a teenager. [5] [3] In her adolescent years, Hofmann initially worked on a farm rouging canola, then worked at a local cow-calf operation where she tagged cows, delivered vaccines, and assisted in breeding operations. [3]
After graduating high school, Hofmann worked numerous jobs, including as a receptionist and cashier, and as a server at a restaurant named "Bobby's Grill", which served as the inspiration for her song "Bob's". [6] [3] She had planned to attempt to go into music, but amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there were few available opportunities for new performers. [7] She then decided to move to western Manitoba to work on a ranch named Poplarview Stock Farm in the spring of 2021. [3]
In mid-2023, Hofmann began performing at small venues near her hometown in southern Alberta. [7] In October 2023, she posted a video of her performing her original song "Purple Gas" on TikTok, which caught the attention of American singer-songwriter Zach Bryan. [7] Bryan invited Hofmann down to Oklahoma to film a live performance of "Purple Gas" as part of his video series "The Belting Bronco". [8] 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 . [8] [1] The song would go on to chart on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, the Canadian Hot 100, and the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart. [9] [10] [11] She joined Charley Crockett as on opening date on select dates of his "$10 Cowboy Tour" in early 2024. [12]
Later that year, Hofmann made her debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. [13] On October 18, 2024, she released her debut EP Purple Gas on La Honda Records. [14] [15] In February 2025, Hofmann released a cover of Luke Bell's song "The Bullfighter". [16] Hofmann won Female Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Video of the Year at the 2025 Country Music Alberta Awards. [17] She is one of three finalists in the 2025 SiriusXM Top of the Country competition. [18] 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. [19]
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| Purple Gas |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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| US [21] | US Country [22] | CAN [10] | NZ Hot [11] | ||||
| "Purple Gas" (with Zach Bryan) | 2024 | 69 | 19 | 51 | 17 |
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| 2024 | "August" [24] | Preston Hoffman |
| 2025 | "The Bullfighter" [25] | |
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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| 2025 | Country Music Alberta | Album of the Year | Purple Gas | Nominated | [26] |
| Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | |||
| Female Artist of Year | — | Won | [27] | ||
| Songwriter(s) of the Year | "Purple Gas - Solo" | Won | |||
| Video of the Year | "August" | Won | |||
| Canadian Country Music Association | Alternative Country Album of the Year | Purple Gas | Nominated | [28] [29] | |
| Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year | — | Nominated | |||