Your Man (Josh Turner song)

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"Your Man"
Josh Turner - Your Man.jpg
Single by Josh Turner
from the album Your Man
ReleasedJuly 26, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:31
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Frank Rogers
Josh Turner singles chronology
"What It Ain't"
(2004)
"Your Man"
(2005)
"Would You Go with Me"
(2006)

"Your Man" is a song recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in July 2005 as the lead-off single and title track from his album of the same name. The fourth chart single of his career, it became his first number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in early 2006. The song was certified Gold in 2006 by the RIAA, Platinum in 2012, Double Platinum in 2018 and Triple Platinum in 2021. [1] It has sold 1,307,000 copies in the United States as of November 2015. [2]

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The song won American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards for writers Chris Stapleton and Chris DuBois, as well as a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) award for writer Jace Everett upon its reaching number one. [3] [4]

Chart performance

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Radio & Records ) [5] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 38
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 21

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [9] Gold45,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [1] 4× Platinum4,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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