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]
Jess Moskaluke | |
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 Moskaluke in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | June 4, 1990 Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada[1] |
| Genres | Country, country pop |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | MDM Recordings |
| Website | jessmoskaluke.com |
Career
editIn 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]
Tours
edit- Mapdot (2022)
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details |
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| Light Up the Night |
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| The Demos |
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Compilation albums
edit| Title | Details |
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| The Vinyl[21] |
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Extended plays
edit| 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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87 | |||
| A Small Town Christmas |
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| Heartbreaker |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Singles
editAs lead artist
edit2010s
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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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 | —[A] |
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The Demos | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
2020s
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
Christmas singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country [10] | |||
| 2023 | "Counting Down Christmas" | 44 | A Small Town Christmas (Deluxe) |
| "White Christmas" | 49 | ||
| "Little Drummer Boy" | 53 |
As featured artist
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Awards and nominations
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| Totals[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wins | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note
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| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Notes
edit- ^ "Country Girls" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but did reach number 31 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales component chart.[27]
References
edit- ^ Brown, Rob (October 17, 2012). "Backstage Pass: Saskatchewan's Jess Moskaluke a rising star, so catch her if you can". Metro International. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke's "Country Girls" Hits #1 at Radio in Canada". Front Porch Music. March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ DeDekker, Jeff (July 2, 2011). "The Next Big Thing is Jess Moskaluke". Leader-Post. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ "Province represented well at awards". The StarPhoenix. September 14, 2011. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Skates, Sarah (June 7, 2012). "Global Showcases Unofficially Kick Off CMA Music Festival". MusicRow. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Ward, Jaimie (August 8, 2012). "CCMA Winner Jess Moskaluke New EP Release". Music News Nashville. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ DeDekker, Jeff (September 27, 2012). "Jess Moskaluke bringing her music to the world". Leader-Post. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ DeDekker, Jeff (October 19, 2012). "CD REVIEW: Jess Moskaluke". Leader-Post. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Pederson, Casadie (September 4, 2012). "Jess Moskaluke: 'Catch Me If You Can' Album Review". Top Country. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e
- Singles before 2022: "Jess Moskaluke Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- "Knock Off": "Canada Country chart for November 19, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- "Heartbreaker": "Canada Country chart for October 21, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- "Counting Down Christmas", "White Christmas" and "Little Drummer Boy": "Canada Country chart for January 6, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- "Go Get Er": "Canada Country chart for April 13, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Fuller, Cam (April 29, 2012). "Parenteau, Yung win at SCMAs". The StarPhoenix. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Gordon, Kennedy (November 30, 2013). "Charting a course for country music success". Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Robinson, Britainy (November 14, 2013). "BRIT'S PICKS: Top things to see and do this weekend". CBC News. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
- ^ Skjerven, Kelly (February 19, 2021). "Jess Moskaluke releases new album 'The Demos'". Global News.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke's "Country Girls" Hits #1 at Radio in Canada". Front Porch Music. March 14, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ Steinberg, Allen (April 14, 2020). "Jess Moskaluke releases new single "Halfway Home"". Canadian Beats Media.
- ^ Dagg, Nanci (January 28, 2021). "Mark February 19 on your calendar. That's the day that Jess Moskaluke's new album The Demos will be released". Canadian Beats Media.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke, Travis Collins Release Duet "Leave Each Other Alone"". Top Country. May 7, 2021.
- ^ Kennedy, John R. "Jess Moskaluke Pairs With Travis Collins On 'Leave Each Other Alone'". iHeartRadio.ca. Bell Media. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ ""NOTHIN' I DON'T LOVE ABOUT YOU" AT RADIO NOW!". JessMoskaluke.com. July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke - The Vinyl". MDM Merch. 26 November 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke Chart History (Billboard Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Jess Moskaluke – Cheap Wine and Cigarettes". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Jess Moskaluke – Kiss Me Quiet". Music Canada.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Jess Moskaluke – Take Me Home". Music Canada.
- ^ "Jess Moskaluke Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Jess Moskaluke – Country Girls". Music Canada.
- ^ References for Australian Country Hot 50:
- Halfway Home: "Country Hot 50: Issue 1293". The Music Network. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- Mapdot: "Country Hot 50: Issue 1317". The Music Network. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- Leave Each Other Alone: "COUNTRY: Issue 1343". The Music Network. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- Knock Off: "Countrytown Hot 50". Countrytown. October 7, 2022. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- Heartbreaker: "Countrytown Hot 50". Countrytown. August 19, 2023. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023.
- Go Get Er: "Countrytown Hot 50 - 2024, Week 18". Countrytown. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- Secondhand You: "Countrytown Hot 50 – 2024, Week 44". Countrytown. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ Guest single references for Canada Country:
- "I'm an Open Road": "Canada Country chart for November 14, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.(subscription required)
- ^ Guest single references for Canadian Hot 100:
- "I'm an Open Road": "BILLBOARD CANADIAN HOT 100 - Week of October 17, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.(subscription required)
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Paul Brandt – I'm an Open Road". Music Canada.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Jess Moskaluke : Take Me Home". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ "2013 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2014 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2015 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2016 SMCA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2017 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2018 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2018 Saskatchewan Music Awards". Very Prairie. November 25, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2020 SCMA Award Nominees". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "2020 SCMA Award Winners". Saskatchewan Country Music Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, John R. (September 21, 2021). "The Reklaws Lead 2021 CCMA Awards Nominations". iHeartRadio.ca. Bell Media.
- ^ "2021 Saskatchewan Music Award Winners". Very Prairie. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Derdeyn, Stuart (June 8, 2022). "Vancouver's Juno Award-winning metal act Archspire among B.C. nominees for 2022 Western Canadian Music Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
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