John and T.J. left to pursue their career in Nashville, Tenn., which resulted in the formation of Brothers Osborne. The brothers’ talent led to a publishing deal with Warner-Chappell and a recording contract with EMI Nashville.
After building a solid reputation with local and regional club shows in and around Nashville, Brothers Osborne released its first single, “Let’s Go There,” which cracked the Top 40 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in the summer of 2013. The band’s next single, 2014’s “Rum,” garnered even more airplay and sold well, but it was 2015’s “Stay a Little Longer” that launched them into the stratosphere. Co-written with singer/songwriter/producer Shane McAnally, the single hit the Top 5 of Billboard’s Country chart and notched platinum sales figures. It also earned the group its first Grammy nomination (for Best Country/Duo Performance).
Brothers Osbornes’ chart and sales success all came before even releasing an album. The band’s full-length debut, Pawn Shop (featuring the three big singles), finally came a year ago. American Songwriter magazine cited the LP as one of the 2016’s 50 best albums. An amalgam of Southern Rock, traditional Country twang and Blues blister, Pawn Shop was a sensation, nearly topping the Country sales chart and hitting the Top 20 of the overall Billboard albums chart.
Brothers Osborne closed out 2016 by scoring the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo of the Year award, and their success looks to be continuing into 2017. Next month, the group finds out if it will win its first Grammy after scoring its second nomination, again for Best Country/Duo Performance, for the single “21 Summer.” And the latest single from Pawn Shop, “It Ain’t My Fault,” was released this week.
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