Jordan Davis

Biography

Jordan Carl Wheeler Davis (born March 30, 1988) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division, for which he has released the albums Home State×Home State23 March 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Take It From Me2:542Going ’round3:333More Than I Know2:484Slow Dance in a Parking Lot3:135Singles You Up3:026Sundowners3:147Tough to Tie Down3:108Selfish3:129Made That Way2:5310So Do I3:0711Dreamed You Did2:5012Leaving New Orleans3:30 in 2018, Bluebird Days×Bluebird Days17 February 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks · 2 discsDisc 1A1Damn Good Time2:41A2Money Isn't Real3:15A3Tucson Too Late2:53A4What My World Spins Around3:07B1Sunday Saints3:39B2No Time Soon3:26B3You've Got My Number2:54B4Next Thing You Know2:55Disc 2C1Fishing Spot3:28C2One Beer in Front of the Other3:06C3Bluebird Days3:47C4Part of It3:08D1Short Fuse2:49D2Whiskey Weak2:45D3Midnight Crisis3:24D4What I Wouldn't Do3:28D5Buy Dirt2:48 in 2023 and Learn the Hard Way×Learn the Hard Way15 August 2025 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Her Way Or The Highway2:532Bar None2:533Mess With Missing You3:384In Case You Missed It2:465Ain't Enough Road3:006Son Of A Gun2:557Jesus Wouldn't Do3:048Learn The Hard Way2:499I Ain't Sayin'2:5410Good Gone Bad2:5811Memory Don't Mess Around2:5712Keeping The World Away3:0613Know You Like That2:5614Only All The Time2:4615Turn This Truck Around3:2416Louisiana Stick2:2817Muddy The Water3:10 in 2025, as well as two extended plays. His discography also includes eleven singles, of which five have reached number one on the Country Airplay chart.

Biography and career

Jordan Carl Wheeler Davis was born in Shreveport, Louisiana to mother Luwanna and father Ricky. His uncle, Stan Paul Davis, wrote Tracy Lawrence's hit singles "Today's Lonely Fool" and "Better Man, Better Off". His older brother, Jacob, is also a country music singer. He graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with a degree in environmental science.
After college graduation, he moved to Nashville in 2012 and secured a recording contract with Universal Music Group Nashville in 2016.
Davis's debut single, "Singles You Up×Singles You Up26 May 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Singles You Up3:03", was released in mid-2017. He wrote the song with Steven Dale Jones and Justin Ebach. It hit number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April 2018. The corresponding debut album, Home State×Home State23 March 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Take It From Me2:542Going ’round3:333More Than I Know2:484Slow Dance in a Parking Lot3:135Singles You Up3:026Sundowners3:147Tough to Tie Down3:108Selfish3:129Made That Way2:5310So Do I3:0711Dreamed You Did2:5012Leaving New Orleans3:30, was released on March 23, 2018. Paul DiGiovanni, guitarist for Boys Like Girls, produced the album. "Take It from Me×Take It From Me20 October 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Take It From Me2:54" was released to country radio on May 7, 2018; it was the second single from the album. It reached number two on the Country Airplay chart in March 2019. The album's third single, "Slow Dance in a Parking Lot×Slow Dance in a Parking Lot8 September 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Slow Dance in a Parking Lot3:14" released to country radio on April 22, 2019, and also topped Country Airplay. His hit song, "Buy Dirt×Buy Dirt21 May 2021 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Blow Up Your TV0:492Buy Dirt2:473Need to Not3:024Drink Had Me2:365Lose You3:236Almost Maybes2:597I Still Smoked3:268Trying2:56", featuring country music star Luke Bryan, was the only one out of two extended songs to hit top 100 in Canada.
In May 2020, Davis announced the release of his self-titled extended play, which was produced by Paul DiGiovanni. Davis said "I can't tell y'all how pumped I am for y'all to hear these songs. I'm proud of this one." The EP was preceded by the release of "Cool Anymore", "Detours", and "Almost Maybes×Almost Maybes8 May 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Almost Maybes2:59". Davis was nominated for ACM Song of the Year and Single of the Year with "Buy Dirt" featuring Luke Bryan. Davis was also nominated for CMA's Song of the Year with "Buy Dirt" featuring Luke Bryan, and won Song of the Year. Davis co-wrote the single "Broken Umbrella" by Jojo Mason.
In November 2022, Davis performed at the halftime show at the 109th Grey Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan alongside Tyler Hubbard and Josh Ross. It was also in this year that Davis released singles including "What My World Spins Around×What My World Spins Around27 May 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1What My World Spins Around3:04", "Next Thing You Know×Next Thing You Know12 August 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Next Thing You Know2:55", "Midnight Crisis", "Part of It×Part of It11 November 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Part of It3:08", "No Time Soon×No Time Soon20 January 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1No Time Soon3:25", and "Money Isn't Real", all of which would be featured on Davis' third studio album, Bluebird Days×Bluebird Days17 February 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks · 2 discsDisc 1A1Damn Good Time2:41A2Money Isn't Real3:15A3Tucson Too Late2:53A4What My World Spins Around3:07B1Sunday Saints3:39B2No Time Soon3:26B3You've Got My Number2:54B4Next Thing You Know2:55Disc 2C1Fishing Spot3:28C2One Beer in Front of the Other3:06C3Bluebird Days3:47C4Part of It3:08D1Short Fuse2:49D2Whiskey Weak2:45D3Midnight Crisis3:24D4What I Wouldn't Do3:28D5Buy Dirt2:48. It was also on this album that Davis' "Tucson Too Late" gained popularity and hit number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in May 2024.
After the release of Bluebird Days, Davis was nominated for CMA's Song of the Year, Single of the Year, and Music Video of the Year with "Next Thing You Know" in 2023. He was also nominated for ACM's Male Artist of the Year, and iHeartRadio Music Awards' Best Lyrics and Country Song of the year with "Buy Dirt".
In 2024, Davis released multiple singles including "Good News Sold", "I Ain't Sayin'", and "Know You Like That×Know You Like That25 October 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Know You Like That2:56", in anticipation of his next studio album.
In 2025, Davis released the album Learn the Hard Way×Learn the Hard Way15 August 2025 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Her Way Or The Highway2:532Bar None2:533Mess With Missing You3:384In Case You Missed It2:465Ain't Enough Road3:006Son Of A Gun2:557Jesus Wouldn't Do3:048Learn The Hard Way2:499I Ain't Sayin'2:5410Good Gone Bad2:5811Memory Don't Mess Around2:5712Keeping The World Away3:0613Know You Like That2:5614Only All The Time2:4615Turn This Truck Around3:2416Louisiana Stick2:2817Muddy The Water3:10 and performed in the United States and internationally on his Ain't Enough Road Tour.

Personal life

Davis married Kristen O'Connor in 2018. They have four children. Their first daughter, Eloise, was born on October 17, 2019. Their first son, Locklan, was born on September 4, 2021 followed by their second son, Elijah, on June 14, 2023 and their second daughter, Sadie, on July 2, 2025.