Matt Jenkins (born in
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...
) is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...
artist. Signed to
Universal South Records in 2003, he released two singles in 2005, including "King of the Castle", which reached number 51 on the
Hot Country Songs charts, but did not release an album. He also appeared on the
Fox Networks
Fox Entertainment Group was an American entertainment company specialised in filmed entertainment owned by 21st Century Fox. Following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the group's assets were folded into various Disney units. Th ...
reality show ''
Nashville
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...
'', which was canceled after two episodes. An eight-song digital EP, ''Quarter of a Century'', was released in late 2008.
Jenkins is the brother of fellow songwriter
Josh Jenkins.
Jenkins co-wrote
Steve Holy's 2011 single "Until the Rain Stops",
Love and Theft's 2012 single "
Runnin' Out of Air
"Runnin' Out of Air" is a song recorded by American country music duo Love and Theft. It was released in November 2012 as the second single from their second studio album, '' Love and Theft''. The song was written by Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnall ...
",
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Awa ...
's 2014 single "
Cop Car
A police car (also called a police cruiser, police interceptor, patrol car, area car, cop car, prowl car, squad car, radio car, or radio motor patrol) is a ground vehicle used by police and law enforcement for transportation during patrols ...
",
Dustin Lynch
Dustin Charles Lynch (born May 14, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Broken Bow Records. Lynch has released four albums and one EP for the label: a Dustin Lynch (album), self-titled album in 2012, ''Where It's At ...
's 2014 single "
Where It's At", and
Jordan Davis's 2021 single "
Buy Dirt", which won the
Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year.
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
References
American male singer-songwriters
Living people
Singer-songwriters from Texas
American country singer-songwriters
People from Fort Worth, Texas
Year of birth missing (living people)
Show Dog-Universal Music artists
People from Aledo, Texas
Country musicians from Texas
{{US-country-singer-stub