Joe Nichols is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is notable for his relative youth allied to his neotraditional brand of country music.

Nichols' father, a trucker, and grandfather were both amateur country musicians. Subsequently, Nichols played bass and sang from an early age. He was known to busk for tips at a place called Rippy's in Nashville.

At nineteen, he secured a record deal with Intersound Records before the label folded. After a period in the musical wilderness, in 1999, Nichols met studio guitarist Brent Rowan. Rowan went on to produce Nichols' 2002 album Man With a Memory, his first project with the Universal South imprint.

The album earned Nichols three Grammy nominations for the album's first single, "The Impossible", which reached #1 on Radio & Records' country charts, and #3 on the Billboard country charts.

Nichols toured with Alan Jackson in 2003. In 2005, Nichols released his major studio album, III, which, despite the title, is actually his fourth non-Christmas studio album. The disc spawned his second Billboard number-one hit, "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off."

In 2005, Anna Nicole Smith met Nichols at the Grand Ole Opry and she became a fan. A Smith impersonator had a feature role in Nichols video for "Cool to be a Fool". Nichols performed two songs, "Wings of a Dove" and "I'll Wait for You" at Smith's funeral service.

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