Jon Langston

Jon Langston
Birth name Jonathan Thomas Langston
Born (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991
Loganville, Georgia, U.S.
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments vocals, singer-songwriter
Years active 2013–present
Website jonlangston.com

Jonathan Thomas "Jon" Langston (born April 8, 1991) is an American country musician from Loganville, Georgia. He released an extended play, Showtime, with Treehouse Records, in 2015. This was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts. His extended play, Jon Langston, was released independently in 2015. The release got better placements upon the same Billboard magazine charts.

Early and personal life

Langston was born Jonathan Thomas Langston,[1] on April 8,[2] 1991,[3] in Loganville, Georgia, to Rob and Kathryn Langston.[4] He attended Gardner–Webb University to be a player on their football team, where this was sidelined because of the concussions he suffered.[5]

Music career

His music career began at a show in Kennesaw, Georgia in 2013, where he was the opening act for Chase Rice.[6] He released an independently made extended play in 2013, Runnin' on Sunshine.[7] The extended play, Showtime, was released on May 5, 2015, with Treehouse Records.[8] This extended play was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 26 on the Top Country Albums chart, No. 22 on the Independent Albums chart, and No. 8 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[9] His second extended play, Jon Langston, was independently released on December 11, 2015.[10] It placed on the same Billboard magazine charts, where this time it got No. 25 on the Top Country Albums, No. 13 on Independent Albums, and No. 1 on the Heatseekers Albums.[9]

Langston is featured on the song "Yung and Dum" by American metalcore band Issues, taken from their second full-length album, Headspace, which was released on May 20, 2016.

Discography

List of Releases, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions[9]
US
Country		 US
Independent		 US
Heatseekers
Young and Reckless - - -
Runnin on Sunshine - - -
Party Boots Single - - -
Showtime 26 22 8
Jon Langston 25 13 1

References

  1. ↑ Broadcast Music, Inc. "Songwriter/Composer: LANGSTON JONATHAN THOMAS". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jon Langston (JonTLangston) (April 7, 2015). "So it's my birthday and #SHOWTIME at midnight!! Haha lets just say it's turn up Tuesday ! Oh and the Braves won". Twitter. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jon Langston (JonTLangston) (April 7, 2015). "Damn 24 feels old but hey this Copenhagen and whiskey keeps me feelin young". Twitter. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ Volpert, Beth. "Jon Langston: Hometown country singer". Gwinnett Citizen. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Office of University Communications (February 8, 2013). "GWU Student Sings about Love, Life, and Good Times in Country Debut". Gardner-Webb University. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ Gutknecht, Jackie (June 19, 2014). "Southern Sound: Jon Langston headed for music city". Deep South Magazine. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Runnin' on Sunshine EP by Jon Langston". iTunes. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Showtime EP by Jon Langston". iTunes. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 Chart search for Jon Langston at billboard.com/biz
  10. ↑ "Jon Langston - EP by Jon Langston". iTunes. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

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