Travis Collins

Travis Collins
Travis Collins in 2018
Background information
Genres Country
Years active 2004–present
Website www.traviscollins.com.au

Travis Collins is an Australian country music singer-songwriter.[1] He has won six Golden Guitar Awards.[2][3][4][5][6] and four CMC Australian awards. Collins is an ambassador for RUOK? Day.

Early life

Collins busked on Peel Street in Tamworth at age 11.[7] He was a graduate of the NSW Public Schools Talent Development Program.[8]

Career

In 2004, Collins won the Toyota Star Maker Quest.[8]

2016 saw Collins release Hard Light, the album broke the Top 20 on the overall ARIA Albums Chart, spawning a trio of No.1 hit singles on the Country Charts and netting Collins three Golden Guitars in 2017, for Male Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Single of the Year.

In 2017, Collins collaborated with Amber Lawrence on the mini-album Our Backyard. The album tells Australian stories about life, love and friendship and was released in August 2017. [9] On 17 August 2018, Collins released his sixth solo album The Brave & the Broken recorded in Nashville with each album track either written or co-written by Travis himself.

Disography

Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[10]		 AUS Country
[11]
2005 Start the Car
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Travis Collins, ABC Music, Warner (5046798672)
 — —
2007 No Boundaries
  • Released: 18 August 2007[12]
  • Label: Travis Collins, ABC Music, Warner (5144225802)
 — —
2011 Travis Collins
  • Released: 7 November 2011[13]
  • Label: Collins Entertainment, ABC Music (736211567086)
 — —
2015 Wired
  • Released: 13 February 2015
  • Label: Collins Entertainment, ABC Music, UMA (4711624)
 26 1
2016 Hard Light
  • Released: 6 May 2016[14]
  • Label: ABC Music, UMA (4777432)
 20 2
2017 Our Backyard (with Amber Lawrence)
  • Released: 4 August 2017
  • Label: ABC Music, UMA (5780098)
 40 2
2018 Brave & the Broken
  • Released: 17 August 2018 [15]
  • Label: ABC Music, UMA
 15
[16]		 —

Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. Collins has been nominated for one award.[17]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2017 "Call Me Crazy" Country Work of the Year Nominated

CMC Awards

The CMC Awards are awarded annually by Country Music Channel Australia.[18][19]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2017Travis CollinsMale artist of the YearWon
2017Travis CollinsAustralian artist of the YearWon
2017Travis Collins "Call Me Crazy"Video of the YearWon
2018Travis CollinsMale Artist of the YearWon
2018Travis CollinsAustralian Artist of the YearNominated
2018Travis Collins "Hometown Calling"Australian Video of the YearNominated
2018Travis Collins and Amber LawrenceGroup or Duo of the YearNominated

Country Music Awards (CMAA)

Collins has won six Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia [20][21]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2017Hard LightMale Vocalist of the YearWon
2017"Call Me Crazy"APRA AMCOS Song of the YearWon
2017"Just Another Girl"Single of the YearWon
2018"Our Backyard" (with Amber Lawrence)Vocal Collaboration of the YearWon
2018"Our Backyard" (with Amber Lawrence)APRA AMCOS Song of the YearWon
2018"Our Backyard" (with Amber Lawrence)Single of the YearWon

References

  1. ↑ "Travis Collins". ABC Music.
  2. ↑ Raper, Ashleigh (27 January 2018). "Golden Guitars: The McClymonts, Travis Collins and Amber Lawrence win top country music awards". ABC.
  3. ↑ Kebby, Laura (25 March 2017). "Travis Collins takes home three CMC music awards as 2017 winners are revealed". The AU Review.
  4. ↑ Cronin, Seanna (23 March 2017). "Travis Collins, Keith Urban win big at CMC Music Awards". Sunshine Coast Daily. Travis Collins is officially Australia's hottest rising star in country music after he took home three gongs at tonight's CMC Music Awards on the Gold Coast.
  5. ↑ "Country singer Travis Collins from western Sydney cleans up at ..." January 28, 2017. A city kid from Western Sydney dominated the 45th Country Music Awards of Australia last night. Travis Collins, who grew up one of six ... (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Sellars, Krystal (2017-01-17). "Small towns provide song's inspiration | VIDEO". The Advertiser. Cessnock. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Travis Collins". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Artist Travis Collins". ABC Music. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Travis Collins and Amber Lawrence's new video". Country Music Channel. August 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Australian Album Chart > Travis Collins". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Peak chart positions on the ARIA country album charts:
    • Wired: "The ARIA Report Issue 1304" (PDF). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
    • Hard Light: "The ARIA Report Issue 1368" (PDF). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
    • Our Backyard: "The ARIA Report Issue 1433" (PDF). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "No Boundaries". ABC Music. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "The ARIA Report issue 1131" (PDF). 30 October 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Travis Collins New Album 'Hard Light' Out Now". 15 November 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Brave & the Broken". iTunes. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "APRA COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR". APRA Awards. www.apraamcos.com.au. 20 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "CMC MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS AND RED CARPET GALLERY". iHeart Radio. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  19. ↑ "2018 CMC Music Awards". Country Music Channel. March 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "2010s". Country Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  21. ↑ Raper, Ashleigh (27 January 2018). "Golden Guitars: The McClymonts, Travis Collins and Amber Lawrence win top country music awards". ABC.
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