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Casey Barnes has kicked off 2024 with a bang, being presented with his first ARIA Gold Record for “God Took His Time On You” at his sold-out Longyard Hotel show at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, followed by his most recent single ‘Miracles’ becoming the third track from his forthcoming album to hit #1 on the Countrytown Top 50.

These early 2024 highlights follow on from a massive 2023 for Casey, picking up Golden Guitar Award wins for Album of the Year and Top Selling Album of the Year for his 2022 album, Light It Up, along with the APRA Award for Most Performed Country Work for God Took His Time On You.  Light It Up also took out the 2022 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.  The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album chart and #3 on the All-Genre Australian Album chart, and spent over twenty months in the Top 20 of the ARIA Australian Country Album chart. Casey’s catalogue has amassed over 60 million combined streams world wide and his music is a fixture on television both in Australia (Light It Up used for the AFL season launch TV advertisements and Get To Know Ya featuring on the Farmer Wants A Wife launch campaign) and the U.S. (We’re Good Together on Live With Kelly and Mark; and Never Give Up On A Good Time featuring in the CBS promos for NYE Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.

Casey’s electrifying live show has made him one of the most popular touring acts in Australian country, and he is set to take his career to new global heights in 2024, when he performs at Stagecoach in Indio, California in April. Casey is the only Australian artist in the line-up for the world’s biggest ticketed country music festival, held on the Coachella site. With a new album in works, a growing global fanbase and big touring plans, 2024 is sure to be Casey’s biggest year yet.

 AWARDS:

ARIA Awards:

-       2022 Best Country Album Winner (Light it Up)

-       2020 Best Country Album Nominee (Town of a Million Dreams)

Golden Guitar Awards:

-       2023 Toyota Album of the Year Winner

-       2023 Top Selling Album of the Year Winner

-       14x Golden Guitar Award Nominee

 APRA Awards:

-       2023 Most Performed Country Work Winner (God Took His Time On You)

-       2022 Most Performed Country Work Nominee (Come Turn Me On)

-       2021 Most Performed Country Work Nominee (A Little More)

 AIR Awards:

-       2022 Independent Song of the Year Nominee (God Took His Time on You)

-       2021 Best Independent Country Album Nominee (Town of a Million Dreams)

Gold Coast Music Awards:

-       22 x Gold Coast Music Award Nominee

-       2020, 2021 and 2022 Artist of the Year Winner

-       2022 GCMA Hall of Fame Inductee

Groundwater Country Music Festival:

-       2019 People’s Choice Award Winner

RECENT RELEASES:

Albums:

Light It Up (2022)

-       Released Friday 25th February 2022

-       #1 ARIA Australian Country Album Chart

-       #3 on the All-Genre Australian Album chart

-       60 weeks ARIA Australian Country Chart Top 20

Town of a Million Dreams (2020)

-       #1 ARIA Australian Country Album Chart

-       #2 ARIA Country Album Chart

-       #16 ARIA Album Chart

-       108 weeks ARIA Australian Country Chart Top 20

Singles: 

Miracles

-       #1 CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

Never Give Up On A Good Time

-       #1 CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

Boys Like Me (2023)

-       #1 CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

Summer Nights (2023)

-       #2 CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

Small Town (2022)

-       #1CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

Get To Know Ya (2022)

-       #1CountryTown Hot50 Airplay Chart

God Took His Time On You (2021)

-       #1 TMN CountryTown Hot50 Airplay

-       #9 TMN Australian Artist Airplay chart

-       #43 TMN Hot100 Airplay (all-genres)

-    ARIA Gold Accredited