Aaron Pritchett (born August 2, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He had a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Canada Country chart with "Better When I Do", and has landed gold-certified hits with "Hold My Beer", "Dirt Road in 'Em", "When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl", and "Worth a Shot".
Biography Pritchett got his start as a DJ at Rooster's Country Cabaret bar in Pitt Meadows, BC, and played in a house band performing cover tunes. He recorded his first album in 1996 titled Young in Love. In 2001, after years of playing clubs in BC and Alberta, Pritchett entered a singing contest called "Project Discovery" sponsored by CMT and won a professional music video directed by internationally acclaimed director, Steven Goldmann as well as $10,000 cash. He put the money towards recording his first album, titled "Consider This". The title track was co-written by Pritchett and longtime BC Country artist Rick Tippe.
Pritchett then released his next two albums Something Going On Here in 2003 and Big Wheel in 2006. The latter included the single "Hold My Beer", which won Songwriter(s) of the Year at the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards.
In 2008 he was signed to 604 Records, the production company of Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. Pritchett toured Western Canada with Toby Keith and fellow 604 Records artist Jessie Farrell to promote his album, Thankful, which was released on September 9, 2008.
Pritchett released the album In the Driver's Seat on November 9, 2010, under his own record label Decibel Music. Pritchett's first greatest hits album, Body of Work: A Collection of Hits, was released on May 12, 2015. under Big Star Recordings.
In June 2016, Pritchett released his album The Score, a title that commemorated his 20th year recording and releasing music. The lead off single "Dirt Road in 'Em" went to No. 6 on the charts and marked a comeback in Pritchett's career as it was his first top 10 single since 2009. The second release, "Out Of The Blue" followed suit reaching number nine. The album was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards. His release "When A Momma's Boy Meets A Daddy's Girl" peaked at number five on the Billboard Canada Country chart. In April 2019, Pritchett scored his first number one hit on the Billboard Canada Country chart with "Better When I Do".
In July 2024, Pritchett released the album Demolition, which included the single "Just Wanna Feel It". He supported the album with the "Liquored Up Tour" across Canada with Cory Marks and Matt Lang.
Band Current Jayson Brinkworth – Drums John Sponarski – Guitar, Vocals Scott Smith – Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals Shane Hendrickson – Bass, Vocals Emil Gawaziuk – Monitors, stage tech Kirby Barber – Guitar, vocals
Former Mitch Merrett Jay Buettner Mike Sanyshyn Ron Briggs Mike Norman Dennis Marcenko Darren Parris Bruce Morrison Peter Sweetzir Ken Friesen
Discography Albums Studio albums Title Album details Young in Love Release date: October 21, 1996 Label: self-released Consider This Release date: August 13, 2002 Label: Royalty Records Something Goin' On Here Release date: September 9, 2003 Label: Royalty Records Big Wheel Release date: April 18, 2006 Label: OPM Records Thankful Release date: September 9, 2008 Label: 604 Records In the Driver's Seat Release date: November 9, 2010 Label: Decibel Records The Score Release date: June 24, 2016 Label: Big Star Recordings Demolition Release date: July 5, 2024 Label: Big Star Recordings
Compilation albums Title Album details Body of Work: A Collection of Hits Release date: May 12, 2015 Label: Big Star Recordings
Extended plays Title EP details Out on the Town Release date: January 11, 2019 Label: Big Star Recordings
Singles 2000s Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album CAN CAN CountryFor "My Way": For "John Roland Wood": For "Lucky for Me": For "Big Wheel": 2002 "Consider This" — * Consider This "You Can't Say I Didn't Love You" — * 2003 "New Frontier" — * Something Goin' On Here 2004 "My Way" — 7 2005 "John Roland Wood" — 22 "Lucky for Me" — 10 2006 "Big Wheel" — 3 Big Wheel "Hold My Beer" — 9 MC: Gold "Warm Safe Place" — 6 2007 "The Weight" 90 6 "Done You Wrong" 79 7 2008 "Let's Get Rowdy" 98 13 Thankful "How Do I Get There" 79 8 2009 "Hell Bent for Buffalo" 84 10 "Hard to Miss" — 18 "—" denotes releases that did not chart"*" denotes releases where no chart existed
2010s-20s Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album CAN Country 2010 "Nothing but Us" 23 Thankful "Light It Up" 28 In the Driver's Seat 2011 "Drive" 26 "Coming Clean" 42 2012 "I Want to Be in It with You" 31 "Summertime" 31 2013 "Suntan City" 18 Body of Work: A Collection of Hits "You Should Be" — rowspan="2" 2014 "Hold You Like My Whiskey" — "Boat on the Water" 28 Body of Work: A Collection of Hits 2015 "Wake You with a Kiss" 29 2016 "Dirt Road in 'Em" 6 MC: Gold The Score "Out of the Blue" 13 2017 "When a Momma's Boy Meets a Daddy's Girl" 5 MC: Gold 2018 "Worth a Shot" 6 MC: Gold Out on the Town "Better When I Do" 1 2019 "Good Thing" 33 rowspan="3" align="left" 2020 "Never Seen Me Like This" 50 2021 "Not Enough You" — 2024 "Just Wanna Feel It" — Demolition 2025 "Let It Ride" — align="left" "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Featured singles Year Single Artist Peak chart positions Album CAN Country 2021 "Catch and Release" The Heels 47 I Am
Other charted songs Year Single Peak positions Album CAN Country 2017 "Lit Up Tonight" 43
Guest appearances + List of non-single appearances, showing year released, other performing artists and album name Title Year Artist(s) Album "Angels" 2009 One More Girl Big Sky "Home for Christmas" 2013 George Canyon, One More Girl, Jordan McIntosh
Music videos Year Video Director 2002 "Consider This" Steven Goldmann "You Can't Say I Didn't Love You" Stephano Barberis 2003 "New Frontier" 2004 "My Way" "John Roland Wood" 2005 "Lucky for Me" 2006 "Big Wheel" "Hold My Beer" Stephano Barberis "Warm Safe Place" 2007 "Done You Wrong" 2008 "Let's Get Rowdy" Colin Minihan "How Do I Get There" 2009 "Hell Bent for Buffalo" Colin Minihan 2010 "Light It Up" Carolyne Stossel 2011 "Coming Clean" Stephano Barberis 2013 "Home for Christmas" (with George Canyon,One More Girl and Jordan McIntosh) Stephen Lubig 2014 "Boat on the Water" Stephano Barberis 2016 "Dirt Road in 'Em" Cole Northey "Out of the Blue" 2017 "When A Momma's Boy Meets A Daddy's Girl" 2018 "Worth A Shot" "Better When I Do" Cole Northey
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Result Ref 2004British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Album of the Year – Lucky For Me Canadian Country Music Association Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award Album of the Year – Something Goin' On Here Independent Male Artist of the Year Independent Song of the Year – "New Frontier" 2005 Male Artist of the Year CMT Video of the Year – "John Roland Wood" Independent Male Artist of the Year British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Songwriter of the Year – "Lucky For Me" (with Mike Norman, Mike Steen) Single of the Year – "Lucky For Me" 2006Canadian Country Music Association Male Artist of the Year Album of the Year – Big Wheel Single of the Year – "Big Wheel" SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – "Big Wheel" Independent Male Artist of the Year Independent Single of the Year – "Big Wheel" British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Album of the Year – Big Wheel Songwriter of the Year – "Big Wheel" (with Mitch Merrett, Darryl Burgess) Single of the Year – "Big Wheel" Video of the Year – "Hold My Beer" 2007 Juno Awards of 2007 Country Recording of the Year – Big Wheel Canadian Country Music Association Male Artist of the Year SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – "Hold My Beer" British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Songwriter of the Year – "Done You Wrong" (with Mitch Merrett, Tim Taylor) Single of the Year – "Done You Wrong" 2008British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Fans Choice Award 2009 Juno Awards of 2009 Country Recording of the Year – Thankful Canadian Country Music Association Fans' Choice Award Album of the Year – Thankful British Columbia Country Music Association Album of the Year – Thankful 2014British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Fans Choice Award Single of the Year – "Boat on the Water" Video of the Year – "Boat on the Water" 2015British Columbia Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Single of the Year – "Wake You With a Kiss" 2016British Columbia Country Music Association Fans Choice Award Single of the Year – "Dirt Road In Em" Video of the Year – "Dirt Road In Em" Album of the Year – The Score Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year 2017 Juno Awards Country Album of the Year – The Score Western Canadian Music Awards Country Artist of the Year Canadian Country Music Association Male Artist of the Year Video of the Year – "When A Momma's Boy Meets A Daddy's Girl" 2019British Columbia Country Music Association Single of the Year – "Better When I Do" Album of the Year – Out on the Town Entertainer of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Western Canadian Music Awards Country Artist of the Year
References
External links Aaron Pritchett https://web.archive.org/web/20111114185423/http://www.decibelmusic.ca/