Joseph Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American country music artist.

Nichols began his career with The Rodeo Band, playing in high school gymnasiums and small clubs.

Joe has an older brother Michael Curtis Jr. and two younger sisters, Kelli Francis and Lacey Nichols.

His father, who worked as a trucker, also played bass guitar in local country bands; eventually, Nichols himself found work in a local rock band, before taking a job as a country disc jockey.

Through a meeting with record producer Randy Edwards, Nichols began to work on his singing and songwriting skills.

74 on the RPM country charts in Canada), the album sold poorly and he was dropped from Intersound's roster.

1 hit on the Billboard country charts in 2003, while "She Only Smokes When She Drinks" and "Cool to Be a Fool" both reached Top 20.

The album also produced the Top Ten hits "Size Matters (Someday)" and "I'll Wait for You", at No.

The album also included a cover of "Let's Get Drunk and Fight," which Canadian singer Aaron Lines released as a single in 2008.

[10] Written by Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby and Bill Luther, it was the first single from his sixth album, Old Things New.

The album's only single "Take It Off" peaked at number 25 on the country charts, and Nichols parted ways with Show Dog-Universal in May 2012.

[15] On January 9, 2014, it was announced that "Sunny and 75" was certified Gold by the RIAA for single sales in excess of 500,000 digital downloads.

[17] In 2014, he sang, together with Lucy Hale, the song "Red Dress", which appears on her album, Road Between.

Nichols' likeness, along the Quartz Hills Records logo, was featured on the #8 car of Tyler Reddick at NASCAR's Goodyear 400 race at Darlington Raceway on May 9, 2021.

Nichols tenth studio album, Good Day for Living, was released in February 2022.

On January 8, 2005, Nichols returned to Nashville to see a therapist after causing a scene in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, while intoxicated on amphetamines and alcohol.