Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen (born August 28, 1981 in Vero Beach, Florida) is a Grammy-Award nominated American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, Owen released his debut album Startin with Me that year. This album produced three singles ("Yee Haw", "Startin with Me (Startin with Me (song))" and "Something About a Woman"), all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard (Billboard (magazine)) Hot Country Songs charts. A second album, 2009s Easy Does It (Easy Does It (Jake Owen album)), has accounted for three more singles in the #2 "Dont Think I Cant Love You", "Eight Second Ride" and "Tell Me." Owen has also toured as an opening act for several country acts, including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Little Big Town and Sugarland.