Joe Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American country music artist. Between 1996 and 2001, Nichols held recording contracts with the Intersound and Giant (Giant Records (Warner)) labels. In 2002, he signed with Universal South Records, now known as Show Dog-Universal Music.

Nichols has released seven studio albums: Joe Nichols (Joe Nichols (album)) (1996), Man with a Memory (2002), Revelation (Revelation (Joe Nichols album)), A Traditional Christmas (both 2004), III (III (Joe Nichols album)) (2006), Real Things (Real Things (Joe Nichols album)) (2007) and Old Things New (2009). His albums have produced fourteen Top 40 singles on the Billboard (Billboard (magazine)) Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One singles "Brokenheartsville," "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" and "Gimmie That Girl" as well as five other Top Ten entries.