Shawn Austin

Shawn Austin (born January 13, 1989) is a Canadian

Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Austin elected to pursue a career in country music due to its "wholesomeness and authenticity", naming Garth Brooks as one of his influences. He stated Stevie Ray Vaughan was the reason he began playing the guitar, and that Michael Bublé's melodies are an influence in his music as well.^[2]

Career

After debuting as an independent artist, Austin signed with

Later that year, Austin released "You Belong".[6]^[7] The track was the lead single off his debut six-track extended play Shawn Austin, released on September 28, 2018.^[8][9] In 2019, he released the single "What Do I Know",^[10][11][12] which later peaked at number seven on Canada Country and became a new career high.^[4] He followed that up with "The Little Things" in 2020.^[13] That same year, he appeared on the NBC television show Songland in the United States, where he pitched a song titled "Ain't Goin' Nowhere" to Florida Georgia Line, and later partnered with Ester Dean on reworking it with the title "Lean On".^[14][15] Ultimately, Austin finished as a runner-up, as Florida Georgia Line chose to record fellow Canadian songwriter Griffen Palmer's song "Second Guessing" instead.^[16]

In August 2021, Austin signed with