Nate Haller

Nate Haller is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. He released his debut album Party in the Back on Starseed Records in 2022.^[1] The album includes the singles "Lightning in a Bottle", "Somewhere to Drink", "Ain't Like Me", "Budweiser", and "Take My Name".^[2][3]

Nate Haller
Haller performing in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Nate Hall
Born	October 16th, 1992
Origin	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Country Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active	2018–present
Labels	Starseed
Website	Official website

Early life

Haller grew up on a farmhouse in Waterloo, Ontario with both of his siblings taking an interest in music, but he stated that he initially only played his brother's guitar on occasion.^[4] He then was inspired to pursue music himself after seeing Australian singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd perform live while he was in high school. Soon after this, he was encouraged by a teacher in Grade 11 to enter a talent show, and began writing songs afterwards.^[4]

Career

Haller began his music career playing in Kira Isabella's live band for seven years.^[5] After befriending Callum Maudsley, a guitar player in the live band for the Reklaws, Haller moved in with Maudsley and the Reklaws' Stuart Walker.^[6] He subsequently started touring for three years as the acoustic guitar player for the Reklaws, and credits them for showing him "how the industry works".^[6] Haller began fully pursuing his solo career after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and signed with Starseed Entertainment in 2021.^[4]

Haller released his debut single "Lightning in a Bottle" in March 2021,^[7] and it subsequently became his first top ten on the Billboard Canada Country chart.^[8] He followed it up with the promotional single "Grew Up On" in June 2021,^[9] and his second radio single "Somewhere to Drink" in September 2022, which features Brett Kissel and the Reklaws.^[10][11] Haller was semi-finalist in the Sirius XM "Top of the Country" contest in 2021.^[4] In January 2022, Haller released the promotional single "Broken",^[7] and then followed it up with his third radio single "Ain't Like Me" in May 2022.^[12] He won "Rising Star" at the 2022 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards,^[13] and received a nomination in the same category at the 2022 CCMA Awards.^[14] In 2023, Haller released "Take My Name" to radio.^[15] He also received a nomination for "Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year" at the CCMA Awards.^[16] In August 2024, Haller released the single "Race to the Bottom".^[17]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
Party in the Back	Release date: November 18, 2022 Label: Starseed Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		CAN Country [18]
2021	"Lightning in a Bottle"	9	Party in the Back
	"Somewhere to Drink" (featuring Brett Kissel and The Reklaws)	25
2022	"Ain't Like Me"	15
	"Budweiser"	20
2023	"Take My Name"	35
2024	"Race to the Bottom"	22	TBA

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2021	"Lightning in a Bottle" (live)[19]
	"Grew Up On"[20]
	"Somewhere to Drink" (with Brett Kissel and The Reklaws)[21]	Ben Knechtel
2022	"Broken"[22]	Austin Chaffe
	"Budweiser" (live)[23]
	"Take My Name" (live)[24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref
2022	Country Music Association of Ontario	Rising Star	—	Won	[13]
	Canadian Country Music Association	Rising Star	—	Nominated	[14][25]
2023	Country Music Association of Ontario	Album of the Year	Party in the Back	Won	[26]
		Fans' Choice	—	Nominated	[27]
		Male Artist of the Year	—	Nominated
	Canadian Country Music Association	Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year	—	Nominated	[16]
2025	Country Music Association of Ontario	Male Artist of the Year	—	Pending	[28]
		Single of the Year	"Race to the Bottom"	Pending