# Max Jackson

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{{Short description|Australian musical artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Max Jackson
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| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|2005|11|11}}
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| origin          = [Coonamble, New South Wales](/source/Coonamble%2C_New_South_Wales)
| genre           = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| occupation      = Singer, songwriter
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| years_active    = 
| label           = ABC Music (2023–present)<ref name="ABC sign">{{cite web|url=https://countrytown.com/news/max-jackson-announces-abc-music-signing/38Fd8_L19Pc/10-10-23|title= Max Jackson Announces ABC signing|website=Country Town|date=23 October 2023|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
| website         = {{URL|https://www.maxjackson.com.au}}
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'''Max Jackson''' (born 11 November 2005) is an Australian [country music](/source/country_music) singer-songwriter. At the 2025 [Country Music Awards of Australia](/source/Country_Music_Awards_of_Australia), she won Female Artist of the Year.<ref name="GGwins 2025"/>

==Life and career==
===Early life===
Jackson grew up in [Coonamble, New South Wales](/source/Coonamble%2C_New_South_Wales). She has one sister. She was inspired by artists including [Gina Jeffreys](/source/Gina_Jeffreys), [Beccy Cole](/source/Beccy_Cole), [Adam Harvey](/source/Adam_Harvey) and [Troy Cassar-Daley](/source/Troy_Cassar-Daley)<ref name="early life">{{cite web|url=https://countrytown.com/features/max-jackson-my-countrytown-coonamble/i40xn56BgIM/16-10-24|title= Max Jackson My Countrytown|website=Country Town|date=16 October 2024|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> and international artists [Dolly Parton](/source/Dolly_Parton) and [Shania Twain](/source/Shania_Twain).<ref name="am rap"/> Her family moved to [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales) and she commenced singing at local music nights, scoring her first professional gig at age 13. Jeffrey's husband and musical producer Rod McCormack began mentoring Jackson shortly after.<ref name="am rap">{{cite web|url=https://amrap.org.au/artist/max-jackson|title=Max Jackson |website=AM Rap|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>

===2017–present: Career beginnings ===
{{Prose|date=January 2025|subsection}}
In November 2017, Jackson released a Christmas album, ''I Love Christmas'' and single "Under the Christmas Tree".<ref name="am rap"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=738101093046299&set=a.438539266335818|title= "Under The Christmas Tree" is available NOW! |website=Facebook|date=28 November 2017|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>

In February 2020 Jackson released the album ''Life of the Party''. Country Music Capital News' described the songs on the album as "carefully crafted, nuanced and expertly woven together".<ref name="am rap"/>

In January 2022, Jackson won the 2022 Toyota Star Maker award and flew to [Nashville, USA](/source/Nashville%2C_USA) as part of her prize.<ref name="Out Here"/>

In January 2023, Jackson released the 4-track EP ''Out Here''.<ref name="Out Here">{{cite web|url=https://countrytown.com/news/max-jackson-to-release-star-maker-winning-e-p/LtUqICMiJSQ/19-12-22|title= Max Jackson To Release Toyota Star Maker Winning E.P|website= Country Town|date=December 2022|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> Jackson signed with ABC Music in 2023.<ref name="ABC sign"/>

At the 2025 Country Music Awards of Australia, Jackson won Female Artist of the Year and Single of the Year for "Little More Country".<ref name="GGwins 2025"/>

Jackson's third studio album ''Dangerous in Denim'' will be released in February 2026.<ref name="Dangerous">{{cite web|url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2026/02/09/review-max-jackson-explodes-and-entertains-on-new-album-dangerous-in-denim/|title= Review – Max Jackson explodes and entertains on new album ''Dangerous in Denim''|website=entertainment-focus|date=February 2026|access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> 
==Personal life==
Jackson married Jeremy Minett in [Wallalong, New South Wales](/source/Wallalong%2C_New_South_Wales) on 9 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://countrytown.com/news/max-jackson-viper-creek-band-s-jeremy-minett-tie-knot/SJpQWl1cX14/13-09-22|title= Max Jackson and The Viper Creek Band's Jeremy Minett Tie The Knot!|website=Country Town|date=13 September 2022|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> The live in the [Hunter Valley](/source/Hunter_Valley).<ref name="early life"/>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected details
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [AUS](/source/ARIA_Charts)<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 23 February 2026|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=[Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association)|issue=1877|page=6|date=23 February 2026}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''I Love Christmas''
|
* Released: November 2017<ref name="am rap"/>
* Label: Pistol
* Formats: CD, digital download
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Life of the Party''
|
* Released: February 2020<ref name="am rap"/>
* Label: Sonic Timber
* Formats: CD, digital download
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Dangerous in Denim''
|
* Released: February 2026<ref name="Dangerous"/>
* Label: ABC Music
* Formats: CD, digital download
| 54
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of EPs, with selected details
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Out Here''
|
* Released: January 2023<ref name="Out Here"/>
* Label: Max Jackson
* Formats: CD, digital download
|-
! scope="row"| ''Little More Country Sessions''
|
* Released: 24 March 2025
* Label: Max Jackson, ABC Music
* Formats: digital download
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
===Country Music Awards of Australia===
The [Country Music Awards of Australia](/source/Country_Music_Awards_of_Australia) (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the [Tamworth Country Music Festival](/source/Tamworth_Country_Music_Festival), celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973.

{{awards table}} (wins only)
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|+ Awards wins for Max Jackson
| 2022
| Max Jackson
| Star Maker Award
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Out Here"/>
|-
| 2024
| Max Jackson
| New Talent of the Year
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmcrocks.com/artists/max-jackson#:~:text=Max%20Jackson's%20career%20took%20off,at%20the%20Golden%20Guitar%20Awards.|title=Max Jackson |website=CMC Rocks|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 2025
| "Little More Country"
| Single of the Year
| {{won}}
|rowspan=2| <ref name="GGwins 2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/golden-guitar-awards-winners-list-2025-20250125|title=Golden Guitar Awards Winners List 2025 |website=noise11|date=25 January 2025|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
| Max Jackson
| Female Artist of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=1| 2026
| Max Jackson
| Female Artist of the Year
| {{won}}
|rowspan=1| <ref name="GG Wins 2026">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/golden-guitar-award-winners-2026-tamworth-country-music-festival/106265498|title= Golden Guitar success for Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson with The Divorce Song|website=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)|date=25 January 2026|access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

===Canadian Country Music Association Awards===
{{awards table}} 
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [2025](/source/2025_Canadian_Country_Music_Association_Awards)
| "Won't Forget" <small>(with [Dan Davidson](/source/Dan_Davidson), [Tim Hicks](/source/Tim_Hicks))</small>
| Musical Collaboration of the Year
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccma.org/2025-ccma-award-nominees/|title=2025 CCMA Award Nominees|access-date=July 22, 2025|work=[Canadian Country Music Association](/source/Canadian_Country_Music_Association)}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:Australian country singer-songwriters
Category:Australian women singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Australian women singers
Category:21st-century Australian singer-songwriters
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