| Jason Owen | |
| Spouse: | Becy Owen |
| Birth Place: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre: | Pop, country |
| Occupation: | Singer, songwriter |
| Years Active: | 2012–present |
| Label: | Sony Music Australia, Social Family |
Jason Owen (born circa 1994) is an Australian singer from Dubbo, New South Wales and was the runner-up to Samantha Jade on the fourth season of The X Factor Australia in 2012 and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
In 2012, Owen auditioned for season four of The X Factor Australia, eventually placing second.
| Show | Theme | Song choice | Original artist | Order | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions | Free choice | "Annie's Song" | John Denver | N/A | Through to super bootcamp |
| Super bootcamp | "N/A" | N/A | Through to home visits | ||
| Home Visits | "N/A" | N/A | Through to live shows | ||
| Week 1 | Judges' Choice | "Heaven" | Bryan Adams | 6 | Safe |
| Week 2 | Party All Night | "Dancing in the Moonlight" | King Harvest | 2 | Safe |
| Week 3 | Top 10 Hits | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith | 7 | Safe |
| Week 4 | Legends | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bruce Springsteen | 5 | Safe |
| Week 5 | 1980s | "I'm Still Standing" | Elton John | 1 | Safe |
| Week 6 | Latest and Greatest | "You Belong With Me" | Taylor Swift | 2 | Safe |
| Week 7 | Made in Australia | "What's My Scene?" | Hoodoo Gurus | 6 | Safe |
| Week 8 | Judges' Challenge | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Ronan Keating | 4 | Safe |
| Semi-final | Power and Passion | "Life Is a Highway" | Tom Cochrane | 1 | Safe |
| "How Do I Live" | LeAnn Rimes | 5 | |||
| Final | Audition song | "Annie's Song" | John Denver | 2 | Safe |
| Last shot song | "Lonely Boy" | The Black Keys | 8 | ||
| Song of the series | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | ||
| Runner up's single | "Make It Last" | Owen | 5 | Runner up |
Owen released his debut single "Make It Last", which would have been his winner's single if he had won The X Factor, on 23 November 2012.[1] The single peaked at number 47 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[2] Owen's debut studio album Life Is a Highway was released on 26 April 2013,[3] and debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart and was the thirtieth highest selling album by an Australian artist in 2013.[4]
Owen left Sony Music Australia and signed with Social Family Records in June 2014.[5] His second album Friday Night was released on 6 March 2015,[6] and debuted at number nine on the ARIA Albums Chart.[7] It was the 53rd highest selling country album in Australia in 2015.[8]
His third album Proud was released on 6 May 2016. It is his first album of original material.[9]
Owen's fourth album Jason Owen Sings John Denver was released in 2017 to mark 20 years since Denver's passing.[10]
In August 2018, Owen wrote and recorded the song "These Are the Times", with funds raised going towards drought relief.[11]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [12] | |||
| Life Is a Highway |
| 5 | |
| Friday Night |
| 9 | |
| Proud |
| — | |
| Jason Owen Sings John Denver |
| 85 | |
| Jason Owen Sings John Denver: The Acoustic Sessions |
| 17 [17] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||||||
| "Make It Last"[18] | 2012 | 46 | |||||
| "Damn Right"[19] | 2014 | — | Friday Night | ||||
| "Tears on Fire"[20] | 2015 | — | |||||
| "I Won't Back Down"[21] | — | ||||||
| "Run"[22] | 2016 | — | Proud | ||||
| "Proud"[23] | — | ||||||
| "My Last"[24] | — | ||||||
| "Take Me Home Country Roads"[25] | 2017 | — | Jason Owen Sings John Denver | ||||
| "Calypso"[26] | — | ||||||
| "Apple Tree"[27] | 2018 | — | rowspan="7" | ||||
| "These Are the Times"[28] | — | ||||||
| "Better Than Than"[29] | — | ||||||
| "The Power of Love"[30] | 2019 | — | |||||
| "Undefeatable " (featuring Philly)[31] | — | ||||||
| "Before I Let You Go"[32] | 2020 | — | |||||
| "So This Is Christmas"[33] | — | ||||||
| "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"[34] | 2021 | — | Jason Owen Sings John Denver: The Acoustic Sessions | ||||
| "Back Home Again" (featuring Tania Kernaghan)[35] | — | ||||||
| "Distracted"[36] | — | rowspan="4" | |||||
| "Father and Son" (with James Blundell)[37] | — | ||||||
| "Sing Australia"[38] | 2022 | — | |||||
| "Let Love Flow" (with Tania Kernaghan)[39] | 2023 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a single that failed to chart. | |||||||