Biography

James Otto's debut Warner Bros. Records release, Sunset Man, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, scored three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and remained in the Top 5 Country Albums chart for six weeks after its release in April 2008.

James co-wrote nine of Sunset Man's 11 tracks and co-produced the CD with Big & Rich's John Rich and Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus.

The album's first single, "Just Got Started Lovin' You," was the Most Played Single of 2008 at Country radio and Billboard's No. 1 Hot Country Song of 2008. The track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

James was also an ACM Award winner AND CMA Award winner in the Song of the Year category as a co-writer for Jamey Johnson's "In Color" (a track that also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song). In addition, he was nominated in the Top New Male Vocalist category at the ACM Awards and in the New Artist of the Year category at CMA Awards

Sunset Man has sold almost 400,000 copies.