Jenny Owen Youngs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jenny Owen Youngs
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1981(1981-11-22)
Age	43
Birthplace	Montclair
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jenny Owen Youngs Biography

Jenny Owen Youngs is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on November 22, 1981 in Montclair, United States. Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer- songwriter. She has released three albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records, and has toured worldwide. Youngs is also a songwriting collaborator whose cuts include the 2018 Panic! at the Disco single “High Hopes,” as well as songs with Brett Dennen, Ingrid Michaelson, Shungudzo, Pitbull, and others.

Youngs released her second album, Transmitter Failure, on May 26, 2009. She supported Regina Spektor in her 2009 tour promoting the album Far.

On July 1, 2010, Youngs launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her third album and reached her goal of $20,000 in 28 hours. Her drummer, Elliot Jacobson, had his chest waxed as an incentive to reach the goal. The campaign ended on August 13, 2010 with a total of $38,543 and 646 backers. On February 7, 2012 the Kickstarter-backed third studio album, titled An Unwavering Band of Light was released. In 2017, a song from that album, “Wake Up”, appeared over the end titles of the season Four finale of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman.

In December 2012, Youngs began her Exhibit project in which she visited a New York City museum one a week, recording a song inspired by her visit within the same week. The album was released on Bandcamp and consists of 8 tracks.

Youngs collaborated with Xian Hawkins under the moniker Bell Horses, which resulted in the album This Loves Last Time (2009). In the fall of 2009, Youngs performed alongside Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Tim Barry, Joey Cape, Dave Hause, Frank Turner, and others as part of the 2009 Revival Tour.

Jenny Owen Youngs Net Worth

Jenny Owen Youngs is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jenny Owen Youngs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Youngs has toured with Vienna Teng, opening for the singer on the Green Caravan Tour, and opened for Aimee Mann at London’s indigO2 on 27 July 2007. Youngs toured with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket in August 2007, and with Sean Hayes, with whom she co-headlined. She played in Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden in November and December 2007.

Youngs’ first album Batten the Hatches was recorded with borrowed equipment at SUNY-Purchase and self-released in 2005. While at Austin’s South by Southwest, Youngs met Gary Calamar, the music supervisor of Showtime’s Weeds, which led to her song “Fuck Was I” appearing in Weeds’ second-season premiere. The notoriety resulted in a contract with Canadian indie label Nettwerk Records. Nettwerk Records re-released her album Batten the Hatches on April 10, 2007, with new artwork and an additional song (“Drinking Song”). Newsweek called the album a top pick, complimenting Youngs’ “simple, stripped-down guitar” and her “edgy lyrics and sweetly sung melodies”. The Sydney Morning Herald described the album as an “accomplished debut”.

Youngs covered “Have You Forgotten” by Red House Painters for American Laundromat Records’s charity CD “Sing Me To Sleep – Indie Lullabies” released in Spring 2010. In March 2010, Youngs toured with Bess Rogers and A.W. on their ‘Spring Break Forever Tour’, after which she flew out to the United Kingdom to support Motion City Soundtrack on their London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow tour. She headlined a show at “Monto Water Rats” in London in April 2010.

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On March 28, 2018, it was announced that Youngs would work as the composer for Muscle Memory, a short film directed by Carly Usdin being made as a part of the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women.

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Youngs’ songs have been used in TV shows such as Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, Nurse Jackie, Suburgatory, and Switched at Birth. In 2017, her 2012 song “Wake Up” was featured over the end credits of Bojack Horseman’s season 4 finale. On March 28, 2018, it was announced that Youngs would work as the composer for Muscle Memory, a short film directed by Carly Usdin being made as a part of the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women.

Is Jenny Owen Youngs married?

Personal life. On June 12, 2013, Youngs came out, announcing “I am super gay”, and that she was engaged to marry her girlfriend Kristin Russo, whom she married on August 25, 2013. On May 25, 2018, the couple announced they are no longer together but remain friends and will keep working in their mutual projects.

How old is Jenny Owen Youngs?

40 years (November 22, 1981)