Abi (singer)

Abi
Born	Abigail Dawn Ann Hoffman (1997-06-26) June 26, 1997 Midland, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2012–present
Known for	Country music

Abigail Dawn Ann Hoffman (born June 26, 1997), professionally known as Abi or Abi Ann, is an American singer-songwriter affiliated with One Country Records.

Early life and education

Originally from Midland, TX, Abi relocated to Nashville to study Business Entrepreneurship at Belmont University while simultaneously advancing her musical pursuits.

Career

Abi's initial release was the Day Dreaming EP in 2013, issued under the moniker "Abi Ann," which featured four distinct renditions of the EP’s title track. Her subsequent full EP, titled 17, arrived in 2015 and included tracks such as "Future Ex-Boyfriend" and "Truck Candy." Earlier singles include "Too Far Gone," "One Last Tear," and "Just To Say We Tried" (2014), as well as "Silence" and "Santa, Can You Hear Me" (2012). Later singles comprise "Put A Bow On It" (2016) and "Matches" (2017).

In 2014, Abi embarked on a West Coast tour with Jesse McCartney, playing at venues including the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Her inaugural nationwide tour took place in 2015 during the Piece by Piece Tour, where she performed alongside Kelly Clarkson, Eric Hutchison, and Pentatonix across 36 cities in the US and Canada. In autumn 2016, she participated in the Pentatonix World Tour with Pentatonix and Us The Duo. Additional touring experiences include supporting acts for Eli Young Band and Frankie Ballard, performing at NASCAR events, and opening for artists like Sam Hunt and Phil Vassar at the 30th Annual Country Fest held in Cadott, WI.

Abi received early recognition as "America's Favorite Teen Country Artist" by the Independent Music Network in 2012. She was the headlining artist at the Commemorative Air Force Airshow in Midland, Texas, in 2013. That same year, she secured five awards out of fourteen nominations at the Indie Music Channel Awards.

Her 2017 single “Matches” achieved notable success by earning a place on CMT’s Artist Discovery Program, enjoying more than eight weeks of airplay on CMT, and accumulating upwards of 150,000 views on Vevo.

In May 2018, Abi released the single "A Day Without," co-written with Andrew Dorff, Jimmy Robbins, and Lucie Silvas. The track was spotlighted by Taste of Country and selected among Rolling Stone Country's "10 Best Country Songs of the Week." By August 2018, it had surpassed 75,000 streams on Apple Music and debuted at number 59 on the Billboard Country Music Indicator chart alongside songs by Brett Eldredge and Blake Shelton.

Filmography

As listed on IMDb:

• Naked Innocence (2010)
• Beyond the Mat (2013)
• Someone I Used to Know (2013)
• Wish Wizard (2014)

Music

• Hello Herman (2012)
• My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011)
• Diary of an Ex-Child Start (2010)

Soundtrack

• Cassidy Way: "The Kind of Trouble I Like" (2016)

Production

• The Killers in Connecticut: Associate Producer (2012)

Discography

• "Silence" (2012)
• "Santa Can You Hear Me" (2012)
• DayDreaming (2013)
• "One Last Tear" (2014)
• "Too Far Gone" (2014)
• "Just Say We Tried" (2014)
• EP: 17 (2015)
  • "Future Ex Boyfriend"
  • "Cage Without a Key"
  • "It's the Bones"
  • "Your Side of Town"
  • "Truck Candy"
• "Put a Bow on It" (2016)
• "Matches" (2017)
• "A Day Without" (2018)