and topped the charts. His follow-up effort, “Shangri La”, released in 2013. During the summer of 2014, Bugg confirmed his third studio album was in the works. Bugg earned recognition as a nominee for the 2013 Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act, though he lost to Ben Howard. He has appeared on several talk and late night TV shows and performed at Ottawa Bluesfest in 2014 and South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Bugg’s single, “Country Song”, appeared in a national commercial for beer.