Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack ( born August 19, 1966 in Jacksonville, Texas) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Lee Ann's father worked a second job as a disc jockey at a local radio station. She often accompanied him to the studio and participated in the panel selection. Your favorites were country musicians like Bob Wills or Ray Price. After graduating from high school, she studied at a college music. His first musical experience she gained as a member of the College Band.
Later she moved to Nashville Belmont University. In the A & R department (Artist & Repertoire ) of the MCA label, she completed an internship. While still a student, she married Jason Sellers, who should make himself later career. Marriage, from which emerged a child, took only a few years
Career
Lee Ann began to write songs, and has performed in Nashville Clubzene. In 1995, she was set to the music publisher Tree Publishing. She wrote songs for Bill Anderson, Ricky Skaggs and others. In 1996 she received a recording contract by Decca. A year later they released their debut album, Lee Ann Womack, produced by Mark Wright. The album was an instant success. The single from the The Fool moved up to number two on the country charts. From the Academy of Country Music, she was awarded as best young singer. In 1999, she married for the second time.
In early 1999 Decca Records withdrew from the country, and Lee Ann Womack business was acquired by the parent company MCA. In the same year the album I Hope You Dance was born. The single of the same reached number one on the country charts and was both CMA and ACM " Single of the Year " and " Song of the Year ". Other awards, including a Grammy, she received a year later for the sung duet with Willie Nelson Mendocino County Line. Musically, they became more and more from traditional country away to pop music. As a result, the album Something Worth Leaving Behind has fallen short of sales expectations. Only a return to more traditional sounds on the factory There's More Where That Came From also brought back the hoped-for commercial success. The album received very good reviews and was awarded the CMA Award for "Best Album of the Year ". It was only the fourth time that a woman in this category could take the trophy home. In October 2008, their seventh album Call Me Crazy was released by MCA.
Discography
- 2008 - Call Me Crazy ( MCA)
- 2005 - There's More Where That Came From ( MCA)
- 2004 - Greatest Hits ( MCA)
- 2002 - The Season For Romance ( MCA)
- 2002 - Something Worth Leaving Behind ( MCA)
- 2000 - I Hope You Dance ( MCA)
- 1998 - Some Things I Know ( Decca )
- 1997 - Lee Ann Womack ( DECCA )