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Small Town Girl (album)
''Small Town Girl'' is the debut studio album by American country music singer Kellie Pickler, released on October 31, 2006. The album was produced by Blake Chancey and released by BNA Records (a Sony BMG country label) in association with 19 Recordings. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 18, 2007.RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Kellie Pickler RIAA.com. The album produced three Top 20 singles: The RIAA certified " Red High Heels [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Pickler gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of ''American Idol'' and finished in sixth place. In 2006, she signed to 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist. Her debut album, '' Small Town Girl'', was released later that year and has sold over 900,000 copies. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts: " Red High Heels" at No. 15, "I Wonder" at No. 14, and "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" at No. 16. Pickler released her self-titled second album in 2008 that produced four singles: " Don't You Know You're Beautiful" at No. 21, " Best Days of Your Life" at No. 9 (which she co-wrote with Taylor Swift), "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" at No. 14, and "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again" at No. 30. In 2012, Pickler was ranked as the 14th best ''American Idol'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lindsey
Christopher Marsh Lindsey is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter and record producer. He has created major hits for Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Lonestar, and many others. Lindsey has over 250 commercial recordings of his songs selling 90 Million records and counting. One of his first writing credits was Lonestar's 1999 single " Amazed", which at the time was the first song in 18 years to chart at number one on both Hot Country Songs and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also co-wrote the song's followup, "Smile", which was at number one on the country charts while "Amazed" topped the Hot 100. "Amazed" received Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awards for over 5 million spins on radio, plus a Song of the Year award from the same association. It was also the top country song of 1999 according to ''Billboard'' Year-End. Lindsey's song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. It was on hiatus for two years until March 11, 2018, when a revival of the series began airing on ABC. It started as an addition to the '' Idols'' format that was based on ''Pop Idol'' from British television, and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first twenty seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Philli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Rose
Elisabeth Wagner (born September 6, 1957), known professionally as Liz Rose, is an American country music songwriter, best known for her work with Taylor Swift. She has co-written seventeen of Swift's officially released songs, including "You Belong with Me", which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, "Teardrops on My Guitar", "White Horse (Taylor Swift song), White Horse", which won both Swift and her a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2010 and "All Too Well#Re-recorded versions, All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2021 and has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2023. She works regularly alongside songwriters Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey, collectively calling themselves The Love Junkies and notably writing songs for Little Big Town and Carrie Underwood, among others. Biography Rose was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Irving, Texas. Rose moved to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Lauren Monroe (born September 10, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Monroe has released two solo singles, "Satisfied" and "I Don't Want To" (which featured Brooks & Dunn singer Ronnie Dunn), that reached the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart at #43 and #37, respectively. Both singles were from her debut album, ''Satisfied'', that was intended for a 2007 release but was pushed back. Monroe left Columbia Records' roster in late 2007 and '' Satisfied'' was finally released on May 19, 2009, under Sony Music. In June 2011, Monroe, Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley formed a band called Pistol Annies. Monroe's second studio album, '' Like a Rose'', was released on March 5, 2013, followed by her third album, '' The Blade'', released on July 24, 2015. Her fourth studio album, ''Sparrow'', was released on April 20, 2018. Early life Ashley Lauren Monroe was born on September 10, 1986, in Knoxville, Tennessee. to Larry and Kellye Monroe (née D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Lindsey
Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Tim McGraw and Luke Bryan. In 2006 and 2016, respectively, Lindsey won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song for Carrie Underwood's " Jesus, Take the Wheel" and for Little Big Town's " Girl Crush". In 2011, Lindsey received an Academy Award nomination for "Coming Home", recorded by Gwyneth Paltrow for the soundtrack of '' Country Strong'', in the Best Original Song category. "Coming Home" also received a Golden Globe nomination that same year for Best Original Song along with " There's a Place for Us", making Lindsey a double nominee in 2011. , she has had 20 number-one singles as a writer. She has been nominated three times for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for her work on "Jesus Take the Wheel", " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Green
Marv Green (born in California) is an American country music songwriter. He is known for co-writing Lonestar's 1999 single "Amazed", which reached number 1 on both the Hot Country Songs and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 charts. This song won him a Song of the Year award from Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). Discography Songs that Green co-wrote include: * "Amazed" by Lonestar * "True" by George Strait, "Wasted" by Carrie Underwood * " Consider Me Gone" by Reba McEntire * " Let's Make Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill * " Wild in Your Smile" by Dustin Lynch * " Farmer's Daughter" by Rodney Atkins * "Stronger Woman" by Jewel * "Proud of the House We Built" by Brooks & Dunn, * " Creepin'" by Eric Church Kenneth Eric Church (born May 3, 1977) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has released nine studio albums through Capitol Nashville since 2005. His debut album, 2006's '' Sinners Like Me'', produced three singles on the ''Billboar ... References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Verges
Troy Verges is an American songwriter of country and pop music from Louisiana. Career His first cut as a songwriter was a track on Faith Hill's '' Breathe''. His credits include the singles "Wanted", recorded by Hunter Hayes; "Beer Money", recorded by Kip Moore; " Who I Am", recorded by Jessica Andrews; "Blessed", recorded by Martina McBride; " Wasted", recorded by Carrie Underwood; "Day Drinking", recorded by Little Big Town; " Shotgun Rider", recorded by Tim McGraw; and "I Want Crazy", recorded by Hunter Hayes all of which went to number one on the country music charts. "Wanted" was ACM nominated in 2013 for Song of the Year, while "I Want Crazy" received a 2014 Grammy nomination and "Day Drinking" received a 2015 Grammy nomination. "Wanted", composed by Hunter Hayes and Troy Verges, took home Song Of The Year honors at the 2013 BMI Country Awards. and was also named one of Billboard's top ten songs of the decade He produced and mixed the Anders Osborne album ''Coming Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You
"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" is a song written by Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music artist Kellie Pickler. It was released in August 2009 as the third single from her Kellie Pickler (album), self-titled second album, and her sixth single release overall. The song is a power ballad where a narrator describes her lost love, responding to him with said song title as a question. The song garnered mixed reviews from critics who found the lyrics generic but praised the hook and Pickler's vocal performance of the lyrics. "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Roman White, was shot in the Dominican Republic. Content "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" is a power ballad, backed primarily by piano and electric guitar. The female narrator describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Varble
George Edwin Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs '' Have You Forgotten?'', ''Waitin' on a Woman'', '' Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind'' and '' A Little More Country Than That''. In 2003, Varble co-wrote ''Have You Forgotten?'' with Darryl Worley, who released it as the first single from his album of the same name. It was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for seven weeks, and peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Varble's song ''Waitin' on a Woman'', co-written with Don Sampson, was recorded three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. According to ''Country Weekly'' magazine, Varble received a call telling him that a former co-worker was in the hospital. Varble wrote the song after calling his co-worker at the hospital, wondering where his wife was. He told "the story and the idea ehad for he song to co-writer Don Sampson. After a few days, Varble and Sampson played "Waitin' on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Johnson (songwriter)
Timothy Jon Johnson (January 29, 1960 – October 21, 2012) was an American country music songwriter. Johnson is known for writing the singles "I Let Her Lie" by Daryle Singletary, "God Only Cries" by Diamond Rio, " Do You Believe Me Now" by Jimmy Wayne, " Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" by Kellie Pickler, " She Misses Him" by Tim Rushlow, " This Heartache Never Sleeps" by Mark Chesnutt, "That's Important To Me" by Joey + Rory among many many others. Johnson was known as a songwriter's songwriter and penned many hits alone as well as collaborating with other talented writers. Johnson is also known for his collaborations with Rory Lee Feek of Joey + Rory, with whom he founded an organization called the Song Trust, in which works by new artists were all credited to that name. Song Trust's first release was "Bring Him Home Santa" in 2008. He was also on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and co-produced the first two albums by Blaine Larsen. Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
