Michelle Sheetz (born February 9, 1970), better known as Danni Leigh, is an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer. At age 19, she relocated to Orlando, Florida, intending to audition as a singer at

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, but ended up moving to

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, in 1994. She was signed with Audium Records, after changing labels several times, following Decca's closure, and her by Sony's Monument label. Although she has limited success in the US, she has had more success in Europe due to the different methods consumers learn about new music. Over time, she has also developed a following in

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, and Japan. In 1999, she was nominated for the Rising Star Trophy, a British Country Music Award. In 2001, she released '' A Shot of Whiskey and a Prayer.'' Leigh has also performed a number of small gigs in the

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, area, where she moved in 2002. As her career declined in the US, Leigh later moved again, this time to Spain, many years later and performed elsewhere in Europe and Asia. She even reached the rest of South America. During the tours, she met and eventually married her bandmate Mike McKenzie. The couple returned to Nashville in order to restart her career, but the birth of her only child, a son, in 2010 led her to emphasize both motherhood and becoming a businessperson. Leigh then moved with her husband back to

Strasburg, Virginia Strasburg is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, which was founded in 1761 by Peter Stover. It is the largest town by population in the county and is known for its grassroots art culture, pottery, antiques, and American Civil W ...

, her birthplace, where she started her boutique-cum-fitness studio in 2018 and opened another in Winchester.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

As guest musician

* 2000:

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- ''

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'' (Monument) * 2001:

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- ''Christmas in Texas'' (Audium)

References

External links

Danni Leigh official site
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