Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American

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musician originally from

Shueyville, Iowa Shueyville is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 731 at the time of the 2020 census. History Shueyville was founded in 1855 by Jacob Shuey, who emi ...

Songwriting and music career

Whitters has written songs for

Little Big Town Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group from Homewood, Alabama. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its founding: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman (née Roads), Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbro ...

and

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, and has written with

Lori McKenna Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit sing ...

. Whitters has toured with Little Big Town, and opened for Maren Morris on her 2019 Girl: The World Tour. Whitters released her debut full-length album in 2015 titled ''Black Sheep''. Whitters co-wrote

's song " Happy People", from their 2017 album The Breaker. On September 13, 2019, Whitters released an

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entitled "The Days", which serves as the first half of her upcoming album, "The Dream". On January 24, 2020, Whitters released a single called "Janice at the Hotel Bar", written with her frequent collaborator Lori McKenna. In June 2020, Whitters signed with

Big Loud Records Big Loud is an American Independent business, independent multi-sector entertainment company located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It consists of a record label also known as Big Loud, along with music publisher, music publishing and t ...

’ imprint Songs & Daughters. Whitters' third album, ''Raised'', was released on March 18, 2022. The album became her first album to reach the Billboard charts, debuting at #18 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and staying on the chart for 6 weeks, later hitting a peak of #9. ''Raised'' was preceded by the release of songs "Everything She Ain't" and "The Neon". The former would go on to be released to country radio in June 2022. To support the album, Whitters embarked on The Heartland Tour, as well as supported Jon Pardi's Ain't Always The Cowboy Tour during the summer of 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

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