Mallary Hope Whitener (born June 21, 1987 in

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) is an American

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singer-songwriter. She released her debut single, "Love Lives On", in July 2009, followed by an EP of the same name on August 4, 2009. Both this song and its follow-up, "Blossom in the Dust," have made the

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charts.

Musical career

Mallary Hope released a digital EP, ''Love Lives On'', on August 4, 2009. This EP includes the title track, as well as "Times Like These" and "Wildflowers". "Love Lives On" debuted at 57 on the U.S. ''

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charts dated for August 22, 2009. Jon Caramanica, from ''The New York Times,'' included Mallary as part of the new face of country music saying, "The next generation proposes a range of options. It includes...young women with a more traditional style, like Mallary Hope." ''CMT.com'' (Country Music Television) praised Hope, saying, "She has a beautifully soothing voice and uses it to its full effect on "Love Lives On," bringing all the sadness out of the song she wrote for her sister and anyone else who has a spouse in the military," and Matt Bjorke of Roughstock said that Hope sounded like a young

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and that the song "is nevertheless a song that can and should do well at radio." Hope's second single "Blossom in the Dust" was released to radio on February 22, 2010, and debuted at number 60 on the chart for the week of March 20, 2010, peaking at 48. Hope co-wrote

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's late 2011 single "

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" along with "The Locket", another song on Lauren Alaina's debut album. She sang background vocals on "I Will Love You Still", a track from True Believers, a 2013 album by

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and performed a duet with Rucker on the song "Baby, I'm Right", which is included on his fourth album called "

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" which was released in 2015.

Personal life

Hope married Ryan Dokke on April 13, 2014. Mallary and her husband Ryan welcomed daughter Scarlett Ruth Dokke on January 19, 2015. On November 8, 2016, the couple welcomed their second daughter, Savannah Ryan.

Discography

Album

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

References

American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Living people MCA Records artists Curb Records artists People from Dalton, Georgia Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) 1986 births 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-country-singer-stub