Rachel Wammack is a

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/songwriter signed to

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

from

Muscle Shoals, Alabama Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located along the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the populati ...

. In 2018, she released her first self-titled EP.

Career

Wammack is from

. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by 17 was discovered by

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

. Before she began her recording career, she attended the

University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes ...

where she was crowned Miss UNA 2015. Six months after she finished school she signed with Sony and moved to Nashville. Her first self-titled EP was produced by

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

and was released on April 6, 2018. ''

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'' magazine listed Wammack as one of “10 new Country artists you need to know.” Her single "My Boyfriend Doesn't Speak For Me Anymore" was also featured on ''Rolling Stone'' and was described as "mixing the power-pop pipes of

Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (, ; born 5 May 1988), professionally known by the mononym Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a reco ...

with the women-first attitude of

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as " You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My M ...

." The EP also features her first single, "Damage", which was co-written with Tom Douglas and

David Hodges David Hall Hodges (born December 5, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a studio contributor to the rock band Evanescence from 2000–2002. He has since had success co-writing and co–produci ...

. On March 15, 2019, she released her single "Enough." Her next single, "Something People Say (Acoustic)", was released on June 6, 2019. After a two-year hiatus from social media, Wammack released her single "Like Me" on August 12, 2022. Wammack has described "Like Me" as "a love note to me and a reminder to the world ..I'm not everybody's cup of tea and that's OK. That was a hard thing for me to reckon with. But now, I feel like people are more drawn to me now that I like myself."

Personal life

Rachel Wammack was born on June 28, 1994. She was raised in

and attended

Muscle Shoals High School Muscle Shoals High School (MSHS) is the sole public secondary education institution in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. MSHS has been awarded the Blue Ribbon Lighthouse Award for Excellence. Academics Based on the Alabama Reading and Math Test scores ...

, where she performed in the school's marching band and percussion ensemble. Wammack attended the

and was crowned Miss UNA 2015. On August 3, 2019, she married Noah Purcell.

Discography

Extended plays

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wammack, Rachel American country singer-songwriters American women country singers RCA Records artists Living people Country musicians from Alabama Singer-songwriters from Alabama 1994 births