Shannon Leigh Brown (born July 23, 1973) is an American

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singer from

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. Although she has recorded three albums on various labels, only one of these – 2006's '' Corn Fed'' — was released. In her career, she has charted four singles on the ''

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'' country charts, with her highest-charting single being a 2002 cover of

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's "Baby I Lied," at number 40. She also contributed the song "Half a Man" to the soundtrack for the 1998 film ''

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Biography

After several years of touring the Midwest with her father running the soundboard and her mom running lights, Shannon decided to make the move to

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. She paid the bills singing songwriters' demo sessions and managed to maintain her touring schedule of 160 dates a year. Her vocal stylings and industrious approach did not go unnoticed. She is married to video director

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who directed the video for "Corn Fed."

Musical career

Shannon's first recording contract was with

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in 1997. A year later, she began work on her debut album ''A Tour of My Heart''. Although the album's lead-off single (titled "I Won't Lie") entered the ''

'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now

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) charts, ''A Tour of My Heart'' was ultimately unreleased. Brown also contributed the song "Half a Man" to the soundtrack of the film ''

'' in 1998 In late 2001, she left for the BNA label. While on BNA, she began work on a second album, from which two singles were released. The first of these, a song titled "Baby I Lied," was a cover of

's Top 5 hit single from 1983. Brown's cover became her only Top 40 hit upon its release. A second single from her BNA album, titled "Untangle My Heart," also charted. Brown's second album also remained unreleased, however, and she exited BNA not long afterward.

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signed Brown to her third recording contract in late 2005. That year, she made her fourth chart entry with the song "Corn Fed." Reaching a peak of 47 on the country music charts, it served as the lead-off single to her first album for Warner Bros., also titled '' Corn Fed''. Her third album overall, ''Corn Fed'' was also Brown's first album to be released commercially. The album was produced by John Rich, one half of country music duo

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. After its second single, "Pearls," failed to chart, Brown and Warner Bros. parted ways.

Discography

Albums

Singles

;Notes *A ^ "I Won't Lie" also peaked at number 67 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Music videos

External links

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