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Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Nettles is the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush, and prior to this she fronted the
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-based bands Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band
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's 2006 single "
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", a number-one hit on the ''Billboard'' country chart.Billboard websit
Billboard Music Charts - Jennifer Nettles
retrieved February 24, 2009.
Throughout her career, she has acquired numerous accolades, including three
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, four
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, and an
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for her work both as a soloist and as one half of the duo Sugarland. Nettles is currently a judge on ''
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'' (2021).


Personal life

Nettles was born and raised in the small town of
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, United States, graduating from Coffee High School and
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in
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. Nettles married Todd Van Sickle in 1998, but the couple divorced in 2007. On November 26, 2011, Nettles married her boyfriend of two years, Justin Miller, in a sunset ceremony at Blackberry Farm in
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. On June 18, 2012, Nettles and her husband announced they were expecting their first child in November 2012. Their son was born in December 2012.


Musical beginnings

Nettles began performing at school assemblies, her Southern Baptist church, and in community theater. She was also a member of
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's Clovers & Company performing arts group from 1986 to 1993. Nettles studied Spanish and Anthropology at
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in Decatur, Georgia, and graduated in 1997. While a student there, Nettles and Cory Jones (who at the time was studying
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at the
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) formed the group Soul Miner's Daughter. Performing as both an acoustic duo and with a band, they released two albums: ''The Sacred and Profane'' in 1996 and ''Hallelujah'' in 1998, both of which were composed of songs written collaboratively by Jones and Nettles. Soul Miner's Daughter was invited to perform at the Atlanta installment of
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in 1999.Ask Men website
Jennifer Nettles.
Retrieved February 24, 2009.
In 1999, she formed the Jennifer Nettles Band, with which she released three studio albums and two live albums. The band, which in addition to Nettles included Brad Sikes (drums), Scott Nicholson (piano), Wesley Lupold (bass), and Mike Cebulski (percussion), was selected the grand prize winner from more than 2000 bands in "The Big Deal $100,000 Music Search" presented by
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.


Sugarland

In 2003, Nettles teamed up with
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and Kristian Bush to form Sugarland. In 2006, Kristen Hall left the group and Nettles and Bush continued on as a duo releasing '' Enjoy the Ride'' in November 2006. Their third album, titled '' Love on the Inside'', was released on July 22, 2008. Regarding the trio's collaboration, she said:
We really wanted to get out of where we had all been as artists and move beyond that to something bigger. Consequently all the songs reflect that; 'Fly Away,' 'Baby Girl,' all of those songs - you speak to the human condition and write what you know in your life.Cronin, Peter
The Road To Sugarland.
Great American Country TV website. September 5, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
Sugarland was nominated for a
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award in the
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category in 2006. Although they did not win the award, Nettles and Bush performed for the awards show and Nettles presented both a
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to
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and the award for Best Country Group. A duet performance with rock band
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, "
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", reached No. 7 on the
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chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The video for the song won a
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in 2006 for Collaborative Video Of The Year. In February 2007, Nettles and Bon Jovi won a
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for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.Grammy Awards website
49th Grammy Awards Winners List.
(See Category 39.) Retrieved February 24, 2009.
In an interview on
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with Martha MacCullum, Nettles expressed interest in appearing in a
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play, stating in particular that she would like to play the role of Elphaba in '' Wicked''. In early December 2008, Sugarland received three Grammy Award nominations and performed on the 51st Annual Grammy Awards show on February 8, 2009. They won awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group.Grammy Awards website
51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List.
(See Category 38 and Category 41.) Retrieved February 9, 2009.
On January 18, 2009, Nettles performed at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, singing
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's "Shower the People" with
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and
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. On February 11, 2009, Sugarland received two nominations from the
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for Top Vocal Duo and Vocal Event of the Year for "Life in a Northern Town". During the broadcast of the April 5, 2009 awards show, Sugarland was presented with the Vocal Duo of the Year award, ending Brooks & Dunn's nine-year run. Nettles also received a Milestone award, presented to her by
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. ABC broadcast the first CMA Country Christmas, hosted by Nettles, on November 29, 2010. Nettles and Sugarland partner Kristian Bush kicked off the evening with their rendition of "Winter Wonderland", backed by
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. The pair returned to the stage later in the program to perform the hymn "Come, O Come Emmanuel", just before the "Jingle Bell Rock" group grande finale of the 90-minute special. Until 2016, Nettles was the sole host of Country Christmas but was replaced by
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for the 2017 show. After a five-year hiatus while Nettles and Bush recorded solo projects, Sugarland officially reunited in 2017 at the
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and announced that they were working on new music together. The lead single off their sixth studio album Bigger, “ Still the Same" was released on December 21, 2017.


Duets and solo career

In 2009, Jennifer Nettles performed at the
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for
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and a second time in 2011 for
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. In 2012, Nettles appeared as a judge on the ABC singing competition series ''
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'' alongside
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,
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and
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. The show was cancelled after one season. Nettles announced in May 2013 that she would begin working on a solo album. Her first solo single, "
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", was released in August. Nettles co-wrote the song with
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, and
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produced it. The album, also titled ''
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'', was released on January 14, 2014. On June 4, 2014, Nettles performed " All of Me" with
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and
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at the
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. In July 2015, Nettles parted ways with Mercury Nashville. Nettles then signed with Big Machine Label Group. Nettles announced that she would be going on the " Playing With Fire Tour" with Ryan Kindler and Brandy Clark as her opening acts. The tour was then extended by CMT and promoted as "CMT Presents Jennifer Nettles with 2016 Next Women of Country Tour" with Brandy Clark and special guest Lindsay Ell and Tara Thompson for over 30 dates across the country starting in January 2016. Nettles then released a music video for her song "Sugar", she would be performing this song, which is off her upcoming album, at the 89th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the Domino Sugar float. Nettles then released the first official single, off her upcoming album with Big Machine, " Unlove You" which she debuted on ''
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'' on November 24. In March 2017, Nettles made her international solo debut at the C2C: Country to Country festival. For six years in a row she has hosted the ''CMA Country Christmas'' on ABC. In 2018 Jennifer Nettles duetted with Josh Groban on his "Bridges" and "Bridges Live" albums with the Groban-penned song "99 Years". In December 2019 Nettles ended her solo deal with
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but her duo Sugarland signed an exclusive deal with Big Machine. To coincide with the sixteenth anniversary of the
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, Nettles released a song called "King of the City", which tells the story of an immigrant who lost his life during the tragedy. Of the track, Nettles said "it has been so long since I started writing this song, but I was only able to finish it in the last year. I was inspired by the political tensions in our country right now. I want to humanize the immigrant story as an American story, and allow people a different narrative from what they might, or might not, be seeing on the news or in their communities".


Acting

Nettles made her acting debut in the
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television movie, ''
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'' portraying
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's mother. It premiered on December 10, 2015. She reprised her role in the sequel '' Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love'' which premiered on November 30, 2016. In February 2015, Nettles joined the Broadway cast of ''
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'', where she played the role of Roxie Hart for a limited engagement. In April 2016, she had a role on the
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hit series '' Underground''. Her role was as a wife and mother who became a mental patient. In 2019, Nettles portrayed Aimee-Leigh Gemstone, the deceased matriarch of a fictional Southern evangelical family in HBO’s dark comedy ''
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''. She also co-starred in the drama '' Harriet'', about abolitionist
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, playing Eliza Brodess. The film was directed by
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. She played the lead role of Jenna in the musical ''
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'' on Broadway from October 19 to November 25, 2021.


Activism

Nettles has lent her time and talent to support various non-profit organizations. Nettles has been a longtime supporter of the Shalom foundation. She raised more than $120,000 for the foundation in 2007. In 2008, she launched Common Thread, a series of musical events enabling artists to come together to share music and raise money for their favorite charities. The first three Common Thread concerts included performances by Nettles, Sugarland partner Kristian Bush,
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, and
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and raised funds for the
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,
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, Honor the Earth, and Intercultural Family Services. Following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nettles and Sugarland partner Bush sang on the remake of
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as part of
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. In February 2012, Nettles was one of a group of celebrities who walked down a
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in red dresses for the 'Heart Truth Red Dress Collection' show, part of
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. She wore a David Meister dress. In November 2019, Nettles attended the
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wearing a
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design with a hot-pink train. The train had a hand-painted graffiti painting by Alice Mizrahi and a message stating "play our xpletiverecords; Please and Thank You", and the backside said "equal play". Nettles' outfit was in protest of country music radio stations not giving equal play time to female artists. At the 2020
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, she was recognized for her activism in the fight for equal play with the first CMT Equal Play award.


Discography


Studio demos


Studio albums


Extended plays


Live albums


Solo singles


Guest singles


Other charted songs


Music videos


Awards

* 1999
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Acoustic Talent Search winner, Soul Miner's Daughter * 2001 1st Annual Independent Music Awards Regional Poll in Atlanta for "Bad Girl's Lament" * 2005
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, Sugarland wins Favorite Breakthrough Artist * 2006
Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country musi ...
, Sugarland wins Top New Duo or Vocal Group * 2006 CMT Collaborative Video of the Year, "Who Says You Can't Go Home" * 2007
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Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, "Who Says You Can't Go Home" * 2007
Country Music Association Awards The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are presented to country music artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry. The televised annual presentation ceremony ...
, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the YearCMA website
Artist Detail: Sugarland.
Retrieved February 24, 2009.
* 2008
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, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year * 2008
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, Song of the Year, "Stay" (songwriter) * 2008
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Song of the Year, "Stay" (songwriter)CMA website
Artist Detail: Jennifer Nettles.
Retrieved February 24, 2009.
* 2009
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Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group for "Stay" * 2009
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Best Country Song for "Stay" (songwriter) * 2009
Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country musi ...
, Milestone award; Sugarland wins Vocal Duo of the Year * 2009
Country Music Association Awards The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are presented to country music artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry. The televised annual presentation ceremony ...
, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year * 2010
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, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year * 2011
Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country musi ...
, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo of the Year * 2011
Country Music Association Awards The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are presented to country music artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry. The televised annual presentation ceremony ...
, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year * 2020 CMT Equal Play Award from the CMT Music Awards


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Jennifer Nettles CMT.com Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nettles, Jennifer 1974 births Agnes Scott College alumni American acoustic guitarists 21st-century American actresses American contraltos American country guitarists American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Big Machine Records artists Country musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Grammy Award winners Independent Music Awards winners Living people Mercury Records artists People from Douglas, Georgia Sugarland members Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American women guitarists 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American singers Concord Records artists Singer-songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) American women activists Activists from Georgia (U.S. state)