Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American

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and

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singer. Isaacs grew up near

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, and graduated from

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in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors and were liberated from a concentration camp in Germany in 1945. She has released one album on

Lyric Street Records Lyric Street Records was an American country music record label. It was owned by the Disney Music Group and founded in 1997 by Randy Goodman. The label had its first successes in 1998 with singles by Lari White and Aaron Tippin, both formerly ...

, and has charted five singles on the ''

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charts. Three were included on her self-titled debut album, released in 2000. A fourth was a Christmas single included on the label's multi-artist collection ''No Wrapping Required: A Christmas Album''. Her highest-charting single, "No Regrets Yet", peaked at number 36 on the country charts but did not appear on an album. She parted ways with Lyric Street in 2004. Isaacs, along with several of her family members, also comprise a

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band called The Isaacs. Sonya recorded the song "The Battlefield" for the soundtrack to the 2006 film '' Broken Bridges''. She and

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contributed guest vocals to a cover of " Misty" on

Cledus T. Judd James Barry Poole (born December 18, 1964) is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, an ...

's 2007 tribute album ''

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''. She also sang a duet with

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to "The Angels Rejoiced". Isaacs married singer-songwriter

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on December 20, 2009, with whom she co-wrote

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's 2011 single "

I'm Gonna Love You Through It "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is a song written by Ben Hayslip, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in July 2011 as the second single from her album '' Eleven''. On November ...

". Isaacs and Yeary have two sons born in 2011 and 2015, and a daughter born in 2017. As a member of ''The Isaacs'', Isaacs became a

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of the

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in 2021.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Music videos

References

External links

Official website of the Isaacs

The Fishman Isaacs Israel Initiative
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