Gretchen Wilson Biography
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Gretchen Wilson (born 26 June, 1973 in
Granite City, Illinois) is an American country music singer. Her debut
album Here for the Party topped the US country charts in 2004 and
reached #2 on the Billboard album charts.
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Early career
She was raised in a trailer park in
Pocahontas, Illinois, 36 miles outside St. Louis on Interstate 70, to a
single mother, who was 16 when Wilson was born. Wilson grew up in
poverty and moved to a succession of trailer parks as her mother
struggled to pay the rent through working as a waitress at a diner. She
left school after the eighth grade and was working as a cook and
bartender at 14. By 15, she was living on her own. She was singing in
two bar bands by the age of 20.
She moved to Nashville in 1996 to pursue a
career in music but found little initial success. She met John Rich in
2000, formerly a member of Lonestar, who suggested that she write songs
with him. After some reluctance, she started working with him as a
member of the MuzikMafia, a informal group of aspiring country
songwriters and singers that met every Tuesday night. She also started
singing as a backup singer on records. She has one child, a daughter
named Grace Frances Penner.
Chart success
Wilson signed with Epic Records in 2003 and
recorded Here for the Party in 2003. The first single "Redneck Woman"
was released in early 2004 and quickly became a hit reaching the top of
the Billboard country singles charts and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100,
Due to the success of "Redneck Woman" Here for the Party was released
earlier than planned on May 11, 2004 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard
country chart. It also reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard
Internet album sales charts. She built on the success on the album by
performing as support artist for Brooks & Dunn and Montgomery Gentry.
The album and single have been released in
markets outside the US and the album has reached #2 on the Australian
country charts (behind Kasey Chambers) and the top 50 of the Australian
charts. As of 5 July 2004, "Redneck Woman" was #1 on a world composite
country chart (based on the US, UK and Australia) and "Here for the
Party" was #4 as an album track.
Discography
Albums
2004 Here for the Party #2 US
2005 All Jacked Up #1 (debut) US
Singles
|
Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
Album |
|
US Hot 100 |
US Country |
|
2004 |
"Redneck Woman" |
#22 |
#1 |
Here For the Party |
|
2004 |
"Here For the Party" |
- |
#1 |
Here For the Party |
|
2005 |
"All Jacked Up" |
#42 |
#8 |
All Jacked Up |
|
2005 |
"Politically Uncorrect" (feat.
Merle Haggard) |
- |
#58 |
All Jacked Up |
|
2005 |
"I Don't Feel Like Loving You
Today" |
- |
#30 |
All Jacked Up |
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