Signed to Polydor Records in 1994, Wright made her debut that year with the album Woman in the Moon. Neither this nor its follow-up, Right in the Middle of It, produced any Top 40 singles on the country charts, although one single (1996's "The Love That We Lost" reached #41. By 1996, Polydor had closed, and Wright signed to MCA Nashville, releasing three albums for the label: 1997's Let Me In, 1999's Single White Female, and 2001's Never Love You Enough. Single White Female was her best-selling album, earning RIAA gold certification. In addition, its title track became her highest charting single, reaching Number One on the country charts in 1999.
Wright left MCA in 2003, although the label issued two compilation albums of her material after her release from the label. She independently issued an EP entitled Everything in 2004, followed by 2005's The Metropolitan Hotel on the Dualtone Records label. A seventh studio album, Notes to the Coroner, is slated for release in 2009 on Vanguard Records.
BWright is featured only on the album version of "Scary Old World"; the radio edit was a duet with Georgia Middleman. This song was credited to "Radney Foster with Chely Wright or Georgia Middleman".
