Gretchen Wilson

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Gretchen Wilson performing at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek

Gretchen Wilson (born June 26, 1973 in Pocahontas , Illinois ) is an American country singer and songwriter .

biography

Gretchen Wilson comes from a humble background in a village with about 700 inhabitants. Her mother was only 16 years old when she was born, and her father left mother and daughter two years later. At the age of 15, Wilson moved out and initially worked as a waitress.

In 1996 she decided to move to Nashville - without having completed any training - where Wilson worked as a background singer in the “Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar” in Printers Alley and recorded demo tapes at the same time. In 2000 she was discovered by the musicians Big & Rich , who heard them sing a few pieces with the house band. In the same year their daughter Grace Frances Penner was born.

Eventually, Wilson signed a recording deal with Epic Records . Her debut album Here for the Party from 2003 sold five million copies and went platinum five times . In the same year she was recognized by the Academy of Country Music Awards in the categories "Top Female Vocalist" and "Top New Artist". In 2005 her second album All Jacked Up was released .

Gretchen Wilson represents a strictly traditional style of music, enriched with rock elements . In her lyrics she often describes her own life experiences and circumstances, e.g. B. as a waitress.

After two failures on country radio in the USA ( Don't Do Me No Good , The Earring Song ), Gretchen Wilson lost her record deal with Sony Music Nashville on July 28, 2009 .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country
2004 Here for the party UK60 (2 weeks)
UK
US2
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(102 weeks)US
Country1 (104 weeks)
Country
2005 All jacked up - US1
platinum
platinum

(28 weeks)US
Country1 (81 weeks)
Country
2007 One of the boys - US5 (10 weeks)
US
Country1 (26 weeks)
Country
2010 I got your country right here - US34 (5 weeks)
US
Country6 (23 weeks)
Country
2013 Right on time - US91 (1 week)
US
Country24 (6 weeks)
Country
Under the covers - - Country40 (4 weeks)
Country

More studio albums

  • 2013: Christmas in My Heart
  • 2017: Ready to Get Rowdy

Live albums

  • 2014: Still Here for the Party

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country
2010 Greatest hits - US168 (1 week)
US
Country24 (33 weeks)
Country
2012 Playlist: The Very Best of Gretchen Wilson - - Country71 (5 weeks)
Country

More compilations

  • 2014: Snapshot

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country
2004 Redneck Woman
Here for the Party
UK42 (2 weeks)
UK
US22nd
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold

(20 weeks)US
Country1 (22 weeks)
Country
Here for the party
Here for the party
- US39
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
Country3 (20 weeks)
Country
When I Think About Cheatin '
Here for the Party
- US39 (11 weeks)
US
Country4 (20 weeks)
Country
2005 Homewrecker
Here for the Party
- US56 (13 weeks)
US
Country2 (20 weeks)
Country
All Jacked Up
All Jacked Up
- US42
gold
gold

(11 weeks)US
Country8 (20 weeks)
Country
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today
All Jacked Up
- - Country22 (20 weeks)
Country
2006 Politically Uncorrect
All Jacked Up
- - Country23 (19 weeks)
Country
California Girls
All Jacked Up
- - Country25 (17 weeks)
Country
Come to Bed
One of the Boys
- - Country32 (20 weeks)
Country
with John Rich
2007 One of the Boys
One of the Boys
- - Country35 (12 weeks)
Country
You Don't Have to Go Home
One of the Boys
- - Country53 (12 weeks)
Country
2008 Don't Do Me No Good
- - Country43 (13 weeks)
Country
2009 Work Hard, Play Harder
I Got Your Country Right Here
- - Country18 (35 weeks)
Country
2010 I Got Your Country Right Here
I Got Your Country Right Here
- - Country53 (10 weeks)
Country
2011 I'd Love to Be Your Last
I Got Your Country Right Here
- - Country47 (14 weeks)
Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2004 Red Bird Fever
- - Country60 (1 week)
Country
2005 Our America
Comin 'to Your City
- - Country44 (2 weeks)
Country
2010 I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Christmas in My Heart
- - Country47 (2 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 2009: If I Could Do It All Again
  • 2012: One Good Friend
  • 2013: Still Rollin '
  • 2013: Crazy
  • 2014: Chariot
  • 2016: Rowdy
  • 2017: Summertime Town
  • 2018: Stacy

Guest Posts

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
Country Country
2006 That's How They Do It in Dixie
That's How They Do It in Dixie
Country35 (20 weeks)
Country
with Hank Williams, Jr. , Big & Rich & Van Zant
2011 Fake ID
Footloose OST
Country47 (11 weeks)
Country
with Big & Rich

Video albums

  • 2006: Undressed (US:platinumplatinum)

Individual evidence

  1. CMN: Gretchen Wilson and Sony Music Nashville go their separate ways . Retrieved July 29, 2009.
  2. a b c d Chart sources: UK US
  3. a b Awards for Music Sales: US

Web links

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