Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack (2003)

Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966 in Jacksonville , Texas ) is an American country singer and songwriter.

Beginnings

Lee Ann's father worked part time as a disc jockey for a local radio station. She often accompanied him to the studio and participated in the selection of records. Her favorites were country musicians like Bob Wills and Ray Price . She later also gave Dolly Parton , Tammy Wynette and George Jones as influences on her work. After graduating from high school, she went to college to study music. She gained her first musical experience as a member of the college band.

She later moved to Nashville Belmont University. She completed an internship in the A&R department (Artists & Repertoire) of the MCA label. While still at university, she married Jason Sellers , who would later make a career himself. The marriage, which resulted in a child, lasted only a few years.

Career

Womack began writing songs and made appearances on the Nashville club scene. In 1995 she was hired by the music publisher Tree Publishing . She wrote songs for Bill Anderson , Ricky Skaggs and others. In 1996 she received a record deal from Decca . Her debut album Lee Ann Womack , produced by Mark Wright , was released a year later . The album became an instant hit. The decoupled single The Fool advanced to number two on the country charts. The Academy of Country Music honored her as the best young singer. In 1999 she married for the second time and had a second daughter.

In early 1999, Decca Records withdrew from the country business and Lee Ann Womack was taken over by parent company MCA. In the same year the album I Hope You Dance was created . The single of the same name reached number one on the country charts and was both CMA and ACM "Single of the Year" and "Song of the Year". She received other awards, including a Grammy , a year later for the duet Mendocino County Line sung with Willie Nelson . Musically it developed more and more from traditional country to pop music . As a result, the album Something Worth Leaving Behind fell short of sales expectations despite extensive promotion . Only the return to more traditional sounds on There's More Where That Came From brought the hoped-for commercial success again. The album received very good reviews and won the CMA Award for "Best Album of the Year". It was only the fourth time that a woman in this category was able to take home the trophy. In October 2008, their seventh album Call Me Crazy was released on MCA. She also made her movie debut as an actress in the film Noble Things .

It took six years until the next album.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1997	Lee Ann Womack	US106 platinum (23 weeks)US	Country9 (74 weeks) Country	First published: May 13, 1997
1998	Some things I know	US136 gold (12 weeks)US	Country20 (55 weeks) Country	First published: September 22, 1998
2000	I hope you dance	US16 × 3 Triple platinum (83 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country	First published: May 23, 2000
2002	Something Worth Leaving Behind	US16 (11 weeks) US	Country2 (30 weeks) Country	First published: August 20, 2002
	The Season for Romance	US166 (2 weeks) US	Country19 (11 weeks) Country	First release: October 29, 2002 Christmas album
2005	There's More Where That Came From	US12 gold (18 weeks)US	Country3 (57 weeks) Country	First published: February 8, 2005
2008	Call Me Crazy	US23 (4 weeks) US	Country4 (48 weeks) Country	First published: October 21, 2008
2014	The way i'm livin '	US99 (1 week) US	Country18 (4 weeks) Country	First published: September 23, 2014
2017	The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone	-	Country37 (1 week) Country	First published: October 27, 2017

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
2004	Greatest hits	US28 gold (8 weeks)US	Country2 (71 weeks) Country	First published: May 4, 2004

More compilations

• 2011: Icon
• 2013: Favorites

EPs

• 2015: Trouble in Mind

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	Country
1997	Never Again, Again Lee Ann Womack	-	-	Country23 (20 weeks) Country	First published: March 3, 1997
	The Fool Lee Ann Womack	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	First published: May 19, 1997
	You've Got to Talk to Me Lee Ann Womack	-	-	Country2 (22 weeks) Country	First published: November 1, 1997
1998	Buckaroo Lee Ann Womack	-	-	Country27 (20 weeks) Country	First published: April 4, 1998
	A Little Past Little Rock Some Things I Know	-	US43 (10 weeks) US	Country2 (21 weeks) Country	First published: June 22, 1998
	I'll Think of a Reason Later Some Things I Know	-	US38 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (25 weeks) Country	First published: December 28, 1998
1999	(Now You See Me) Now You Don't Some Things I Know	-	US72 (11 weeks) US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country	First published: August 7, 1999
	Don't Tell Me Some Things I Know	-	-	Country56 (8 weeks) Country	First published: 1999
2000	I Hope You Dance I Hope You Dance	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	US14th Platinum (Physical) + Platinum (48 weeks)US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country	First published: May 3rd, 2000 with Sons of the Desert
	Ashes by Now I Hope You Dance	-	US45 (17 weeks) US	Country4 (26 weeks) Country	First published: October 9, 2000
2001	Why They Call It Falling I Hope You Dance	-	US78 (7 weeks) US	Country13 (21 weeks) Country	First published: April 2, 2001
	Does My Ring Burn Your Finger I Hope You Dance	-	-	Country23 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 29, 2001
2002	Something Worth Leaving Behind Something Worth Leaving Behind	-	-	Country20 (20 weeks) Country	First published: May 24, 2002
	Forever Everyday Something Worth Leaving Behind	-	-	Country37 (17 weeks) Country	First published: October 26, 2002
2004	The Wrong Girl Greatest Hits	-	-	Country24 (20 weeks) Country
	I May Hate Myself in the Morning There’s More Where That Came From	-	US66 (13 weeks) US	Country10 (26 weeks) Country	First published: October 25, 2004
2005	He Oughta Know That by Now There's More Where That Came From	-	-	Country22 (23 weeks) Country	First published: April 11, 2005
	Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago There’s More Where That Came From	-	-	Country32 (17 weeks) Country	First published: December 3, 2005
2006	Finding My Way Back Home	-	-	Country37 (14 weeks) Country
2008	Last Call Call Me Crazy	-	US77 (9 weeks) US	Country14 (36 weeks) Country	First published: June 30, 2008
2009	Solitary Thinkin ' Call Me Crazy	-	-	Country39 (14 weeks) Country	First published: April 11, 2009
	There is a god	-	-	Country32 (20 weeks) Country

More singles

• 2014: The Way I'm Livin '
• 2015: Send It on Down
• 2015: Chances Are
• 2017: All the Trouble

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Country
2002	Mendocino County Line The Great Divide	Country22 (20 weeks) Country	with Willie Nelson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ theknow.denverpost.com
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Deborah Evans Price: Womack Shows Her 'Worth' on MCA . In: Billboard . August 10, 2002, p. 1 and 67 .
3. ↑ imdb.com
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: UK US
5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

Commons : Lee Ann Womack  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website of Lee Ann Womack (English)
• Lee Ann Womack at Allmusic (English)
• Lee Ann Womack at Discogs (English)
• Lee Ann Womack in the Internet Movie Database (English)