Margo Price

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Margo Price at Piknik i Parken 2017 in Oslo

Margo Rae Price (born April 15, 1983 in Aledo , Illinois ) is an American country singer and songwriter from Nashville , Tennessee . Her debut solo album Midwest Farmer's Daughter was released on March 25, 2016 on Third Man Records . In December 2018, Price was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 2019 Grammy Awards .

biography

Margo Price, 2018

Price was born and raised in the small town of Aledo, Illinois in 1983. She learned to play the piano and sang in the church choir before studying dance and theater at Northern Illinois University . In 2003, she dropped out at the age of 20 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee to make music. In Nashville, Price worked in a number of jobs including serving as a waitress and dance teacher for children. Together with her husband, guitarist Jeremy Ivey, she was part of the political band Secret Handshake and later founded the band Buffalo Clover and later Margo and the Pricetags with him. Sturgill Simpson and Kenny Vaughan , longtime guitarist in Marty Stuart's band , were both with the line-up at different times. In 2014 Price was added to Rolling Stone Country 's "Country Artists You Need to Know" list.

The debut solo album Midwest Farmer's Daughter was released on March 25, 2016 on the Third Man Records label by Jack White . On April 9, 2016, Margo Price was a musical guest on the show Saturday Night Live , shortly afterwards she appeared on British television on Later ... with Jools Holland and further appearances on radio and television followed. In 2017, after an EP called Weakness with All American Made, the second album followed, on which Willie Nelson also sang a guest contribution. Both albums were able to place in the US country charts, the US indie charts and the regular Billboard 200 charts, both albums rose to the top position in the British country charts and , in addition to concert tours in 2016 and 2017, Price performed at Glastonbury in 2017 Festival on.

Nominations and Awards

year Award category Nominee work Result
2016 Americana Music Honors & Awards Emerging Artist of the Year Margo Price won
Americana Music Honors & Awards Song of the Year "Hands of Time" nominated
Ameripolitan Music Awards Honky Tonk Female Margo Price won
2017 UK Americana Awards International Album Of The Year Midwest Farmer's Daughter nominated
International Song Of The Year "Hands of Time" won
International Artist Of The Year Margo Price nominated
American Music Prize Best debut album Midwest Farmer's Daughter won
Americana Music Honors & Awards Artist of the Year Margo Price nominated
2018 Album of the Year All American Made nominated
Song of the Year "A Little Pain" won
2019 Grammy Awards 2019 Best New Artist Margo Price nominated

Discography

with Buffalo Clover
  • Pick Your Poison (2010)
  • Low Down Time (2011)
  • Test Your Love (2013)

Solo albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country
2016 Midwest Farmer's Daughter - US189 (1 week)
US 		Country10 (25 weeks)
Country
Initial release: March 25th, 2016
Third Man Records
2017 All American Made UK86 (1 week)
UK 		US89 (1 week)
US 		Country12 (1 week)
Country
Initial release: October 20, 2017
Third Man Records
2020 That's How Rumors Get Started UK95 (1 week)
UK 		US151 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US 		-
Initial release: July 10, 2020
Third Man Records

More solo albums

  • Live At Rough Trade East (Live Album, 2016, Third Man Records)
  • Weakness (EP, July 2017, Third Man Records)

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Margo Price on allmusic.com; accessed on February 20.
  2. ^ Duncan Cooper: Country's Next Star, Margo Price, Debuts "Hurtin 'on the Bottle". December 3, 2015; accessed on February 20.
  3. ^ Marissa R. Moss, 10 New Artists You Need to Know: Fall 2014. Rolling Stone, November 17, 2015; accessed on February 20.
  4. ↑ UK Americana Awards 2017 winners announced . February 4, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Margo Price Wins American Music Prize - Pitchfork . Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Angela Stefano: 2017 Americana Music Awards Nominees - Full List . In: The Boot , May 9, 2017. 
  7. ↑ Americana Announces 2018 Honors & Awards Nominees | AmericanaMusic.org . Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Chart sources: UK US

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personal data
SURNAME Price, Margo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Price, Margo Rae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Aledo , Illinois