Mark Wills
Mark Wills (born August 8, 1973 in Cleveland , Tennessee ) is an American country singer .
Career
Mark Wills won a talent competition at the age of seventeen, which earned him several years of engagement in a music club. In 1996 he received a record deal from the Nashville Mercury label. He made his breakthrough with his first CD, Mark Wills . The single Jacob's Ladder reached a top spot on the country charts. In 2003 he lost his Mercury contract. He signed with Equity three years later.
The interpreter of gentle, sensitive country songs failed to achieve great success. Mark Wills never managed to step out of the shadows of his big competitors like Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson .
In spring 2008, Mark Wills signed a record deal with the Hamburg label AGR Television Records, which will release the album "Familiar Stranger" in September.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1996 | Mark Wills | - |
Country38 (23 weeks) Country |
|
1998 | Wish You Were Here |
US74
platinum
(56 weeks)US |
Country8 (104 weeks) Country |
|
2000 | Permanently |
US23
gold
(29 weeks)US |
Country3 (49 weeks) Country |
|
2001 | Loving every minute |
US93 (3 weeks) US |
Country10 (22 weeks) Country |
|
2003 | And the crowd goes wild |
US68 (3 weeks) US |
Country5 (15 weeks) Country |
|
2011 | Looking for America | - |
Country55 (2 weeks) Country |
More albums
- 2008: Familiar Stranger
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2002 | Greatest hits |
US140 (51 weeks) US |
Country16 (44 weeks) Country |
More compilations
- 2003: The Best of Mark Wills
- 2004: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
- 2005: Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- 2007: The Definitive Collection
- 2009: 2nd Time Around
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1996 | Jacob's Ladder Mark Wills |
- |
Country6 (20 weeks) Country |
|
High Low and In Between Mark Wills |
- |
Country33 (18 weeks) Country |
||
1997 | Places I've Never Been Mark Wills |
- |
Country5 (21 weeks) Country |
|
1998 | I Do (Cherish You) Wish You Were Here |
US72 (13 weeks) US |
Country2 (25 weeks) Country |
|
Don't Laugh at Me Wish You Were Here |
US73 (5 weeks) US |
Country2 (28 weeks) Country |
||
1999 | Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here |
US34 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
|
She's in Love Wish You Were Here |
US60 (10 weeks) US |
Country7 (22 weeks) Country |
||
Back at one permanently |
US36 (20 weeks) US |
Country2 (26 weeks) Country |
||
2000 | Almost Doesn't Count Permanently |
- |
Country19 (21 weeks) Country |
|
I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You) Permanently |
- |
Country33 (22 weeks) Country |
||
2001 | Loving Every Minute Loving Every Minute |
- |
Country18 (26 weeks) Country |
|
I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You Loving Every Minute |
- |
Country31 (20 weeks) Country |
with Jamie O'Neal
|
|
2002 | 19 Somethin ' Greatest Hits |
US23 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (34 weeks) Country |
|
2003 | When You Think of Me Greatest Hits |
- |
Country28 (20 weeks) Country |
|
And the Crowd Goes Wild And the Crowd Goes Wild |
- |
Country29 (21 weeks) Country |
||
That's a Woman And the Crowd Goes Wild |
- |
Country40 (17 weeks) Country |
||
2006 | Hank |
- |
Country46 (7 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | Take It All Out on Me Familiar Stranger |
- |
Country47 (9 weeks) Country |
|
Days of Thunder Familiar Stranger |
- |
Country50 (13 weeks) Country |
More singles
- 2008: The Things We Forget
- 2009: Entertaining Angels
- 2009: Crazy White Boy
- 2011: Looking for America
- 2011: Crazy Being Home
- 2016: You're My Home (with Beverley Mahood)
The most important awards
year | Org. | Award | title |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | ACM | Top New Male Vocalist |
Individual evidence
- ↑ CMN: Mark Wills: New record label - New date for the album . Retrieved May 30, 2008.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: US
- ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US
Web links
- http://markwills.musiccitynetworks.com/
- "AGR Television Records" record label by Mark Wills (multi-lingual)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wills, Mark |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Tennessee |