Sara Evans
Sara Evans (* 5. February 1971 as Sara Linn Evans in Booneville , Missouri ) is an American country singer.
Beginnings
Sara Evans grew up on a farm in Missouri. She started making music at the age of four. Only a little later she appeared for the first time with two siblings as the Evans Family Band . At sixteen, she would perform on the stage of a local dance hall every Saturday night.
In 1991 she moved to Nashville , where she initially worked as a waitress. Here she met the musician Craig Schelske. She joined his band and married him two years later. The group went on extensive tours. In 1995 Evans returned to Nashville. The well-known songwriter Harlan Howard became aware of them and brokered a record deal with the RCA label.
Career
Her first album, Three Chords and the Truth , was released in 1997. It received good reviews and earned her an Academy of Country Music Awards nomination, but was not very successful commercially. She made her breakthrough with her second album No Place That Far , which was gilded after the single of the same name conquered the top spot in the country charts and was also able to place itself in the pop hit parade. Evans composed some of the songs on this album himself. Well-known greats of the country scene worked on the recordings, including Vince Gill , Martina McBride , George Jones , Alison Krauss and Jamie O'Hara .
In 2000 she reached number one in the country charts again with the single Born to Fly, which was released from her third album . The accompanying video was named "Video of the Year" by the Country Music Association in 2001. The album itself achieved double platinum status.
In 2017 Evans founded her own record label, Born to Fly Records. Words was the first album to be released in the same year .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
|
Country
|
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| 1997 | Three Chords and the Truth | - |
Country56 (4 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 1998 | No Place That Far |
US116  (13 weeks)US |
Country11 (48 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2000 | Born to Fly |
US55  × 2
(85 weeks)US |
Country6 (104 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2003 | Restless |
US20th (47 weeks)US |
Country3 (104 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2005 | Real Fine Place |
US3 (32 weeks)US |
Country1 (98 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2011 | Stronger |
US6th (33 weeks)US |
Country1 (72 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2014 | Slow me down |
US9 (9 weeks) US |
Country2 (17 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| At Christmas |
US135 (1 week) US |
Country21 (5 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
|
| 2017 | Words |
US46 (1 week) US |
Country4 (2 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2020 | Copy That | - | - |
RCA
|
Live albums
- 2019: Live from City Winery Nashville
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
|||
| 1999 | CMT Girls' Night Out | - |
Country30 (13 weeks) Country |
|
| 2007 | Greatest hits |
US8th (15 weeks)US |
Country3 (77 weeks) Country |
RCA
|
| 2013 | Playlist: The Very Best of Sara Evans | - |
Country73 (1 week) Country |
Legacy
|
more publishments
- 2005: Feels Like Home (only sold in Cracker Barrel stores)
- 2006: Always There (only sold in Hallmark Cards stores)
- 2007: The Early Years
EPs
- 2009: I'll Be Home for Christmas
- 2019: The Barker Family Band
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
|||
| 1997 | True Lies Three Chords and the Truth |
- |
Country59 (6 weeks) Country |
|
| Three Chords and the Truth Three Chords and the Truth |
- |
Country44 (11 weeks) Country |
||
| 1998 | Shame About That Three Chords and the Truth |
- |
Country48 (8 weeks) Country |
|
| Cryin 'Game No Place That Far |
- |
Country56 (10 weeks) Country |
||
| No Place That Far, No Place That Far |
US37 (19 weeks) US |
Country1 (30 weeks) Country |
||
| 1999 | Fool, I'm a Woman No Place That Far |
- |
Country32 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| 2000 | Born to Fly Born to Fly |
US34 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (35 weeks) Country |
|
| 2001 | I Could Not Ask for More Born to Fly |
US35 (20 weeks) US |
Country2 (26 weeks) Country |
|
| Saints & Angels Born to Fly |
- |
Country16 (22 weeks) Country |
||
| 2002 | I keep looking born to fly |
US35 (19 weeks) US |
Country5 (32 weeks) Country |
|
| 2003 | Backseat of a Greyhound Bus Restless |
- |
Country16 (26 weeks) Country |
|
| Perfect restless |
US46 (19 weeks) US |
Country2 (33 weeks) Country |
||
| 2004 | Suds in the Bucket Restless |
US33 (20 weeks)US |
Country1 (31 weeks) Country |
|
| Tonight restless |
- |
Country41 (14 weeks) Country |
||
| 2005 | A Real Fine Place to Start Real Fine Place |
US38 (20 weeks)US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
|
| Cheatin ' Real Fine Place |
US69 (12 weeks) US |
Country9 (23 weeks) Country |
||
| 2006 | Coalmine Real Fine Place |
- |
Country37 (14 weeks) Country |
|
| You'll Always Be My Baby Real Fine Place |
- |
Country13 (30 weeks) Country |
||
| 2007 | As If Greatest Hits |
US62 (10 weeks) US |
Country11 (27 weeks) Country |
|
| 2008 | Some Things Never Change Greatest Hits |
- |
Country26 (20 weeks) Country |
|
| Low Billy: The Early Years OST |
- |
Country59 (2 weeks) Country |
||
| 2009 | Feels Just Like a Love Song |
- |
Country59 (2 weeks) Country |
|
| 2010 | A Little Bit Stronger Stronger |
US34 (21 weeks)US |
Country1 (36 weeks) Country |
|
| 2011 | My Heart Can't Tell You No Stronger |
- |
Country21 (34 weeks) Country |
|
| 2012 | Anywhere Stronger |
- |
Country53 (4 weeks) Country |
|
| 2013 | Slow Me Down Slow Me Down |
US89 (5 weeks) US |
Country19 (26 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: | ||||
| 2006 | Missing Missouri Real Fine Place |
- |
Country52 (13 weeks) Country |
|
| 2007 | I'll Be Home for Christmas Hear Something Country: Christmas 2007 |
- |
Country46 (2 weeks) Country |
|
more publishments
- 2008: Love You With All My Heart
- 2014: Put My Heart Down
- 2017: Marquee Sign
- 2018: All the Love You Left Me
- 2018: Long Way Down
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
|
Country
|
|||
| 2000 | That's the Beat of a Heart King of Nothing |
- |
Country22 (28 weeks) Country |
with The Warren Brothers
|
| 2016 | Infinite Love |
- |
Country39 (1 week) Country |
with Todd Chrisley
|
Video albums
- 2006: The Video Collection
swell
- ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/sara-evans-words-cover-story/
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: US
- ↑ a b c d Music Sales Awards: US
Web links
- Works by and about Sara Evans in the catalog of the German National Library
- official homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, Sara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Sara Linn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Booneville , Missouri , USA |