Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence (born January 27, 1968 in Atlanta , Texas ) is an American country singer.

Life

Lawrence grew up in a large family in rural Arkansas . He sang in the church choir and learned to play the guitar. In 1988 he dropped out of college to join a band as a lead singer. Two years later he moved to Nashville to gain a foothold in the local music scene. As an unknown young musician, he initially had to keep his head above water with odd jobs. He generated additional income by successfully participating in talent competitions. After a few months he got an engagement on a local radio show. A little later he signed a record deal with the Atlantic label .

Career

In the first months of 1991, his debut album was produced. On May 31, 1991, Lawrence, accompanied by an acquaintance, was attacked by three teenage muggers and shot four times. Thanks to this additional publicity, his first single Sticks And Stones quickly reached number one on the country charts. The album of the same name sold over a million times.

In 1992 he went on extensive tours. That year he received the ACM Award for the best young musician. His second album, Alibis , released in 1993, quickly reached platinum status and then double platinum in 1995. Three single releases made it to number one on the country charts. With his third album I See It Now he reached platinum again. Tracy Lawrence proved to be a serious competitor to superstars Garth Brooks , Alan Jackson, and George Strait . With the singles Texas Tornado 1995 and with Time Marches On 1996 further number 1 hits were achieved.

In 1997 he made negative headlines when his newly wedded wife reported him for assault. There followed a temporary suspension of his record contract. But by mid-1998 it was back in the charts. From the mid-1990s, Lawrence began working as a producer. If he initially participated in the creation of his own albums, he later also produced other musicians. Lawrence is also involved in charity events such as The Annual Better Life Foundation.

At the beginning of 2007 his album "For The Love" came out, on which a duet with the "3 Doors Down" singer Brad Arnold can be found.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1991	Sticks and stones	US71 platinum (40 weeks)US	Country10 (87 weeks) Country
1993	Alibis	US25th × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)US	Country5 (71 weeks) Country
1994	I See It Now	US28 platinum (54 weeks)US	Country3 (78 weeks) Country
1996	Time Marches On	US25th × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)US	Country4 (77 weeks) Country
1997	The Coast Is Clear	US45 gold (22 weeks)US	Country4 (47 weeks) Country
2000	Lessons learned	US69 (6 weeks) US	Country9 (37 weeks) Country
2001	Tracy Lawrence	US136 (1 week) US	Country13 (13 weeks) Country
2004	Strong	US17 (15 weeks) US	Country2 (32 weeks) Country
2007	For the love	US53 (35 weeks) US	Country6 (74 weeks) Country
2009	The Rock	US104 (2 weeks) US	Country20 (12 weeks) Country
2013	Headlights, Taillights and Radios	US124 (1 week) US	Country26 (5 weeks) Country
2017	Good Ole Days	US87 (1 week) US	Country16 (1 week) Country

more publishments

• 2011: The Singer
• 2019: Made in America

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1998	The Best of Tracy Lawrence	US92 gold (6 weeks)US	Country13 (71 weeks) Country
1998	Then & Now - The Hits Collection	US35 (5 weeks) US	Country8 (45 weeks) Country
2007	The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence	US163 (1 week) US	Country29 (43 weeks) Country

more publishments

• 2005: Country Classics
• 2006: Rhino Hi-Five: Tracy Lawrence
• 2012: If the World Had a Front Porch
• 2014: Greatest Hits: Evolution

Christmas albums

• 2007: All Wrapped Up in Christmas
• 2018: Frozen in Time

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1995	Tracy Lawrence Live	US151 (4 weeks) US	Country24 (20 weeks) Country

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1991	Sticks and Stones Sticks and Stones	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1992	Today's Lonely Fool Sticks and Stones	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country
	Runnin 'Behind Sticks and Stones	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	Somebody Paints the Wall Sticks and Stones	-	Country8 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Alibis alibis	US72 (12 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Can't Break It to My Heart Alibis	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	My second home alibis	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
1994	If the Good Die Young Alibis	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Renegades, Rebels and Rogues Maverick OST	-	Country7 (20 weeks) Country
	I See It Now I See It Now	US84 (9 weeks) US	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	As Any Fool Can See I See It Now	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1995	Texas Tornado I See It Now	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	If the World Had a Front Porch I See It Now	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	If You Loved Me Time Marches On	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
1996	Time Marches On Time Marches On	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Stars over Texas Time Marches On	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	Is That a Tear Time Marches On	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
1997	Better Man, Better Off The Coast Is Clear	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country
	How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye The Coast Is Clear	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	The Coast Is Clear The Coast Is Clear	-	Country26 (13 weeks) Country
1998	While You Sleep The Coast Is Clear	-	Country46 (8 weeks) Country
1999	Lessons Learned Lessons Learned	US40 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (29 weeks) Country
2000	Lonely Lessons Learned	-	Country18 (21 weeks) Country
2001	Unforgiven Lessons Learned	-	Country35 (12 weeks) Country
	Life Don't Have to Be So Hard Tracy Lawrence	-	Country36 (15 weeks) Country
2002	What a Memory Tracy Lawrence	-	Country53 (7 weeks) Country
2003	Paint Me a Birmingham Strong	US42 (16 weeks) US	Country4 (32 weeks) Country
2004	It's All How You Look at It Strong	-	Country36 (13 weeks) Country
	Sawdust on Her Halo Strong	-	Country46 (7 weeks) Country
2005	Used to the Pain Then & Now: The Hits Collection	-	Country35 (19 weeks) Country
2006	If I Don't Make It Back Then & Now: The Hits Collection	-	Country42 (20 weeks) Country
	Find Out Who Your Friends Are For the Love	US61 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (44 weeks) Country	feat. Tim McGraw & Kenny Chesney
2007	Til I Was a Daddy Too For the Love	-	Country32 (22 weeks) Country
2008	You Can't Hide Redneck For the Love	-	Country56 (4 weeks) Country
2009	Up to Him The Rock	-	Country47 (20 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:
2008	All Wrapped Up in Christmas All Wrapped Up in Christmas	-	Country57 (1 week) Country

more publishments

• 1999: I'll Never Pass This Way Again
• 2012: Pills
• 2012: Saturday in the South
• 2012: Stop Drop and Roll
• 2013: Footprints on the Moon
• 2014: Lie
• 2014: Blacktop
• 2019: Made in America

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1996	Hope	-	Country57 (... weeks) Country	as part of Hope: Country Music's Quest for a Cure

Web links

Commons : Tracy Lawrence  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Record label by Tracy Lawrence
• http://www.tracylawrence.com/

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: [1]
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US