Joy Lynn White

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Joy Lynn White
Birth nameJoy White
Also known asJoy White
Born (1961-10-02) October 2, 1961 (age 62)
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Origin Mishawaka, Indiana
Genres Country
Occupation(s) singer/songwriter
Years active1992Present
LabelsColumbia
Little Dog/Mercury
Thortch

Joy Lynn White (born October 2, 1961) (also known as Joy White) is an American country music singer-songwriter. White was born in Bentonville, Arkansas but raised in Mishawaka, Indiana. [1] Signed to Columbia Records in 1992, she released her debut album Between Midnight & Hindsight that same year. In 1993, she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards, along with Martina McBride and Michelle Wright, but lost to Wright. A critical favorite, reviewer Alanna Nash once described White as "a fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she’s not to be ignored." The Dixie Chicks covered both "Cold Day in July" from White's first album and "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" from her Wild Love album.

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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of her Wild Love release, White gave a rare interview from her home near Memphis to journalist Joseph Fenity. This was White's first on-camera interview in two decades. [2]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Between Midnight & Hindsight
Wild Love
  • Release date: August 9, 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
The Lucky Few
  • Release date: April 8, 1997
  • Label: Little Dog/Mercury
One More Time
  • Release date: October 18, 2005
  • Label: Thorch Records
On Her Own
  • Release date: November 1, 2005
  • Label: self-released

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1992"Little Tears"68Between Midnight & Hindsight
(as Joy White)
1993"True Confessions"4570
"Cold Day in July"71
1994"Wild Love"73Wild Love
"Bad Loser"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1992"Little Tears" John Lloyd Miller
1993"True Confessions"
1993"Cold Day In July"
1994"Wild Love" [3] Roger Pistole
"Bad Loser" John Lloyd Miller
1999"Right Here, Right Now" (with Charlie Major)Eric Welch

Awards and nominations

YearOrganizationAwardNominee/WorkResult
1993 Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Female VocalistJoy WhiteNominated

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References

  1. Joy Lynn White | New Music And Songs | CMT Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  2. Joseph Fenity (2024-08-11). Joy Lynn White | Her first interview in decades! | 90s country music . Retrieved 2024-08-13 via YouTube.
  3. "CMT : Videos : Joy Lynn White : Wild Love". Country Music Television . Retrieved September 30, 2011.[ dead link ]