Morgan Wade | |
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 Morgan Wade, July 2024, Noblesville, Indiana | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Morgan Dealie Wade |
| Born | December 10, 1994 Floyd, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2018–present |
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| Website | www |
Morgan Dealie Wade (born December 10, 1994) is an American country music singer. She has released four albums: Puppets with My Heart (2018), Reckless (2021), Psychopath (2023), and Obsessed (2024).
Morgan Wade is a native of Floyd, Virginia. Her parents divorced when she was 5 years old and she spent a lot of time with her grandparents, who took her to local bluegrass music events. In 2016, she graduated from Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Virginia with a bachelors in exercise science and a minor in public health. [1]
As a freshman in college, she was inspired to write songs after breaking up with her girlfriend. She recruited musicians through Craigslist to record her first album, Puppets with My Heart, released in January 2018 under the band name Morgan Wade & The Stepbrothers. [2]
In July 2018, Wade performed at FloydFest, where Jason Isbell's sound engineer gave her album to Sadler Vaden, the guitarist in Isbell's band the 400 Unit. [3]
Sadler Vaden and producer Paul Ebersold then helped her assemble Reckless; the album was released via the Thirty Tigers label in 2021. Reckless sold 3,000 copies in its first week and charted at number 14 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers charts. Wade said that the album was inspired by her struggles with her mental health, past relationships, and sobriety. [4] Rolling Stone wrote that Wade has "the ragged edge of a singer-songwriter who’s been putting her nose to the grindstone for some time. In a voice like worn leather, Wade describes desperate, spontaneous relationships that feel the strongest when they’re at their breaking point." [2]
"Wilder Days" was released to radio in 2021 as the album's first single. Billy Dukes of Taste of Country described Wade's vocal presence on the song as a "hardened Sheryl Crow" and called the song "complex, with chords and a melancholy shuffle that shouts heartbreak, even if her story is at worst hesitant and thoughtful." [5]
In January 2022, Wade released "Run". [6]
The deluxe edition of Reckless was released on January 28, 2022 via Arista Nashville. It included six bonus tracks, including a cover of Elvis Presley's 1969 hit "Suspicious Minds". [7] [8]
On May 19, 2023, Wade released a song titled "Psychopath," the lead single to her third album of the same name, released in August 2023. [9] On July 10, she released a second single "80's Movies" [10] followed by the third single entitled "Fall in Love with Me" which was released on August 4. [11]
On March 1, 2024, Wade released "2AM in London," [12] the lead single to her fourth album Obsessed. On April 12, the second titled "Time to Love, Time to Kill" was released. Along with release of the single, Wade announced Obsessed, released in August 2024. [13]
In March 2024, Wade proactively underwent a double mastectomy after she tested positive for the RAD5ID gene, which, along with a family history of breast cancer, put her at a greater risk. She then got breast implants. [14]
Wade is active in powerlifting and running. [15]
The stress of touring and recording early in her career led to her developing an alcohol addiction at age 19; however, after a night of heavy drinking in 2017 at age 21, she became sober. [2]
Wade is good friends with Kyle Richards. [16] Kyle appeared in Morgan Wade’s 2023 music video for Fall in Love with Me, which depicted the pair as lovers. [17]
| Morgan Wade discography | |
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| Studio albums | 3 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 12 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | ||
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| US Heat. [20] | US Country [21] | US Folk [22] | ||
| Puppets with My Heart |
| — | — | — |
| Reckless |
| 2 | 30 | 8 |
| Psychopath [9] |
| 6 | 45 | — |
| Obsessed [13] |
| 10 | — | — |
| Title | Details |
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| OurVinyl Sessions |
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| Accoustic Sessions EP |
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| Year | Title | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| US Country [23] | US Country Airplay | ||||
| 2019 | "The Night" | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Wilder Days" [24] | 36 | 29 | Reckless | |
| "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Run" [6] | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "The Night Part 1 & 2" [26] [27] | — | — | |||
| 2023 | "Psychopath" [28] | — | — | Psychopath | |
| "80's Movie" [10] | — | — | |||
| "Fall in Love with Me" [11] | — | — | |||
| "Halloween" [29] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2024 | "2AM in London" [12] | — | — | Obsessed | |
| "Time to Love, Time to Kill" [13] | — | — | |||
| Year | Title | Album |
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| 2021 | "Wilder Days" [30] | Reckless |
| 2022 | "Run" [31] | Reckless (Deluxe Edition) |
| "Take Me Away" [32] | ||
| 2023 | "The Night" [33] | |
| "The Night (Part 2)" [34] | The Night Part 1 & 2 [A] | |
| "80's Movie" [35] | Psychopath | |
| "Fall in Love with Me" [36] |
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| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nominations | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Organization | Award | Nominee/Work | Result |
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| 2022 | Americana Music Honors & Awards | Emerging Act of the Year | Morgan Wade | Nominated |
| 2023 | Academy of Country Music Awards | New Female Artist of the Year |
