Stephanie Quayle | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Stephanie Quayle |
Born | October 15, 1979 |
Origin | Bozeman, Montana, United States |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instrument(s) |
|
Labels | Rebel Engine Entertainment |
Website | stephaniequayle |
Stephanie Quayle is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Stephanie Quayle grew up in Bozeman, Montana. She began playing piano at the age of 4, bought a guitar at 15, and the following year began singing in a band and found her calling on stage. [1]
In June 2016, Quayle released "Drinking with Dolly" via Rebel Engine Entertainment. [2] It was written by Victoria Banks and Rachel Proctor. The music video topped the CMT Music 12 Pack [3] while the single peaked in the Top 50 of the Billboard Indicator Chart. Quayle made her national television debut performing on Fox & Friends in December 2016. [4]
In March 2017, her single "Winnebago," was released to radio, with the music video airing on GAC, CMT, and The Country Network. Winnebago teamed up as a partner on her tour, along with The RV Loft and KOA [2] where Quayle traveled across the US from the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate, living out the lyrics of the song. [5]
Rolling Stone named Quayle "Top 10 Artists To Watch" in May 2017 [6] and she has shared the stage with artists including Chase Rice, Granger Smith, LoCash, Trace Adkins, and Gary Allan. [3]
Rebel Engine Entertainment released her album Love The Way You See Me on September 1, 2017, with an exclusive "first" listen with People Country. [7] The album's third single, "Selfish," was released in late 2017, and became her first single to chart on the Billboard Country Airplay chart when it debuted at number 60 for the week dated April 14, 2018.
Quayle was the only independent artist invited to perform for the five living former US presidents (Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter) alongside artists like Lady Gaga and Alabama as part of the hurricane relief benefit concert, "Deep from the Heart: The One America Appeal" in Texas. [8]
On April 7, 2018, Quayle made her Grand Ole Opry debut.
In November 2018, Quayle was inducted into CMT's 2019 Next Women of Country class. [9]
Quayle's highly anticipated EP If I Was a Cowboy was released on October 4, 2019. Rebel Engine Entertainment released the stripped-down version of the If I Was a Cowboy EP and "My Home's in Montana" in a video series, The Montana Sessions Presented by Wrangler, on February 14, 2020. She made her national daytime television debut performing "Whatcha Drinkin 'Bout" on The Kelly Clarkson Show. [10]
Quayle was named in 2020 as the First Female Country Music Ambassador for Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's. [11] She has teamed up with national brands Harley-Davidson, [12] Kampgrounds Of America (KOA), [13] Winnebago, [14] Wrangler, [15] Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply, [16] and Running Iron Whiskey. [17] She is an active supporter of charitable organizations including the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement, [18] Care Camps, [19] Gibson Gives, [20] and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [21]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US Heat [22] | US Indie [22] | |||
Love the Way You See Me |
| 3 | 20 |
|
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country Airplay [25] | |||||
2013 | "Stand Back" | — | Stand Back | ||
2014 | "Sugar High" | — | |||
2016 | "Drinking with Dolly" | — | Love the Way You See Me | ||
2017 | "Winnebago" | — | |||
"Selfish" | 57 | ||||
2019 | "If I Was a Cowboy" | — | If I Was a Cowboy | ||
"Whatcha Drinkin 'Bout" | 57 | ||||
2021 | "By Heart" | — | TBD | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Director |
---|---|---|
2014 | "Sugar High" [26] | Will Holland and David Ogle |
2016 | "Drinking with Dolly" [27] | Matthew DeLisi |
2017 | "Winnebago" [28] | Jeff Johnson |
2018 | "Selfish" | |
"Ugly (Far From Ugly Edition)" [29] | ||
2019 | "If I Was a Cowboy" [30] | |
"Whatcha Drinkin 'Bout" [31] | Ford Fairchild |
Loretta Lynn was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is the Foundation", "You're Lookin' at Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' ", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980 musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life.
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood's single "Inside Your Heaven" made her the first country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100. Her debut album, Some Hearts (2005), was bolstered by the successful crossover singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. The next studio album, Carnival Ride (2007) had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two Grammy Awards. Her third studio album, Play On (2009), produced the single "Cowboy Casanova", which had one of the biggest single-week upward movements on the Hot 100.
Miranda Leigh Lambert is an American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies, a group she formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history and was named by the Chicago Tribune as the "greatest country music artist of all time" in 2019.
Jennifer Odessa Nettles is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer.
American country music singer Carrie Underwood has released nine studio albums, one greatest hits album, and 29 singles. Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history. It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) history, as well as the top-selling debut album of any American Idol contestant in the United States.
American country music singer Miranda Lambert has released ten studio albums, one extended play, one video album, and has made 23 other album appearances. She has released 39 singles, nine promotional singles, and 37 music videos. Lambert has sold 7 million albums in the United States, with her first seven studio albums being certified platinum. In 2001, Lambert released a self-titled and self-financed independent album. After gaining exposure as the third-place winner of the television competition Nashville Star, Lambert signed with Epic Nashville in 2004.
Jessica Rose James Decker is an American country pop singer. At age 15, after auditioning for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee, Decker began working with Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog Music. One of her songs attracted the attention of Mercury Records, which offered her a recording contract. She released her debut album, Jessie James, in 2009. A few years later in 2013, she starred with her husband Eric Decker, a wide receiver in the National Football League, in the E! reality show Eric & Jessie: Game On.
"Already Gone" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released in September 2008 as the second single from their album Love on the Inside, which was released on July 29, 2008. Sugarland's members, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, wrote the song with Bobby Pinson, with whom the duo also co-wrote two of their previous singles, "Want To" and "All I Want to Do".
American country music group Little Big Town has released ten studio albums and 27 singles.
"Cowboy Casanova" is a song by American singer Carrie Underwood. It was written by Underwood, Mike Elizondo, Brett James. It was released on September 14, 2009, by Arista Nashville as the lead single from her third studio album, Play On. The song sold 2,300,000 copies, making it the fourth-biggest single of her career behind "Jesus, Take the Wheel", "Before He Cheats", and "Blown Away".
LoCash, formerly known as LoCash Cowboys, is an American country music duo consisting of Chris Lucas and Preston Brust, both of whom are vocalists, songwriters, and guitarists. They have released 3 studio albums, one each for Average Joes Entertainment, Reviver Records, and Wheelhouse Records. The duo has charted 3 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and 13 songs on the Country Airplay chart. Their highest-charting single is "I Know Somebody", which topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart in 2016. In addition to their own material, the members of LoCash co-wrote Keith Urban's number-one single "You Gonna Fly" and Tim McGraw's "Truck Yeah".
Jonathan Ryan Pardi is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Nashville, he has released four studio albums: Write You a Song (2014), California Sunrise (2016), Heartache Medication (2019), and Mr. Saturday Night (2022). Pardi has also charted fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, of which four have hit number one on the latter: "Head Over Boots", "Dirt on My Boots", "Heartache Medication" and "Last Night Lonely". Pardi's music style is defined by neotraditional country influences.
Chase Rice is an American country music singer, songwriter and reality television personality. He first came to prominence in 2010 while he was a contestant on Survivor: Nicaragua, where he was the runner-up to Jud "Fabio" Birza. In the same year Rice began focusing on a career in country music, and later co-wrote the diamond-certified single "Cruise", performed by Florida Georgia Line.
Brandy Lynn Clark is an American country music singer-songwriter. Her songs have been recorded by Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, the Band Perry, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Billy Currington, Darius Rucker, and Kacey Musgraves. She debuted as an artist in her own right in 2013 with her album 12 Stories and has released four additional studio albums. Clark is a sixteen-time Grammy Award nominee, including the 2015 Best New Artist award, and won the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year as a co-writer on "Follow Your Arrow". In 2023, Clark and frequent collaborator Shane McAnally wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Shucked, earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Original Score.
Sam Lowry Hunt is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sports career before signing with MCA Nashville in 2014.
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini is an American country pop singer and songwriter. A four-time Grammy Award nominee, she has gained success since the 2010s, being honored with the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Women in Music.
Parker Yancey McCollum is an American country singer-songwriter based in Texas. The owner of PYM Music, he released his first single and EP in 2013; his debut album, The Limestone Kid, was released on February 24, 2015. The Austin Chronicle gave the release 3.5/5 stars, writing that "it's too early to declare The Limestone Kid debut of the year, but it's already one to beat", and comparing McCollum's music to Charlie Robison's. McCollum and his backing band announced a 2015 tour of Texas in support of the album, performing at events such as RedGorilla Music Fest. McCollum released the EP Probably Wrong: Session One on July 7, 2017, and followed it with Probably Wrong: Session Two on September 8, 2017. The full Probably Wrong album was released on November 10, 2017. His major-label debut album, Gold Chain Cowboy, was released July 30, 2021.
"Burn Out" is a song recorded by American country music band Midland. It is the third single from their 2017 debut album On the Rocks. The band's three members, Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, and Jess Carson, co-wrote the song with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, the latter two of whom co-produced it with Dann Huff.
American country music singer Jon Pardi has released five studio albums, two extended plays, and fourteen singles, including two as a featured artist. He debuted in 2012 with "Missin' You Crazy", a song which charted within the top 30 of Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. He would go on to release three more singles from what would become his debut album Write You a Song.
"Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen." is a song recorded by American country music singer Chase Rice featuring American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on November 30, 2020 as the second single from his album The Album. Rice wrote the song with Cale Dodds, Corey Crowder and Hunter Phelps, and produced with Crowder and Florida Georgia Line.