The Wrights | |
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Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
Genres | Country |
Years active | 1998-present |
Labels | Alan's Country Records/RCA |
Associated acts | Alan Jackson |
Members | Adam Wright Shannon Wright |
The Wrights is an American country music duo composed of husband and wife Adam Wright and Shannon Wright. Adam Wright is also the nephew of country music artist Alan Jackson. [1]
Adam and Shannon Wright met in 1998 after he filled in for a musician in her band in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] The two started out writing songs together, eventually marrying and moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2002. [2] [3] Two of the duo's songs can be found on Jackson's 2004 album What I Do .
A year later, the Wrights' debut album, Down This Road, was released on Jackson's personal label, ACR (Alan's Country Records), in association with RCA Records. [4] [5] Adam and Shannon wrote all of the songs on their album. [6] A self-titled, eight-song EP and a second album, In the Summertime, both followed in 2008.
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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US Country | ||
Down This Road |
| 71 |
The Wrights |
| — |
In the Summertime |
| — |
Red and Yellow, Blue and Green |
| — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Album |
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2005 | "Down This Road" | Down This Road |
"On the Rocks" |
Year | Video | Director |
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2005 | "Down This Road" | Steven Goldmann |
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