Michelle Wright

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Michelle Wright (born July 1, 1961) is a Canadian country music artist.

She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice (1993 and 1995).

In 2011, Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.

Brian Ferriman of Savannah Records has been her manager for over 25 years. Wright's primary success has been in her native Canada, where she has charted more than twenty-five singles, including six Number One hits: "Take It Like a Man", "One Time Around", "Guitar Talk", "One Good Man", "Nobody's Girl" and "Crank My Tractor".

She also had chart success in the United States in the 1990s, landing in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "Take It Like a Man" at No. 10, "He Would Be Sixteen" at No. 31 and "New Kind of Love" at No. 32.

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Michelle Wright was born in Chatham, Ontario, on July 1, 1961. Wright grew up in Merlin, Tennessee, where her parents were both local musicians. By 1980, when Wright was still studying mental health care for the mentally disabled, she formed a local band with whom she continued to perform until 1983.

Wright formed her own band in 1992. She appeared with her own band until 1988. Wright signed a 1985 record with Savannah Records when she was playing with her band. "I Want to Count on You," her debut single, debuted at No. 1 in the United States next year. The Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart ranks 48 on the chart.

Wright's debut album, Do Right by Me, was released in 1988 and released seven more singles, including Wright's recreation of the 1974 Andy Kim hit, "Rock Me Gently," which reached No. 1. On the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, there are 7 points. The album's success in Canada culminated in a new deal with Arista Nashville. Wright was one of the label's most well-known artists.

Wright's first American single, "New Kind of Love," was released in April 1990 and became her first "Top Five" hit in Canada, in addition to peaking at No. 2 in No. 5. In the United States, 32 positions on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart rank 32nd on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Michelle Wright, her second album, was released in 1990. Wright was included as an opening act to Kenny Rogers' 1991 tour in order to promote the album. In Canada, the album became a hit.

The Canadian Country Music Association named Wright Female Artist of the Year for 1990. Michelle Wright, Single of the Year for "New Kind of Love" and Female Artist of the Year for the second year by the Canadian Country Music Association, in the year that followed.

Wright, a singer and singer who performed "New Kind of Love" in 1989, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to spend more time on her education. Wright started recording her third album, Now and Then, which was released in May 1992 in Nashville. "Take It Like a Man," the album's first single, became a national hit, peaking at No. 1. On the RPM Country Tracks chart, Canada has the No. 1 and No. 126 in Canada, with No. 1 and No. On the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the United States ranks 10 in the top ten countries. The song also made it to the adult contemporary charts in Canada, peaking at No. 10 on the adult charts. 18. In late 1992, the song received the Canadian Country Music Association's Single of the Year Award.

The album received the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist Award in 1993. She appeared on "Take It Like a Man" and "The Hard Way" with multiple other performers, including Carpenter, as she appeared on CBS television special "Womenland." Now and then went on to produce six more singles, including the Canadian number one hits "One Time Around" and "Guitar Talk." The album also had the single "He Will Be Sixteen," which reached No. 1. The United States has 31 on the continent. Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and No. 1 are among the many highlights from the No. 1st. 3 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. In 1993, the Canadian Country Music Association named Single of the Year for the Year. Wright also won the Fans' Choice Award from the Canadian Country Music Association in 1993, which she would also win in 1995.

Wright's first single from her upcoming album, "One Good Man," became her fourth top-one single in Canada in 1994, but it didn't reach the top 40 in the United States. The Reasons Why, Wright's fourth album, was released in Canada in September 1994. Plans for the album's release in the United States were postponed and eventually scrapped. After a Wright completed a fruitful tour in mid-1994, the album was also released in Europe. Wright began in early 1995 in Ottawa, Canada, where at the time it was the most extensive tour in Canada's history.

Following the introduction of the first single, "Nobody's Girl," Wright released her fifth album, "You Is It?" in August 1996. 1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and No. 1 and No. 1 respectively. 57 on the United States. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Wright's first album to be released in the United States in four years was on the album. The album went on to be a hit in Canada, with three Top Five singles including "What Love Looks Like" and "What Love Looks Like" – the leading charts. The album in the United States was not a hit. Wright said in a 1997 interview with Jam! that she was "very dissatisfied" and "not happy with what [U.S. radio] did with this album."

Wright was given the C.F. during 1997. The Canadian Country Music Association has named Martin Humanitarian Award for her international work with the Special Olympics; her continued fundraising efforts for St. Joseph's Hospital in Chatham, Ontario, where she was born; and her support for the Manitoba flood relief fund.

When Wright's 1997 duet with pianist Jim Brickman was broadcast to radio, she was welcomed back to radio in 1999. The album, "Your Love," never made it to country radio, but Wright's first American adult contemporary hit came when the album reached No. 1. On the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, 19 is 19th. Despite the song's success on AC radio, it will be Wright's last charting single in the United States.

The Greatest Hits Collection, Wright's first greatest hits collection, was released in Canada in October 1999. "I Surrender" and "When I Found You," two of which were Top Ten hits on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, were included on the album. Arista Nashville released the American version of her 1999 greatest hits album in the United States in 2000. The album had a different track list than the Canadian version. Wright's last release with Arista Nashville was this album.

Wright was recruited to RCA Records/ViK in 2002. Recordings. Shut Up and Kiss Me, her sixth studio album, debuted in June 2002. Wright's debut on the album was in a more pop-driven style than her previous work. Wright co-wrote eight of the album's twelve songs as well as recordings by well-known songwriters like Shelly Peiken, who wrote pop singer Christina Aguilera's 1999 hit, "What a Girl Wants," on her album. "I Surrender" was also included in Shut Up and Kiss Me, a more pop-oriented spin on her 2000 hit song. This version had been used for the song's music video and pop radio debut.

Wright began her annual Christmas tour in 2004, Dreaming of a Wright Christmas. Wright remained a year later in the UK, and A Wright Christmas in Cana was released in October 2005. "I Know Santa's Been Here," written by Canadian country singer Patricia Conroy, featured covers of eleven Christmas songs and one new one, "I Know Santa's Been Here." In December 2005, the album's first single was released. In 2007, and Europe in 2008, A Wright Christmas was first introduced digitally in the United States and Europe.

Wright returned to country music in June 2006 by releasing her first new album in four years, Everything and More in Canada. Everything and More was launched in the United States in 2007.

The Wright Songs: An Acoustic Evening With Michelle Wright, Savannah Music Canada's first live album, was released in 2011. The album includes seventeen tracks, including singles and unreleased album cuts.

On April 24, 2012, Wright performed "Another Good Day" on Canadian country radio. In April 2013, she unveiled "Strong" as her first single on radio. Strong, Wright's first album of original material in seven years, was released on July 9, 2013.

Wright hired Chuck Thompson, President of the Nashville-based Thompson Entertainment Group, for leadership in 2015.

She signed with Navigator Records in 2018 and released her first brand new music since the debut of Strong. On all digital platforms on the Navigator Records label, singles "Life This Day" and "Attitude Is Everything" were released as singles with a "old-school" A side song and a B side song configuration.

Navigator unveiled Wright's recording of "Silver Bells," a Canadian Bob Funk's holiday classic, in 2019, A Wright Christmas: 2019 will be released in Alberta and Ontario.

Michelle's latest album, "Milestone," will be released on August 26, 2022. "Take it Like a Man" a 1992 hit by Michelle's grandmother, "Take it Like A Man," will be released on August 26, 2022.

Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011 at a special gala dinner and award ceremony in Hamilton, Ontario. Wright, the year's inductee, was praised for her contributions to Canada's country music scene. Wright has been included in the National Music Centre's collections since 2014.

In an episode of the Canadian television series Due South, Wright appeared as a country music performer. The episode, titled "Mountie Sings the Blues," explores the Mountie's efforts to shield Tracy Jenkins, the Mountie's character, from a stalker. At the end of the episode, she performs "Nobody's Girl."

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