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When any starry-eyed country music hopeful packs up their life and moves to Music City, they're often moulded, sculpted and pulled in every which way by label execs in order to build a specific ‘brand’. For Lainey Wilson, her brand is as simple as it is resolute - being her own damn self.
From Lainey's breakout album, Sayin' What I'm Thinkin', to her hit 2022 record, Bell Bottom Country, she's maintained a distinct determination to stay true to her roots. Many artists sing about their down-home upbringing as a marketing device, but for Lainey, it's always been the truth - all she needed was three chords to accompany it.
She grew up in a camper trailer in rural Baskin, Louisiana, and stormed onto the scene with her reflective 2021 single, ‘Things A Man Oughta Know’. The track earned Lainey a No. 1, a Platinum certification and the award for ACM Song of the Year. Alongside this, Lainey also picked up the ACM New Female Artist of the Year prize.
It didn't take long for Nashville to warm to Lainey's honeyed drawl and traditionally-minded yet contemporary sound. Billboard named Lainey as their Top New Country Artist of 2021, while CMT championed her as the 2022 Breakout Artist of the Year.
If 2021 was Lainey's take-off, then 2022 saw Lainey rocketing into country's galaxy of modern-day stars. Two successful collaborations set the ball rolling. Her Cole Swindell assisted single, ‘Never Say Never’, became Lainey's second No. 1 in April 2022, while her dark, ominous HARDY duet, ‘wait in the truck’, sent ripples across Radnor Lake and quickly became one of the most notable tracks of the year.
This laid the foundation for the October 2022 release of Bell Bottom Country. The project spawned singles such as ‘Heart Like A Truck’ and ‘Live Off’, both of which embody the unpretentious, small-town way of life that continues to inspire so much of Lainey's music.
Often, Lainey Wilson's sound of choice is fun, playful and swaggering, while at other times, it's beautifully poignant and heartfelt. But whichever sonic playbook she chooses to draw from, one thing's for sure - it's always going to be unmistakably, unashamedly and unwaveringly Lainey.
The two-time CMA winner and Yellowstone star is embarking on her nationwide Country With A Flare tour in 2023.
Tickets for Church's blockbuster series of dates go on-sale on January 20.
The Bell Bottom Country star will receive the Rulebreaker award at the prestigious ceremony in March.
Lainey is the first woman in over ten years to have two songs in the Mediabase Top Ten.
The country stars join a stellar line-up that also includes Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Ernest and Carly Pearce.
The announcement comes shortly after the ‘Heart Like A Truck’ hitmaker performed her spellbinding HARDY collaboration, ‘wait in the truck’, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The dark, dramatic ballad appears on HARDY's new album, the mockingbird & THE CROW, and continues to soar up the charts.
Joining them in Sacramento, California this October will be Maren Morris, Eric Church, Megan Moroney and more.
The Bell Bottom Country star brought her fellow Yellowstone actor on-stage while performing on the West Coast.
The track originally featured on Lainey's 2022 album, Bell Bottom Country.
The album's lead single, ‘Heart Like A Truck’, also takes the No. 1 spot on the iTunes all-genre songs chart.
The CBS special also featured sets from Zac Brown Band, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini and more.
The Yellowstone star appeared on Louisiana's Celebration Riverboat during the annual parade.
The hit neo-Western series returned on November 13 for its brand new season.
The announcement follows Wilson's appearance in the hit neo-Western TV series, Yellowstone.
An overall proud and wise re-assertion of what Lainey Wilson does best - country with flair.
Miranda Lambert picks up her first Entertainer of the Year trophy, and Lainey Wilson bags the award for New Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year, while Carly Pearce wins twice
Is Lainey Wilson one to watch? Absolutely, but she's more like one you can’t ignore.
“Country music. It’s just who I am” - Lainey Wilson discusses finding her true home in Nashville, working with producer Jay Joyce, and leaning into deeper parts of herself on her new album Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'.
On Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’, Wilson sounds tender and spunky, confident and fallible, glamorous and hilariously realistic - often all at the same time.
The Louisiana-born, Nashville-based artist will release the record on February 19.