Lee Ann Womack
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Born | Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. | August 19, 1966
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Years active | 1996–present |
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Lee Ann Womack (
Born in
Four of Womack's studio albums have received a Gold certification or higher by the
Early life
Lee Ann Womack was born on August 19, 1966, in
From an early age, Womack developed a passion for country music, often accompanying her father to KEBE, where she helped select records for airplay.
After spending several years raising her daughter,
Music career
Early years: 1997–1999
Womack released her
Womack's second and final Decca release was 1998's
Pop crossover success: 2000–2004
Womack's first MCA studio album and third overall was 2000's
In August 2002, MCA released Womack's fourth studio album,
In 2004, Womack performed "I Hope You Dance" at the
There's More Where That Came From and hiatus: 2005–2012

In 2005, she released her fifth studio album aimed at traditional country music entitled There's More Where That Came From.[5] Many people in the music industry called the album, "a return to tradition," featuring songs about drinking and cheating with a distinctive older country twang, mixing strings and
Womack has also appeared on specials on
In 2006, Womack announced plans to release her next studio album on
Womack's sixth studio album and last for MCA, Call Me Crazy, was released on October 21, 2008. The album, released on vinyl and CD, produced by Tony Brown; it has been described as a dark album with plenty of songs about drinking and losing love. Womack co-wrote four of the album's 12 songs. Call Me Crazy charted only two singles in the United States: "Last Call" and "Solitary Thinkin'", which reached top 40 on Hot Country Songs.[22] Also included on the album were covers of Jim Lauderdale's "The King of Broken Hearts" and Ashley Gearing's "I Found It in You", as well as a collaboration with George Strait on "Everything But Quits", one of the songs which Womack co-wrote. One track, "The Bees," features backing vocals from Keith Urban.[45] At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009, "Last Call" was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance; one year later, Call Me Crazy was also nominated for Best Country Album, with "Everything But Quits" and "Solitary Thinkin'" being Womack's final nominations for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, respectively.[31]
In October 2009, Womack released a cover of Trent Willmon's "There Is a God", as the lead-off single to her then-upcoming seventh studio album which never surfaced. The song peaked at number 32 on Hot Country Songs in early 2010.[22] Womack has revealed a few of the songs she had recorded for the album, including "Talking Behind Your Back", as well as "You Do Until You Don't".[46]
In October 2010, Womack recorded "Liars Lie" for the soundtrack of the film Country Strong.[47] Womack also collaborated with Alan Jackson on a cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", which was released that December as a single from his compilation album, 34 Number Ones. His version of the song was a minor hit, charting to number 45 on Hot Country Songs. Though Womack is featured on the song, she was not given credit on the charts.
In August 2012, Womack announced her departure from MCA Nashville.[48][49]
Americana transition and return to music: 2014–present
In April 2014, Womack signed with Sugar Hill Records, an imprint of Rounder Records.[50] Her first album for the label, The Way I'm Livin', was released September 23, 2014.[50] Half of this album consists of cover songs including The Wrights' "The Way I'm Livin'", Hayes Carll's "Chances Are", Buddy Miller's "Don't Listen to the Wind", Neil Young's "Out on the Weekend", Bruce Robison's "Not Forgotten You" and Kenny Price's "Tomorrow Night in Baltimore". Rating the album four out of four stars, Mansfield compared the album to "Dolly Parton's finest". He also said that "Her run-ins with the devil may seem uncomfortably specific, but the swelling steel guitars carry her as if on angels' wings."[51] Erlewine said that the album "plays like a classic album: it's a record where the sum is greater than the individual parts".[52]
Her second album for Sugar Hill, a vinyl extended play album of cover songs called Trouble in Mind, was released in 2015. At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards that year, The Way I'm Livin' was nominated for Best Country Album; one year later, "Chances Are" was also nominated for Best Country Solo Performance.[31] Womack also received two Americana Music Awards nominations for Album of the Year and Artist of the Year[53] and her first CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nomination in ten years.[28]
In September 2014, Womack collaborated with American R&B singer John Legend for an episode of CMT Crossroads.[54] Ahead of her 2015 tour in support of The Way I'm Livin', Womack appeared at the C2C: Country to Country festival in the UK.
On August 15, 2017, Womack announced her new album The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone, which was released on October 27 through ATO Records.[55] The project included 14 songs that were recorded largely at SugarHill Recording Studios in Houston, Texas.[56] Womack co-wrote six of the album's songs including the singles "All the Trouble", "Sunday" and "Hollywood"; the album also included covers of the 1961 Harlan Howard standard "He Called Me Baby", Lefty Frizzell's "Long Black Veil", Brent Cobb's "Shine On Rainy Day" and George Jones' "Take the Devil Out of Me". Jurek said that the album "provides listeners an exceptionally well-rounded portrait of both the mature writer and the iconic singer. What Womack delivers has little to do with Nashville -- a plus -- in favor of polished yet hardcore Texas Americana."[56] The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone and "All the Trouble" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Song, respectively, in 2019.[31]
Personal life
At Belmont, Womack met and married country singer-songwriter Jason Sellers in 1990; they divorced in 1996 during the production of Lee Ann Womack.[57] Together they had a daughter named Aubrie Sellers (b. February 1991).[58] In January 1999, Womack had a second daughter, and first child with record producer Frank Liddell; they married later that year on November 6, 1999.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Lee Ann Womack (1997)
- Some Things I Know (1998)
- I Hope You Dance (2000)
- Something Worth Leaving Behind (2002)
- The Season for Romance (2002)
- There's More Where That Came From (2005)
- Call Me Crazy (2008)
- The Way I'm Livin' (2014)
- The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone (2017)
Awards
List of awards and nominations received by Lee Ann Womack, sorted by year
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result[27][28][31] |
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1997 | Country Music Association | Horizon Award | — | Nominated |
1998 | Academy of Country Music | Top New Female Vocalist | — | Won |
Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "The Fool" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Horizon Award | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
TNN/Music City News Country Awards | Star of Tomorrow – Female Artist | — | Won | |
American Music Awards | Favorite Country New Artist | — | Won | |
1999 | Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "A Little Past Little Rock" | Nominated |
2000 | Country Music Association | Single of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Won |
Country Music Association | Music Video of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Vocal Event of the Year (with Sons of the Desert (band)) | "I Hope You Dance" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Album of the Year | I Hope You Dance | Nominated | |
2001 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Album | I Hope You Dance | Nominated |
Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "I Hope You Dance" | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Album of the Year | I Hope You Dance | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Single Record of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Won | |
Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Won | |
Academy of Country Music | Video of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Vocal Event of the Year (with Sons of the Desert (band)) | "I Hope You Dance" | Won | |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Won | |
Country Music Association | Music Video of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Billboard Music Awards | Adult Contemporary Song of the Year | "I Hope You Dance" | Won | |
2002 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Musical Event of the Year (with Willie Nelson) | "Mendocino County Line" | Won | |
2003 | American Music Awards | Favorite Country Female Artist | — | Nominated |
Grammy Awards | Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (with Willie Nelson) | "Mendocino County Line" | Won | |
Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Something Worth Leaving Behind" | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Vocal Event of the Year (with Willie Nelson) | "Mendocino County Line" | Won | |
Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated | |
2005 | Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated |
Academy of Country Music | Single Record of the Year | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Musical Event of the Year (with Willie Nelson) | "I'll Never Be Free" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Single of the Year | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Won | |
Country Music Association | Music Video of the Year | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Album of the Year | There's More Where That Came From | Won | |
Country Music Association | Musical Event of the Year (with George Strait) | "Good News, Bad News" | Won | |
2006 | Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Nominated |
Academy of Country Music | Album of the Year | There's More Where That Came From | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Video of the Year | "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" | Nominated | |
2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Last Call" | Nominated |
Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Musical Event of the Year (with George Strait) | "Everything But Quits" | Nominated | |
2010 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Album | Call Me Crazy | Nominated |
Grammy Awards | Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (with George Strait) | "Everything But Quits" | Nominated | |
Grammy Awards | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | "Solitary Thinkin'" | Nominated | |
Academy of Country Music | Top Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Musical Event of the Year (with Alan Jackson) | "Till The End" | Nominated | |
2011 | Academy of Country Music | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated |
2015 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Album | The Way I'm Livin' | Nominated |
CMT Music Awards | Female Video of the Year | "The Way I'm Livin'" | Nominated | |
Country Music Association | Female Vocalist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
Americana Music Honors & Awards | Album of the Year | The Way I'm Livin' | Nominated | |
Americana Music Honors & Awards | Artist of the Year | — | Nominated | |
2016 | Grammy Awards | Best Country Solo Performance
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"Chances Are" | Nominated |
2018 | CMT Music Awards | Performance of the Year | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated |
Americana Music Honors & Awards | Song of the Year (with Waylon Payne and Adam Wright) | "All The Trouble" | Nominated | |
ASCAP Awards
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Golden Note Award | — | Won | |
2019 | Grammy Awards | Best Americana Album
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The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone | Nominated |
Grammy Awards | Best American Roots Song
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"All the Trouble" | Nominated |
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | CMT Showcase | Herself | |
2003 | The District | Haylie Adams | Episode: "Back in the Saddle" |
2014 | CMT Crossroads | Herself | Performed with John Legend |
2016 | Greatest Hits | Herself | Performed with Rachel Platten |
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Tom Sawyer | Becky Thatcher | Direct-to-video, singing voice |
2007 | Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs | Herself | Direct-to-video |
2008 | Noble Things | Claire Wades | |
2015 | I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song | Herself | Documentary |
Footnotes
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External links
- Official website
- Lee Ann Womack at IMDb