Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack: Biography in Details

Who is Lee Ann Womack?

Lee Ann Womack is an American country music singer, and songwriter.

Her 2000 single, I Hope You Dance was a major crossover music hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart and the Top 15 of the Billboard Hot 100, and became her signature song.

Who are the parents of Lee Ann Womack?

Lee Ann Womack was born on August 19, 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas, the U.S.

Her mother was a  school teacher and her father was a high school Principal.

As a child, Womack also played the piano. In 1984, she graduated from Jacksonville High School, Florida, US.

After graduating, Lee Ann Womack attended South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas.

The college was one of the first in the nation to offer country music degrees. She then became a member of the college band, Country Caravan.

Womack enrolled at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied the commercial aspect of the music industry.

In Nashville, Lee Ann Womack interned at the A&R department of MCA Records. She stayed at the college until 1990 and left a year before graduation.

Womack’s Professional Life, Career

In 1995 Lee Ann Womack began playing her music in songwriting demos and at showcase concerts.

She was spotted by Tree Publishings, who recorded her composition, “I Don’t Remember Forgetting” for one of his albums.

Womack decided to pursue a career as a country music artist. She auditioned for MCA chairman, Bruce Hinton, who praised her talents.

Shortly thereafter, Lee Ann Womack accepted a contract from MCA’s sister record company,  Decca Nashville in 1996.

Lee Ann Womack released her self-titled debut album in May 1997, produced by Mark Wright. Some of the songs are Never Again, Again, The Floor,

In 1998 Womack released her second studio album, Some Thing I Know, A Little Past Little Rock, I Think Of a Reason Later, Now You See Me, You Don’t, and Don’t Tell Me.

She also contributed her vocals to the songs “If You’re Ever Down in Dallas” and “The Man Who Made Mama Cry” in collaboration with her ex-husband and musician, Jason Sellers.

Womack’s Popular 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

Womack’s Awards, Nominations & TV

Lee Ann Womack has won 6 Country Music Awards with 17 nominations, 5 Academy of Country Awards with 16 nominations, and 1 Grammy with 14 nominations.

Womack and John Legend appear in the 2014 series CMT Crossroads and also with Rachel Platten in 2016 on Greatest Hits.

Womack appears in the movies Tom Sayer as Becky Thatcher’s singing voice in 2000.

Is Lee Ann Womack active on social media?

She has 2.96k Facebook followers, 222k on Twitter, and 99.4k on Instagram.

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