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Hailey Faith Whitters (born September 9, 1989) is an American country music singer originally from Shueyville, Iowa. [1] [2] Songwriting and music career. Whitters has written songs for Little Big Town and Alan Jackson, and has written with Lori McKenna.
Iowa-born, Nashville-based rising country star Hailey Whitters is “one of the most interesting voices in country music” ( NPR ). Scoring her breakthrough moment in 2020 with the release of "Ten Year Town," the lead single from her self-funded debut album The Dream, the album was called "the year’s deepest country album" by The Washington ...
- The Grand Ole Opry Made Her Childhood Dream Come True
- She Keeps Her Dreams Simple
- She Wishes She'd Wrote A Certain Tim Mcgraw Hit
- Those Low Expectations Keep Getting Eclipsed
- She Married Her Longtime Partner
Whitters' love of country music intensified at age 15 when her family visited Nashville and attended a Grand Ole Opry broadcast. On Aug. 7, 2019, years of trying to find her footing as an adult in Music City paid off when she debutedon the Opry's hallowed stage. "It's so impactful — the Opry taking a chance on somebody like me and introducing me to...
Even as hard work started paying off with opportunities to tour with Maren Morrisand collaborate with Trisha Yearwood, Whitters kept her expectations grounded. She merely wants to spread her growing catalog of songs to as many ears as possible. "It sounds very simple, but I just want to wake up and be inspired to write and to record and to perform ...
Speaking of humility, Whitters wishes she'd written "Humble and Kind," an award-winning Tim McGrawhit penned by Whitters collaborator Lori McKenna. "It was Grammy Award-winning, but it feels so simple," Whitters told Songfacts. "It's a song that people will remember forever— that level of greatness that she can pull off so effortlessly always has m...
Ahead of a tour with Shania Twainand a live performance on the 2023 ACM Awards broadcast, Whitters got her first piece of music industry hardware: the ACM's New Female Artist of the Year. "I mean, so many emotions. So special. I did not think I was gonna win. It was a total surprise and I've been in town for, like, 15 years, so I've dreamt so long ...
On Oct. 1, 2022, Whitters married music publishing executive Jake Gear. The couple has been together for over a decade. They became engaged in July 2020 in an Iowa corn field. The wedding was just as idyllic, taking place in a small church in Whitters' hometown of Shueyville, Iowa. A reception followed on her dad's property, with food and beverage ...
Mar 19, 2022 · On this album, Whitters looks back on growing up in a small town in Iowa. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Hailey Whitters has spent much of the last decade away from her hometown of Shueyville, Iowa. But...
Jul 11, 2023 · During her early years in Nashville, she made inroads as a songwriter, landing cuts with big names including Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Little Big Town. But her career as an artist was...
Nov 7, 2023 · Videos by American Songwriter. Who Is Hailey Whitters? The Shueyvile, Iowa, native moved to Nashville after graduating high school in 2007. Before she became one of Nashville’s brightest rising...
Mar 3, 2022 · Hailey Whitters’s new country album, “Raised,” is a cinematic rendering of her upbringing in Shueyville, Iowa. She is a voice for a part of America that Nashville often overlooks. Mainstream...
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