Biography Terri Clark

1 biography

1.1 life
1.2 1995–1997: terri clark , same
1.3 1998–2001: how feel , fearless
1.4 2002–2004: pain kill , greatest hits 1994-2004
1.5 2005–2010: life goes on , long way home
1.6 2011–2013: roots , wings , classic
1.7 2014–present: songs

biography
early life

terri clark born on august 5, 1968, in montreal, quebec, canada. clark s family settled in medicine hat, alberta, raised. third of 4 children: has younger brother, peter, , 2 older sisters, kim , tina. clark s grandparents, ray , betty gauthier, both noted canadian country musicians, having opened artists such george jones , johnny cash. clark s mother, linda, had belonged canadian folk scene. parents divorced when young , mother remarried. clark s last name taken man whom mother had married.

by high school, clark had grown love country music , worked @ local chinese restaurant save money move nashville, tennessee. in 1987, after graduating high school @ crescent heights high school in medicine hat, alberta, moved there nashville, got start playing @ tootsie s orchid lounge, honky-tonk bar across alley nashville s ryman auditorium. @ time, country music executives not interested in traditional country, record producer , singer keith stegall gave advice not give up. in 1994, stegall became executive @ polygram/mercury records in nashville , signed clark record deal.

1995–1997: terri clark , same

in 1995, clark issued first single, better things do. song managed reach top 5 in both united states , canada. debut album, terri clark, followed shortly after. clark had hand in writing or co-writing 11 of album s 12 tracks. terri clark featured singles when boy meets girl, if you, , single. if became clark s first no. 1 in canada in june 1996. album certified gold riaa in united states on april 5, 1996 , platinum on july 29, 1997.

in 1996, clark s second studio album, same, issued following album s first single, poor poor pitiful me, cover of 1976 warren zevon song. song , second single, emotional girl, reached number 1 in canada both songs reaching top ten in united states. during late 1996, clark awarded single of year better things , album of year terri clark canadian country music association. 1997 awarded fans choice award, award win 6 more times between 2001 , 2007, , female artist of year, , award claim in 2004 , 2005.

in march 1998, clark visited calgary, alberta, canada film first television special, terri clark: coming home, premiered march 27 on cbc in canada. during special clark visited canadian country singers paul brandt , george fox.

1998–2001: how feel , fearless

clark s third studio album, how feel, issued in may 1998. album s lead single, found you, reached top 5 in both united states , canada. album s second single, re easy on eyes, gave clark s first american no. 1, song reached no. 1 in canada. re easy on eyes became minor top 40 hit, peaking @ no. 40 on billboard hot 100 in united states. promote new album, clark added opening act reba mcentire , brooks & dunn 1998 tour.

fearless, clark s fourth studio album, issued in september 2000. during album s production, clark started writing more personal songs new team of co-writers , hired new producer deliver set of songs more acoustic feel of previous work. album s first single, little gasoline , late addition album because mercury executives felt clark needed balance new material had more familiar feel it. song reached top ten in canada, however, reaching no. 13 in united states.

on may 2, 2001, clark pulled on police speeding in nashville. officer, pulled clark over, had suspected had consumed alcohol , asked sobriety test, after clark refused , charged dui , implied consent. clark later apologized incident through statement issued press publicist. in august, clark pleaded guilty charge of reckless driving , fined $350 plus court costs, placed on 6 months supervised probation , ordered take alcohol education course.

2002–2004: pain kill , greatest hits 1994-2004

after management change in december 2001, clark began work on fifth studio album, pain kill. album issued in january 2003, followed after release of album s first single, wanna mad . song, written kelley lovelace , lee thomas miller, intended recorded sara evans, passed on it. when released single song became clark s highest charting single in united states since 1998 s re easy on eyes , date clark s highest appearance on u.s. billboard hot 100, peaking @ no. 27. album marked first time clark had worked producer byron gallimore, produced first half of album. other half produced clark s longtime producer keith stegall, brought in when gallimore became unavailable.

in 2004, clark approached playboy magazine, pose—clothed—for cover of magazine s upcoming may issue. clark, came in second place behind fellow canadian country singer shania twain in poll in previous year, turned down offer saying think of young girls come shows, think of faces, think of mother, , worry signal [sex] sends them[…] if i’m sexy enough playboy want me clothes on, hope message can sexy what’s between ears, in heart , smile.

on may 15, 2004 during performance of grand ole opry, clark surprised steve wariner , mother linda invitation join grand ole opry. clark officially inducted on june 12, 2004 , female canadian member of grand ole opry. shortly after induction, clark s first greatest hits album, greatest hits 1994–2004, issued. album s single, girls lie , became clark s first number 1 in united states since 1998 s re easy on eyes . while song did not reach number 1 in canada, named number 1 country song of 2004 in canada radio & records. non-album single, world needs drink (which co-written then-unknown eric church), released in late 2004, not included on of clark s studio albums.

2005–2010: life goes on , long way home

in 2005, clark s sixth studio album, life goes on, issued in november. album s first single, didn t have time , managed reach no. 25 in united states , no. 15 in canada. none of album s other singles charted in united states , clark parted ways mercury records in march 2006.

in june 2006, clark signed bna records, division of sony bmg label group, known sony music entertainment. clark s first single label, dirty girl , issued in 2007. song followed in next life , title track debut bna release. clark, along canadian country band emerson drive, opened big & rich in canada, hoping promote new album. next life delayed several times , remained unreleased leaving clark part ways bna in november 2008, concentrate more on career in canada , possibly launch own record label.

clark released live album, terri clark live: road rage, via clark s own baretrack records label in july 2009 through digital retailers. clark s seventh studio album, long way home, released shortly after retailers in canada , digital retailers in united states on september 1, 2009 via baretrack/capitol nashville/emi canada. album released non-digital retailers in united states on october 20, 2009.

signing autographs in february 2010

the first single issued album gypsy boots , song recorded clark s unreleased next life album. single released country radio in canada on june 22, 2009 , country radio in united states on july 20. video gypsy boots, directed margaret malandruccolo, released in canada on august 6, 2009 , available online viewing @ clark s site. if want fire , million ways run , tell me have been issued follow singles in canada.

2011–2013: roots , wings , classic

clark released eighth studio album, roots , wings, on july 26, 2011. includes smile , song wrote mom after death due long battle cancer. album s lead off single, northern girl, released on april 18, 2011. re here time, one, , wrecking ball, released singles album.

clark s ninth studio album, classic, released on november 13, 2012, in canada. album includes classic country standards such love rose , issued album s lead single, , features duets reba mcentire, jann arden, dierks bentley, tanya tucker , dean brody.

2014–present: songs

clark s tenth studio album, songs, produced michael knox. released on september 2, 2014 , includes ten songs. album funded through pledgemusic , distributed clark s own baretrack records , universal music canada. album s first single, songs , shipped canadian country radio on may 26.

clark co-hosted america s morning show on nash fm blair garner , chuck wicks.

as of april 9/10 weekend in 2016, terri became new hostess of saturday night classic country program country gold, replacing randy owen.