Terri Clark
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| Terri Clark | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Terri Clark | |
| Born | August 5, 1968 | |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Genre(s) | Country Music | |
| Years active | 1995-Present | |
| Label(s) | BNA Records | |
| Associated acts |
Sara Evans, Faith Hill | |
| Website | Terri Clark Official Website | |
Terri Clark (born on August 5, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian country singer whose career began in the mid-1990s.
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[edit] Early life
Terri's grandparents Ray and Betty Gauthier were both noted Canadian country musicians, and her mother belonged to the folk scene. From a young age, Terri wore cowboy outfits, a trait she retained into later years. After graduating high school, she moved from Medicine Hat, Alberta to Nashville in 1987, where she got her start playing at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge.
In 1994, she received a record deal from Mercury Records.
[edit] Career
"Better Things To Do" was her first single; it reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Her debut album, released in the same year, achieved gold status and contained a few songs she had composed herself. Both "When Boy Meets Girl" and "If I Were You" also charted in the Top 10.
Her second album, Just The Same, sold even better than her first work. In the USA as well as Canada, it went platinum. The released single Poor, Poor Pitiful Me reached number five.
Her recording career continues into the following years, even when the sales figures of her previous singles and albums could not be repeated.
In 2007, Terri signed with BNA Records.[1]
[edit] Personal Life
Terri married her tour manager Greg Kaczor on September 17, 2005. The couple filed for divorce on February 16, 2007. It was her second marriage. Her first marriage, to fiddle player Ted Stevenson in 1991, ended in 1996. In late September 2005, she moved to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
[edit] Trivia
- Terri became the first Canadian female to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on June 12, 2004. Currently she is the only Canadian female member.[2]
- Her contract with Mercury Records expired in March 2006, after seven albums. Terri has now signed on with BNA Records.
- Terri has 4 tattoos: a maple leaf on her right shoulder, some Chinese writing on her left shoulder blade, a rose on her right ankle and a ying-yang sign on her left calf. The meaning of the Chinese writing is often debated, but some say it means Girl Power.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Terri Clark (1995)
- Just the Same (1996)
- How I Feel (1998)
- Fearless (2000)
- Pain to Kill (2003)
- Greatest Hits (2004)
- Life Goes On (2005)
- 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (2006)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album | US Hot 100 | US Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Better Things To Do" | Terri Clark | - | 3 |
| 1996 | "If I Were You" | Terri Clark | - | 8 |
| 1996 | "When Boy Meets Girl" | Terri Clark | - | 3 |
| 1996 | "Suddenly Single" | Terri Clark | - | 34 |
| 1996 | "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" | Just The Same | - | 5 |
| 1997 | "Emotional Girl" | Just The Same | - | 10 |
| 1997 | "Just The Same" | Just The Same | - | 49 |
| 1998 | "Now That I've Found You" | How I Feel | 72 | 2 |
| 1998 | "You're Easy On The Eyes" | How I Feel | 40 | #1 |
| 1999 | "Everytime I Cry" | How I Feel | 69 | 12 |
| 1999 | "Unsung Hero" | How I Feel | - | 47 |
| 2001 | "A Little Gasoline" | Fearless | - | 13 |
| 2001 | "No Fear" | Fearless | - | 27 |
| 2001 | "Getting There" | Fearless | - | 41 |
| 2003 | "I Just Wanna Be Mad" | Pain To Kill | 27 | 2 |
| 2003 | "Three Mississippi" | Pain To Kill | - | 30 |
| 2004 | "I Wanna Do It All" | Pain To Kill | 38 | 3 |
| 2004 | "Girls Lie Too" | Greatest Hits 1994-2004 | 36 | #1 |
| 2004 | "The World Needs a Drink" | - | - | 26 |
| 2005 | "She Didn't Have Time" | Life Goes On | - | 25 |
| 2006 | "Damn Right" | Life Goes On | - | - |
| 2007 | "Dirty Girl"A | - | - | 48 |
ACurrently active.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ct40.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=67
- ^ Grand Ole Opry Member Spotlight: Terri Clark (html). vacationsmadeeasy.com (1999). Retrieved on 2004.
