Ashlyne Huff is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and dancer. She is the daughter of Nashville producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and session-guitarist

Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...

 Dann Huff

Dann Huff

Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...

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Early life

As a child Huff took dance lessons and musical classes. Huff won an award at the Actors, Models and Talent for Christ (AMTC) 2004 Winter Convention in the category 'Overall Dancer'. She then headed to the Belmont University

Belmont University

Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...

 and enrolled in the Belmont University Music Business program where she studied publishing and copyright law

Copyright

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. During her studies at the university Huff continued working on her own music. Huff is a graduate of Belmont University

Belmont University

Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...

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Career

She was the opening act alongside Just Kait for Honor Society

Honor Society (band)

Honor Society is a pop rock band originally based out of New York. The band consists of Michael Bruno , Jason Rosen , Andrew Lee , and Alexander Noyes . They were previously signed to Jonas Records in affiliation with Hollywood Records but parted ways in 2011. The band released its debut album...

 on their Spring 2010 Here Comes Trouble Tour. She has also toured with Emily Osment

Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment is an American teen actress, singer-songwriter and voice actress born in Los Angeles, California. After working in several television films in her childhood, she gained fame for co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over...

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Her self-titled album was released May 11, 2010 by Liquid Digital Media. She wrote or co-wrote every song on the album. She was the featured performer at Liquid's awards dinner on May 17, 2010.

Her song Heart of Gold is offered as a bonus track with the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! featuring Daughtry, Kris Allen

Kris Allen

Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...

 and Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert

Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...

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In the summer of 2010, she embarked on selected dates of Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks

Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...

' "Battlefield Tour

Battlefield Tour

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" as opening act alongside Days Difference

Days Difference

Days Difference is a pop/rock band that formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2004. The quartet consists of Jeremy Smith , Jonathan Smith , Micah Ricks and Jeremiah Ricks . The group released their debut album Numbers in 2007...

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The following summer, in 2011, Ashlyne joined the New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...

 and the Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...

 as an opening act on the NKOTBSB

NKOTBSB

-Chart positions:...

 tour.

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
Let It Out Let It Out (Ashlyne Huff album) Let It Out is the first studio album by American recording artist Ashlyne Huff, first released on June 7, 2011 by Liquid Digital Media.-Charts:-Singles:...	Release date: June 7, 2011 Label: Liquid Digital Media Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , music download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	35

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...
Ashlyne Huff	Release date: May 22, 2010 Label: Liquid Digital Media Formats: CD, music download	10	50

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2011	"Whatever" (featuring Eric Bellinger)	Let It Out