Joy Lynn White is an American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer and composer

Composer

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, who gained fame in the Country Music world in 1992 after being nominated for an Academy of Country Music

Academy of Country Music

The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...

 award for top new female vocalist. She ultimately lost to Canadian artist Michelle Wright

Michelle Wright

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. A critical favorite, reviewer Alanna Nash

Alanna Nash

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 once described White as "a fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she’s not to be ignored." The Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

 covered both "Cold Day in July

Cold Day in July

"Cold Day in July" is a country music song written by Richard Leigh and most known as performed by the Dixie Chicks.Two artists recorded the song in 1992, Suzy Bogguss on her album Voices in the Wind and Joy Lynn White on her debut album, Between Midnight & Hindsight...

" from Joy Lynn White's first album and "Tonight the Heartache's on Me

Tonight the Heartache's on Me

"Tonight the Heartache's on Me" is a song by the Dixie Chicks, and the final single from their 1998 album Wide Open Spaces. It was released in May 1999 by Monument Records, and was written by Mary Francis, Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison....

" from her Wild Love album.

Albums

Title	Album details
Between Midnight & Hindsight	Release date: October 20, 1992 Label: Epic Records Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
Wild Love	Release date: August 9, 1994 Label: Columbia Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
The Lucky Few	Release date: April 8, 1997 Label: Lucky Dog Records
One More Time	Release date: October 18, 2005 Label: Thorch Records
On Her Own	Release date: November 1, 2005 Label: self-released

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1992	"Little Tears"	68	—	Between Midnight & Hindsight (as Joy White)
1993	"True Confessions"	45	70
	"Cold Day in July Cold Day in July "Cold Day in July" is a country music song written by Richard Leigh and most known as performed by the Dixie Chicks.Two artists recorded the song in 1992, Suzy Bogguss on her album Voices in the Wind and Joy Lynn White on her debut album, Between Midnight & Hindsight... "	71	—
1994	"Wild Love"	73	—	Wild Love
	"Bad Loser"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1999	"Right Here, Right Now"	Charlie Major Charlie Major Charlie Major is a Canadian country music artist. He has recorded six studio albums and released more than twenty singles....	8	444 444 (Charlie Major album) 444 is the fifth album released by Canadian country music singer Charlie Major. It produced the singles "Right Here, Right Now", "One True Love", and "Side by Side". -Track listing:-Chart performance:...

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1992	"Little Tears"	John Lloyd Miller
1993	"True Confessions"
1994	"Wild Love"	Roger Pistole
	"Bad Loser"	John Lloyd Miller
1999	"Right Here, Right Now" (with Charlie Major Charlie Major Charlie Major is a Canadian country music artist. He has recorded six studio albums and released more than twenty singles.... )	Eric Welch

External links

• Joy Lynn White's official website
• Joy Lynn White at CMT.com