Kortney Kayle
Encyclopedia
Kortney Wilson is a Canadian country music
singer.
Wilson grew up in Ayr, Ontario
. In 1994, she was performing as Annie
with Royal City Musical Productions in Guelph
. By 1998 had signed a management deal with Scream Marketing and Christy DiNapoli, a publishing deal with Scream Music Publishing in Nashville, and was working with Reba McEntire. In 2001, she issued two singles as Kortney Kayle on Lyric Street Records
, however her debut album never materialized. Her highest charting single was "Unbroken by You", which reached #50 in 2001. In 2001, Wilson also made several appearances on the soap opera, One Life to Live
.
Wilson met her husband, Dave Wilson, soon after she moved to Nashville with her mother, both Kortney and Dave, moved to "The Farm", a place for Canadians to live short-term, who wanted to pursure careers in Nashville.
Kortney and Dave have 2 sons, Jett & Sullivan James, as well as a daughter Lenny.
In 2009, Wilson and her family began to star in the CMT Canada reality series Meet the Wilsons. Wilson is also signed to Open Road Recordings
with her husband Dave as The Wilsons
.
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.
Wilson grew up in Ayr, Ontario
Ayr, Ontario
The village of Ayr, Ontario, Canada is a settlement located within the Township of North Dumfries in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario...
. In 1994, she was performing as Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
with Royal City Musical Productions in Guelph
Guelph
Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
. By 1998 had signed a management deal with Scream Marketing and Christy DiNapoli, a publishing deal with Scream Music Publishing in Nashville, and was working with Reba McEntire. In 2001, she issued two singles as Kortney Kayle on Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records was an American record label specializing in country music. The label was part of the Disney Music Group, owned by the The Walt Disney Company. President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the label in 1997...
, however her debut album never materialized. Her highest charting single was "Unbroken by You", which reached #50 in 2001. In 2001, Wilson also made several appearances on the soap opera, One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
.
Wilson met her husband, Dave Wilson, soon after she moved to Nashville with her mother, both Kortney and Dave, moved to "The Farm", a place for Canadians to live short-term, who wanted to pursure careers in Nashville.
Kortney and Dave have 2 sons, Jett & Sullivan James, as well as a daughter Lenny.
In 2009, Wilson and her family began to star in the CMT Canada reality series Meet the Wilsons. Wilson is also signed to Open Road Recordings
Open Road Recordings
Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.-Open Road artists:* Ridley Bent* Dean Brody* Doc Walker* Emerson Drive...
with her husband Dave as The Wilsons
The Wilsons (country duo)
The Wilsons is a Canadian country music duo composed of Dave and Kortney Wilson. Both Dave and Kortney had solo deals with Lyric Street Records. While neither artist released an album for Lyric Street, Kortney charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in the United...
.
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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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... |
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2001 | "Don't Let Me Down" | 60 | No Turning Back (unreleased; as Kortney Kayle) |
"Unbroken by You" | 50 |
Music videos
Year | Video |
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2001 | "Don't Let Me Down" |