Terri Clark
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Terri Lynn Sauson known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music
artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States
. Signed to Mercury Records
in 1995, she released her self-titled debut
that year. Both it and its two follow-ups, 1996's Just the Same
and 1998's How I Feel
, were certified platinum in both countries, and produced several Top Ten country hits.
Her fourth album, 2000's Fearless
, though certified gold in Canada, was not as successful in the U.S., producing no Top 10 hits. Pain to Kill
from 2003 restored her chart momentum in the U.S. with "I Just Wanna Be Mad
" and "I Wanna Do It All
", while a 2004 greatest hits album produced the Number One "Girls Lie Too
". A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", and the 2005 album Life Goes On
were her last releases for Mercury before she signed to BNA Records
in 2007. There, she released the singles "Dirty Girl
" and "In My Next Life
". Although the latter went to Number One in Canada, she has not released an album for BNA.
Clark's albums have accounted for more than twenty singles, including six Number Ones. "If I Were You
", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me
", "Emotional Girl
" and "In My Next Life" all topped the country charts in Canada, "Girls Lie Too" reached Number One only in the U.S., and "You're Easy on the Eyes
" was a Number One in both countries.
, Quebec
, Canada
. Clark's family eventually settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta
, where she was raised. Clark's grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted Canadian country musicians, having opened artists such as George Jones
and Johnny Cash
. Clark's mother, Linda, had belonged to the Canadian folk scene. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother re-married. Clark's last name was taken from the man whom her mother had married.
By high school, Clark had grown to love country music and worked at a local Chinese restaurant to save money to move to Nashville, Tennessee
. In 1987, after graduating high school at Crescent Heights High School
in Medicine Hat Alberta, she moved from there to Nashville, where she got her start playing at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
, a honky-tonk bar across the alley from the Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
. At the time, country music executives were interested in traditional country, but record producer and singer Keith Stegall
gave her advice to not give up. Then in 1994, Stegall became an executive at PolyGram
/Mercury Records
in Nashville and signed Clark to a record deal.
." The song managed to reach the top five in both the United States and Canada. Her debut album, Terri Clark
, followed shortly after. Clark had a hand in writing or co-writing 11 of the album's 12 tracks. Terri Clark also featured the singles "When Boy Meets Girl
," "If I Were You
," and "Suddenly Single
." "If I Were You" became Clark's first No. 1 in Canada in June 1996. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States on April 5, 1996 and Platinum on July 29, 1997.
In 1996, Clark's second studio album, Just the Same
, was issued following the album's first single, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," a cover of the 1976 Warren Zevon
song. The song and its second single, "Emotional Girl
," reached number one in Canada with both songs reaching the top ten in the United States. During late 1996, Clark was awarded Single of the Year for "Better Things to Do" and Album of the Year for Terri Clark by the Canadian Country Music Association
. By 1997 she would also be awarded the Fans' Choice Award, an award she would win six more times between 2001 and 2007, and Female Artist of the Year, and award she would also claim in 2004 and 2005.
In March 1998, Clark visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada
to film her first television special, Terri Clark: Coming Home, which premiered March 27 on CBC
in Canada. During the special Clark was visited by Canadian country singers Paul Brandt
and George Fox.
Clark's third studio album, How I Feel
, was issued in May 1998. The album's lead single, "Now That I Found You
," reached the top five in both the United States and Canada. It was the album's second single, "You're Easy on the Eyes
," that gave Clark's first American No. 1, the song also reached No. 1 in Canada. "You're Easy on the Eyes" became a minor Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100
in the United States. To promote the new album, Clark was added as the opening act for Reba McEntire
and Brooks & Dunn
1998 tour.
, Clark's fourth studio album, was issued in September 2000. During the album's production, Clark started writing more personal songs with a new team of co-writers and hired a new producer to deliver a set of songs with a more acoustic feel than that of her previous work. The albums first single, "A Little Gasoline
", was a late addition to the album because Mercury executives felt Clark needed to balance her new material with something that had a more familiar feel to it. The song reached the top ten in Canada, however, only reaching #13 in the United States.
On May 2, 2001, Clark was pulled over by police for speeding in Nashville. The officer, who pulled Clark over, had suspected that she had consumed alcohol and asked her to do sobriety test, after which Clark refused and was charged with a DUI and implied consent. Clark later apologized for the incident through a statement that was issued to press by her publicist. In August, Clark pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was fined $350 plus court costs, placed on six months' supervised probation and ordered to take an alcohol education course.
After a management change in December 2001, Clark began work on her fifth studio album, Pain to Kill
. The album was issued in January 2003, followed after the release of the album's first single, "I Just Wanna Be Mad
". The song, written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller
, was initially intended to be recorded by Sara Evans
, who passed on. When released as a single the song became Clark's highest charting single in the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes" and is to date Clark's highest appearance on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #27. The album marked the first time Clark had worked with producer Byron Gallimore
, who produced the first half of the album. The other half was produced by Clark's longtime producer Keith Stegall, who was brought in when Gallimore became unavailable.
In early 2004, Clark was approached by Playboy Magazine, to pose nude for the magazine's upcoming May issue. Clark, who came in second place behind fellow Canadian country singer Shania Twain
in a poll in the previous year, turned down the offer saying "I think of all the young girls who come to my shows, I think of those faces, I think of my mother, and I worry about the signal [sex] sends to them[…]."
On May 15, 2004 during a performance of the Grand Ole Opry
, Clark was surprised by Steve Wariner
and her mother Linda with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry. Clark was officially inducted on June 12, 2004 and is currently the only female Canadian member of the Grand Ole Opry. Shortly after her induction, Clark's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits 1994–2004, was issued. The album's only single, "Girls Lie Too
", became Clark's first number one in the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes". While the song did not reach number one in Canada, it was the named number one country song of 2004 in Canada by Radio & Records
. A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", was released in late 2004, but was not included on any of Clark's studio albums.
, was issued in November. The album's first single, "She Didn't Have Time
", only managed to reach #25 in the United States and #15 in Canada. None of the album's other singles charted in the United States and Clark parted ways with Mercury Records in March 2006.
In June 2006, Clark signed with BNA Records
, a division of Sony BMG label group, now known as Sony Music Entertainment
. Clark's first single for the label, "Dirty Girl
", was issued in early 2007. The song was then followed by "In My Next Life
", which was to be the title track to her debut BNA release. Clark, along with Canadian country band Emerson Drive
, opened for Big & Rich
in Canada, hoping to promote the new album. My Next Life was delayed several times and remained unreleased leaving Clark to part ways with BNA in November 2008, so she could concentrate more on her career in Canada and possibly launch her own record label.
Clark released a 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, The Long Way Home, was released shortly after to all retailers in Canada and digital retailers in the United States on September 1, 2009 via BareTrack/Capitol Nashville
/EMI Canada
. The album was released to non-digital retailers in the United States on October 20, 2009.
The first single issued from the album was "Gypsy Boots", a song previously recorded for Clark's unreleased My Next Life album. The single was released to country radio in Canada on June 22, 2009 and country radio in the United States on July 20. The video for "Gypsy Boots," directed by Margaret Malandruccolo, was released in Canada on August 6, 2009 and is available for online viewing at Clark's site. "If You Want Fire", "A Million Ways To Run" and "You Tell Me" have been issued as follow up singles in Canada.
Clark released her eighth studio album, Roots and Wings
, on July 26, 2011. It includes "Smile", a song she wrote for her mom after her death due to a long battle with cancer. The album's lead off single, "Northern Girl", was released on April 18.
in December 2005. The couple filed for divorce on February 16, 2007.
In late 2007, Clark received news that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. The tumor was removed; however, Clark's mother passed away on April 4, 2010.
Terri Clark currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee
.
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...
artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Signed to Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
in 1995, she released her self-titled debut
Terri Clark (album)
Terri Clark is the first studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark, and was released on August 8, 1995 on Mercury Nashville Records. It was certified platinum by the RIAA and 3× Platinum by the CRIA. The album produced four singles in both Canada and the U.S.: "Better Things...
that year. Both it and its two follow-ups, 1996's Just the Same
Just the Same
Just the Same is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released in late 1996 on Mercury Records. In the U.S., this album produced the singles "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" , "Emotional Girl", and the title track, which respectively reached #5, #10 and #49 on the...
and 1998's How I Feel
How I Feel
How I Feel is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in 1998 on Mercury Nashville, the album produced the singles "Now That I Found You", "You're Easy on the Eyes", "Everytime I Cry", and "Unsung Hero"...
, were certified platinum in both countries, and produced several Top Ten country hits.
Her fourth album, 2000's Fearless
Fearless (Terri Clark album)
Fearless is Canadian country music singer Terri Clark's fourth studio album. It was released in 2000 on Mercury Nashville. The album produced three singles in "A Little Gasoline", "No Fear" and "Getting There", which respectively reached #13, #27, and #41 on the Billboard country charts. A fourth...
, though certified gold in Canada, was not as successful in the U.S., producing no Top 10 hits. Pain to Kill
Pain to Kill
Pain to Kill is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in the U.S. on Mercury Nashville in 2003, the album produced the singles "I Just Wanna Be Mad", "Three Mississippi" and "I Wanna Do It All"...
from 2003 restored her chart momentum in the U.S. with "I Just Wanna Be Mad
I Just Wanna Be Mad
"I Just Wanna Be Mad" is a song written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 2002 as the first single released from Clark's 2003 album, Pain to Kill. It peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and...
" and "I Wanna Do It All
I Wanna Do It All
"I Wanna Do It All" is the title of a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 2003 as the third single from her 2003 album, Pain to Kill...
", while a 2004 greatest hits album produced the Number One "Girls Lie Too
Girls Lie Too
"Girls Lie Too" is the title of a song recorded by country music singer Terri Clark, and was released in April 2004 as a single to promote her Greatest Hits album...
". A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", and the 2005 album Life Goes On
Life Goes On (Terri Clark album)
Life Goes On is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in 2005 as her final album for Mercury Records. It produced three singles in "She Didn't Have Time", "Damn Right", and "Slow News Day"...
were her last releases for Mercury before she signed to BNA Records
BNA Records
BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, is a label group that shares ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA features country music acts on its roster...
in 2007. There, she released the singles "Dirty Girl
Dirty Girl (Terri Clark song)
"Dirty Girl" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released as the first single from her unreleased album, My Next Life. It reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States....
" and "In My Next Life
In My Next Life
"In My Next Life" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released as the second single from her unreleased album, My Next Life. It peaked #36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States.-Charts:...
". Although the latter went to Number One in Canada, she has not released an album for BNA.
Clark's albums have accounted for more than twenty singles, including six Number Ones. "If I Were You
If I Were You (Terri Clark song)
"If I Were You" is the title of a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in February 1996 as the third single from her album Terri Clark. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in June 1996....
", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written by Warren Zevon.-Content:In keeping with Zevon's sardonic lyrical style, the song's verses deal with a failed suicide, domestic abuse, and a brush with sadomasochism. The song appeared first on Zevon's 1976 self-titled solo album...
", "Emotional Girl
Emotional Girl
"Emotional Girl" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in January 1997 as the second single from Clark's album Just the Same. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in March 1997 and #10 on the Billboard Hot Country...
" and "In My Next Life" all topped the country charts in Canada, "Girls Lie Too" reached Number One only in the U.S., and "You're Easy on the Eyes
You're Easy on the Eyes
"You're Easy On The Eyes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 1998 as the second single from her CD, How I Feel, it spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, giving Clark her...
" was a Number One in both countries.
Early life
Terri Clark was born on August 5, 1968 in MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Clark's family eventually settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, where she was raised. Clark's grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted Canadian country musicians, having opened artists such as George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
and Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
. Clark's mother, Linda, had belonged to the Canadian folk scene. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother re-married. Clark's last name was taken from the man whom her mother had married.
By high school, Clark had grown to love country music and worked at a local Chinese restaurant to save money to move to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. In 1987, after graduating high school at Crescent Heights High School
Crescent Heights High School (Calgary)
Crescent Heights High School is currently a high school with approximately 1700 students in grades 9-12 in Calgary, Alberta. The school is part of the Calgary Board of Education's public school system.-History:...
in Medicine Hat Alberta, she moved from there to Nashville, where she got her start playing at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge is a Honky Tonk bar located in Nashville, Tennessee behind the Ryman Auditorium. Tootsie's has two stages that host live local talent each night; covering modern day country music artist such as Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, and other popular country music artists as well as...
, a honky-tonk bar across the alley from the Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
Ryman Auditorium
The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat live performance venue, located at 115 5th Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee and is best known as the historic home of the Grand Ole Opry....
. At the time, country music executives were interested in traditional country, but record producer and singer Keith Stegall
Keith Stegall
Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages...
gave her advice to not give up. Then in 1994, Stegall became an executive at PolyGram
PolyGram
PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
/Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
in Nashville and signed Clark to a record deal.
1995–1999: Breakthrough success
In 1995, Clark issued her first single, "Better Things to DoBetter Things to Do
"Better Things to Do" is the title of a song written by Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters, and co-written and recorded by Canadian country artist Terri Clark. It was released in July 1995 as her debut single and served as the lead-off single to her self-titled debut album. It was a Top 10 hit on both the U.S...
." The song managed to reach the top five in both the United States and Canada. Her debut album, Terri Clark
Terri Clark (album)
Terri Clark is the first studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark, and was released on August 8, 1995 on Mercury Nashville Records. It was certified platinum by the RIAA and 3× Platinum by the CRIA. The album produced four singles in both Canada and the U.S.: "Better Things...
, followed shortly after. Clark had a hand in writing or co-writing 11 of the album's 12 tracks. Terri Clark also featured the singles "When Boy Meets Girl
When Boy Meets Girl
"When Boy Meets Girl" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It as released in October 1995 as the second single from her album Terri Clark. The song reached #3 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in February 1996 and #3 on the Billboard Hot Country...
," "If I Were You
If I Were You (Terri Clark song)
"If I Were You" is the title of a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in February 1996 as the third single from her album Terri Clark. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in June 1996....
," and "Suddenly Single
Suddenly Single
"Suddenly Single" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in July 1996, it was the third single from her album Terri Clark. The song reached #11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart in June 1996. It also peaked at #34 on the U.S...
." "If I Were You" became Clark's first No. 1 in Canada in June 1996. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in the United States on April 5, 1996 and Platinum on July 29, 1997.
In 1996, Clark's second studio album, Just the Same
Just the Same
Just the Same is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released in late 1996 on Mercury Records. In the U.S., this album produced the singles "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" , "Emotional Girl", and the title track, which respectively reached #5, #10 and #49 on the...
, was issued following the album's first single, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," a cover of the 1976 Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...
song. The song and its second single, "Emotional Girl
Emotional Girl
"Emotional Girl" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in January 1997 as the second single from Clark's album Just the Same. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in March 1997 and #10 on the Billboard Hot Country...
," reached number one in Canada with both songs reaching the top ten in the United States. During late 1996, Clark was awarded Single of the Year for "Better Things to Do" and Album of the Year for Terri Clark by the Canadian Country Music Association
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
. By 1997 she would also be awarded the Fans' Choice Award, an award she would win six more times between 2001 and 2007, and Female Artist of the Year, and award she would also claim in 2004 and 2005.
In March 1998, Clark visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
to film her first television special, Terri Clark: Coming Home, which premiered March 27 on CBC
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in Canada. During the special Clark was visited by Canadian country singers Paul Brandt
Paul Brandt
Paul Rennée Belobersycky is a Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break...
and George Fox.
Clark's third studio album, How I Feel
How I Feel
How I Feel is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in 1998 on Mercury Nashville, the album produced the singles "Now That I Found You", "You're Easy on the Eyes", "Everytime I Cry", and "Unsung Hero"...
, was issued in May 1998. The album's lead single, "Now That I Found You
Now That I Found You
"Now That I Found You" is the title of a song written by J.D. Martin, Paul Begaud and Vanessa Corish. It was recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in April 1998, it was the first single from her album How I Feel...
," reached the top five in both the United States and Canada. It was the album's second single, "You're Easy on the Eyes
You're Easy on the Eyes
"You're Easy On The Eyes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 1998 as the second single from her CD, How I Feel, it spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, giving Clark her...
," that gave Clark's first American No. 1, the song also reached No. 1 in Canada. "You're Easy on the Eyes" became a minor Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in the United States. To promote the new album, Clark was added as the opening act for Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
and Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
1998 tour.
2000–2004: Continued success
FearlessFearless (Terri Clark album)
Fearless is Canadian country music singer Terri Clark's fourth studio album. It was released in 2000 on Mercury Nashville. The album produced three singles in "A Little Gasoline", "No Fear" and "Getting There", which respectively reached #13, #27, and #41 on the Billboard country charts. A fourth...
, Clark's fourth studio album, was issued in September 2000. During the album's production, Clark started writing more personal songs with a new team of co-writers and hired a new producer to deliver a set of songs with a more acoustic feel than that of her previous work. The albums first single, "A Little Gasoline
A Little Gasoline
"A Little Gasoline" is the title of a song written by Dean Miller and Tammy Rogers and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in July 2000, it was the first single from her album Fearless...
", was a late addition to the album because Mercury executives felt Clark needed to balance her new material with something that had a more familiar feel to it. The song reached the top ten in Canada, however, only reaching #13 in the United States.
On May 2, 2001, Clark was pulled over by police for speeding in Nashville. The officer, who pulled Clark over, had suspected that she had consumed alcohol and asked her to do sobriety test, after which Clark refused and was charged with a DUI and implied consent. Clark later apologized for the incident through a statement that was issued to press by her publicist. In August, Clark pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was fined $350 plus court costs, placed on six months' supervised probation and ordered to take an alcohol education course.
After a management change in December 2001, Clark began work on her fifth studio album, Pain to Kill
Pain to Kill
Pain to Kill is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in the U.S. on Mercury Nashville in 2003, the album produced the singles "I Just Wanna Be Mad", "Three Mississippi" and "I Wanna Do It All"...
. The album was issued in January 2003, followed after the release of the album's first single, "I Just Wanna Be Mad
I Just Wanna Be Mad
"I Just Wanna Be Mad" is a song written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller and recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in August 2002 as the first single released from Clark's 2003 album, Pain to Kill. It peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and...
". The song, written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller
Lee Thomas Miller
Lee Thomas Miller is an American country music songwriter and occasional record producer. His credits include the Number One country hits "The World" and "I'm Still a Guy" for Brad Paisley and "You're Gonna Miss This" for Trace Adkins, as well as Top Ten hits for Terri Clark, Joe Nichols, and...
, was initially intended to be recorded by Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
, who passed on. When released as a single the song became Clark's highest charting single in the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes" and is to date Clark's highest appearance on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #27. The album marked the first time Clark had worked with producer Byron Gallimore
Byron Gallimore
Byron Gallimore is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists such as Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, whose 1999 album Breathe won him the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.-Biography:Byron...
, who produced the first half of the album. The other half was produced by Clark's longtime producer Keith Stegall, who was brought in when Gallimore became unavailable.
In early 2004, Clark was approached by Playboy Magazine, to pose nude for the magazine's upcoming May issue. Clark, who came in second place behind fellow Canadian country singer Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
in a poll in the previous year, turned down the offer saying "I think of all the young girls who come to my shows, I think of those faces, I think of my mother, and I worry about the signal [sex] sends to them[…]."
On May 15, 2004 during a performance of the Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
, Clark was surprised by Steve Wariner
Steve Wariner
Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
and her mother Linda with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry. Clark was officially inducted on June 12, 2004 and is currently the only female Canadian member of the Grand Ole Opry. Shortly after her induction, Clark's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits 1994–2004, was issued. The album's only single, "Girls Lie Too
Girls Lie Too
"Girls Lie Too" is the title of a song recorded by country music singer Terri Clark, and was released in April 2004 as a single to promote her Greatest Hits album...
", became Clark's first number one in the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes". While the song did not reach number one in Canada, it was the named number one country song of 2004 in Canada by Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
. A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", was released in late 2004, but was not included on any of Clark's studio albums.
2005 – present: Label changes, new album
In 2005, Clark's sixth studio album, Life Goes OnLife Goes On (Terri Clark album)
Life Goes On is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in 2005 as her final album for Mercury Records. It produced three singles in "She Didn't Have Time", "Damn Right", and "Slow News Day"...
, was issued in November. The album's first single, "She Didn't Have Time
She Didn't Have Time
"She Didn't Have Time" is the title of a song written by Pat Bunch and Nicole Witt, and recorded by Canadian country artist Terri Clark. It was released in 2005 as the lead-off single to her sixth studio album, Life Goes On...
", only managed to reach #25 in the United States and #15 in Canada. None of the album's other singles charted in the United States and Clark parted ways with Mercury Records in March 2006.
In June 2006, Clark signed with BNA Records
BNA Records
BNA Records, formerly known as BNA Entertainment, is a label group that shares ties with Arista Nashville and RCA Nashville from parent company Sony Music Nashville, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, BNA features country music acts on its roster...
, a division of Sony BMG label group, now known as Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
. Clark's first single for the label, "Dirty Girl
Dirty Girl (Terri Clark song)
"Dirty Girl" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released as the first single from her unreleased album, My Next Life. It reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States....
", was issued in early 2007. The song was then followed by "In My Next Life
In My Next Life
"In My Next Life" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released as the second single from her unreleased album, My Next Life. It peaked #36 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States.-Charts:...
", which was to be the title track to her debut BNA release. Clark, along with Canadian country band Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
, opened for Big & Rich
Big & Rich
Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich. Both members alternate as lead vocalists and play rhythm guitar...
in Canada, hoping to promote the new album. My Next Life was delayed several times and remained unreleased leaving Clark to part ways with BNA in November 2008, so she could concentrate more on her career in Canada and possibly launch her own record label.
Clark released a live album, Terri Clark Live: Road Rage
Terri Clark Live: Road Rage
Terri Clark Live: Road Rage is the first live album, eleventh overall, by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. The album was made available digitally, at Clark's concerts, and through her website on July 8, 2009 via BareTrack Records, a label owned by Clark...
, via Clark's own BareTrack Records label in July 2009 through digital retailers. Clark's seventh studio album, The Long Way Home, was released shortly after to all retailers in Canada and digital retailers in the United States on September 1, 2009 via BareTrack/Capitol Nashville
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
/EMI Canada
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
. The album was released to non-digital retailers in the United States on October 20, 2009.
The first single issued from the album was "Gypsy Boots", a song previously recorded for Clark's unreleased My Next Life album. The single was released to country radio in Canada on June 22, 2009 and country radio in the United States on July 20. The video for "Gypsy Boots," directed by Margaret Malandruccolo, was released in Canada on August 6, 2009 and is available for online viewing at Clark's site. "If You Want Fire", "A Million Ways To Run" and "You Tell Me" have been issued as follow up singles in Canada.
Clark released her eighth studio album, Roots and Wings
Roots and Wings (Terri Clark album)
Roots and Wings is the eighth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. The album was released on July 26, 2011 via BareTrack Records/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada...
, on July 26, 2011. It includes "Smile", a song she wrote for her mom after her death due to a long battle with cancer. The album's lead off single, "Northern Girl", was released on April 18.
Personal life
Clark was previously married to fiddle player Ted Stevenson in 1991. The couple filed for divorce in 1996. Nine years later, Clark married her tour manager Greg Kaczor on September 17, 2005. The couple's wedding was documented on In the Moment, a TV series broadcast on CMTCountry Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
in December 2005. The couple filed for divorce on February 16, 2007.
In late 2007, Clark received news that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. The tumor was removed; however, Clark's mother passed away on April 4, 2010.
Terri Clark currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
Discography
- 1995: Terri ClarkTerri Clark (album)Terri Clark is the first studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark, and was released on August 8, 1995 on Mercury Nashville Records. It was certified platinum by the RIAA and 3× Platinum by the CRIA. The album produced four singles in both Canada and the U.S.: "Better Things...
- 1996: Just the SameJust the SameJust the Same is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released in late 1996 on Mercury Records. In the U.S., this album produced the singles "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" , "Emotional Girl", and the title track, which respectively reached #5, #10 and #49 on the...
- 1998: How I FeelHow I FeelHow I Feel is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in 1998 on Mercury Nashville, the album produced the singles "Now That I Found You", "You're Easy on the Eyes", "Everytime I Cry", and "Unsung Hero"...
- 2000: FearlessFearless (Terri Clark album)Fearless is Canadian country music singer Terri Clark's fourth studio album. It was released in 2000 on Mercury Nashville. The album produced three singles in "A Little Gasoline", "No Fear" and "Getting There", which respectively reached #13, #27, and #41 on the Billboard country charts. A fourth...
- 2003: Pain to KillPain to KillPain to Kill is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in the U.S. on Mercury Nashville in 2003, the album produced the singles "I Just Wanna Be Mad", "Three Mississippi" and "I Wanna Do It All"...
- 2005: Life Goes OnLife Goes On (Terri Clark album)Life Goes On is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. It was released in 2005 as her final album for Mercury Records. It produced three singles in "She Didn't Have Time", "Damn Right", and "Slow News Day"...
- 2009: The Long Way Home
- 2011: Roots and WingsRoots and Wings (Terri Clark album)Roots and Wings is the eighth studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. The album was released on July 26, 2011 via BareTrack Records/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada...