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'Deana Kay Carter' (born January 4, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American singer-songwriter who records country music. She is amongst numerous artists known for performing barefoot.

Contents

Biography

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards

References

External links

Biography

She is the daughter of Fred Carter, Jr. Despite her contact with many of the musicians she knew through her father, her efforts to begin a musical career took several years to begin showing any results. Her first attempt was at age 17, going around with her father in the attempt to get a record deal. When she was initially unsuccessful, she entered the University of Tennessee, majoring in Rehabilitation Therapy and becoming a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. While attending, she sang at various campus locations, performing for the enjoyment of singing, rather than with the intent of pursuing a musical career. After she graduated, she worked with recovering stroke and head injury patients. Although she found the work rewarding and worthwhile, she eventually realized that her first love was music, and decided to pursue the music career she left earlier.
Her first big break came when one of her demo tapes caught the attention of Willie Nelson, who invited her to take part in the 1994 Farm Aid VII concert as the show's only female soloist. That same tape led to a contract with Capitol Records that year.
Capitol released ''Did I Shave My Legs for This?'' in 1996. ''Strawberry Wine,'' the first single, balanced nostalgia with the loss of innocence. It shot to No. 1 and won the CMA single of the year in 1997. Two more singles from the album topped the charts, and the album sold 5 million copies. Deana was named amongst ''People'' Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People In The World in 1997.
She contributed to the commercially and critically successful ''Hope Floats'' soundtrack and to the animated film ''Anastasia,'' a project which yielded a Grammy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for the song she performed and produced, a remix of the ballad ''Once Upon a December.''
Carter's following album ''Everything's Gonna Be Alright'' did not do as well, and she discontinued her relationship with Capitol a few years later over differences over creative direction. After a Christmas album and a divorce from husband Chris DiCroce, she relocated to Los Angeles, then released the album ''I'm Just a Girl'' on Arista Nashville in 2003, followed by ''The Story Of My Life'' on Vanguard Records in 2005.
Carter also has been a national spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation, her father being a kidney transplant recipient.
Carter and her boyfriend Chris Hicky have a son, Gray Hayes Hicky, born in September of 2004. ^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	'Top Country Albums'	'Billboard 200'	Record Label	RIAA Certification
'1996'	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	2	10	''Capitol Records''	'Platinum'
'1998'	''Everything's Gonna Be Alright''	6	57	''Capitol Records''	'Gold'
'2001'	''Father's Christmas''	-	-	''Rounder''	N/A
'2002'	''The Deana Carter Collection''	-	-	''Capitol/EMI Records''	N/A
'2003'	''I'm Just A Girl''	6	58	''Arista Records''	N/A
'2005'	''The Story Of My Life''	26	150	''Vanguard Records''	'Gold'
'2007'	''The Chain''A	-	-	''Vanguard Records''	N/A

★ ^A To be released on October 9th.

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Hot 100	'US Country'
'1996'	"Strawberry Wine"	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	65	1
'1996'	"We Danced Anyway"	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	72	1
'1996'	"Count Me In"	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	-	5
'1997'	"How Do I Get There"	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	-	1
'1997'	"Did I Shave My Legs For This?"	''Did I Shave My Legs for This?''	85	25
'1998'	"Absence of The Heart"	''Everything's Gonna Be Alright''	83	16
'1999'	"You Still Shake Me"	''Everything's Gonna Be Alright''	-	36
'1999'	"Angels Working Overtime"	''Everything's Gonna Be Alright''	-	35
'2003'	"There's No Limit"	''I'm Just A Girl''	102	14
'2003'	"I'm Just A Girl"	''I'm Just A Girl''	-	35
'2005'	"(Bleep) Texas"A		-	-
'2005'	"One Day At A Time"	''The Story Of My Life''	-	55
'2007'	"In a Heartbeat"A	''The Story Of My Life''	-	-

^AReleased but failed to chart.

Awards

★ 1997 CMA Award for Single of the Year for ''Strawberry Wine''

★ 1997 CMT Female Video artisian.

References

1. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/carter_deana/bio.jhtml

External links

★ Deana Carter official website

★ Deana Carter's latest bio, news, photo galleries, and Fan Q&A at Great American Country

★ Deana Carter at WikiMusicGuide