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Deana Carter
Background information
Birth name	Deana Kay Carter
Born	January 4, 1966 (1966-01-04) (age 43) Nashville, Tennessee United States
Genres	Country, Alternative country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals Rhythm guitar Mandolin
Years active	1994-present
Labels	Capitol Nashville Rounder Arista Nashville Vanguard
Associated acts	Fred Carter, Jr. Willie Nelson
Website	http://www.deana.com

Deana Kay Carter (born January 4, 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American country music artist who broke through in 1996 with the release of debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over five million. It was followed by 1998's Everything's Gonna Be Alright, 2003's I'm Just a Girl, 2005's The Story of My Life, and 2007's The Chain. Overall, Carter's albums have accounted for fourteen singles, including three which reached Number One on the Billboard country charts: "Strawberry Wine", "We Danced Anyway", and "How Do I Get There".

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Breakthrough success: Did I Shave My Legs for This? 1.2 Second album and departure from Capitol: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 1.3 Return to the studio: Father Christmas & I'm Just a Girl 1.4 Career today: The Story of My Life & The Chain 1.5 Deana Carters' Band 2 Discography 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

Biography

She is the daughter of singer Fred Carter, Jr. Despite her famous father, she did not have a smooth path to a recording deal. After an initial lack of success at age seventeen, she entered the University of Tennessee, majoring in Rehabilitation Therapy and becoming a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and a Sigma Alpha Epsilon Little Sister. During college, 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.

Carter dated music video director Chris Hicky and had a son during their relationship; Gray Hayes Hicky was born in September 2004.¹ On October 3, 2009, Carter married boyfriend Brandon Malone in Malibu.²

Carter has been a national spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation; her father is a kidney transplant recipient. Carter also was the author of a book, Songs From the Heart.³

Breakthrough success: Did I Shave My Legs for This?

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.

In early 1995 she released her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?, in the U.K. on Patriot Records. However, the label folded shortly after the album's release. In 1996, Carter released her debut country single, "Strawberry Wine," which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Did I Shave My Legs for This? was released in North America (keeping only three of the original tracks) to great success. The album debuted at #2 on the U.S. Top Country Albums chart and sold well over five million copies, and produced two further No. 1 hits in "We Danced Anyway" and "How Do I Get There."

Carter was featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 animated movie Anastasia, for her version of "Once Upon a December." The track was made into a music video and received rotation on CMT at the time "How Do I Get There" was charting as a radio single (since the single had no music video).

Second album and departure from Capitol: Everything's Gonna Be Alright

In September 1998, Carter released her sixth single, "Absence of the Heart," as the lead-off single to her second album, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, which was released on October 20, 1998. The album peaked at #6 and sold just enough to receive a Gold certification, far less than the sales of her debut album. The album produced a Top 20 in its lead single and three further singles, two of which were minor Top 40 hits ("You Still Shake Me" and "Angels Working Overtime").

After her second album failed to follow up on the success of her debut, she attempted for several years to get new material out. But after dealing with a total of four label presidents and a failed attempt to push out a third album in 2001, she chose to end her relationship with Capitol Records over differences on creative direction.⁴

Return to the studio: Father Christmas & I'm Just a Girl

After releasing her third studio album, Father Christmas, on Rounder Records in November 2001, and a divorce from husband Chris DiCroce, she relocated to Los Angeles.

In 2002, Carter signed with Arista Nashville and released her first single in three years. "There's No Limit," which became her sixth Top 20 hit with a peak of #14 in early 2003, served as the lead-off single to her fourth studio album, I'm Just a Girl, which was released on March 18, 2003. The title-track was released as the album's second single, and was a minor Top 40 hit. No further singles were released from the album, and Carter once again parted ways with her record label.

Career today: The Story of My Life & The Chain

In 2004, Carter signed with independent record label Vanguard Records. She released a song "(Bleep) Texas" in March 2005, but it failed to chart and was shortly replaced with "One Day at a Time," which served as the lead single to her fifth studio album, The Story of My Life. It only remained on the chart for five weeks and peaked at #55. The Story of My Life peaked at #26 on the U.S. Country Albums chart, and its second and third singles ("The Girl You Left Me For" and "In a Heartbeat") failed to chart. Despite having less success, Carter had more artistic freedom with this album and was able to write (or co-write) and produce all 11 tracks.

Live in Concert, Carter's first live album, was released in early 2007 through Big Band Concert Series. The album includes one previously-unreleased song, "Angels of the Heart," as well as other concert favorites. Although released in 2007, all of the live performances on the album were recorded in 1998.

Carter's sixth studio album, The Chain, was released on October 9, 2007. The Chain was a cover album, that she recorded as a tribute to her father (whom performed guitar on many of the original versions of the covers found on the album). Many of the tracks also featured the original artists as duet partners, such as Dolly Parton (on "Love Is Like a Butterfly") and Willie Nelson (on "On the Road Again"). The album was unsuccessful; it debuted and peaked at #60, and its only single (the duet version of "On the Road Again" with Nelson) failed to chart.

Carter was ranked #81 on the 100 Greatest Women (of Country Music) by Country Universe in 2008.⁵

After releasing The Chain, Carter took some time off from recording music to spend at home with her son. In an interview with Jay Cooper of Slither Productions, Carter reported that she had been writing music for her next album, with hopes of releasing the record sometime in 2010.⁶

Deana Carters' Band

Current Members:⁷

• Jeff Carter - Lead Guitar/Vocals
• Randy Leago - Keyboard/Vocals
• Cary Beare - Bass/Guitar/Vocals
• Shawn Jones - Guitar/Vocals

Former Members:

• Kyle Woodring - Drums⁸

Discography

Albums

• 1996: Did I Shave My Legs for This?
• 1998: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
• 2001: Father Christmas
• 2002: The Deana Carter Collection
• 2003: I'm Just a Girl
• 2005: The Story of My Life
• 2007: Live in Concert
• 2007: The Chain

Awards

• 1997 CMA Award for Single of the Year for "Strawberry Wine"
• 1997 CMT Female Video Artist.

References

• Everett, Todd (1998). "Deana Carter". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press.

External links

• Deana Carter's official website
• Deana Carter's MySpace

v • d • e Deana Carter Studio albums Did I Shave My Legs for This? (1996) · Everything's Gonna Be Alright (1998) · Father Christmas (2001) · I'm Just a Girl (2003) · The Story of My Life (2005) · The Chain (2007) Other albums The Deana Carter Collection (2002) · Live in Concert (2007) Top 40 Singles "Strawberry Wine" · "We Danced Anyway" · "Count Me In" · "How Do I Get There" · "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" · "Absence of the Heart" · "You Still Shake Me" · "Angels Working Overtime" · "There's No Limit" · "I'm Just a Girl" Related topics Discography · Vanguard Records · Arista Nashville · Capitol Nashville