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Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles in concert
Background information
Birth name	Jennifer Nettles
Born	September 12, 1974 (1974-09-12) (age 35)
Origin	Douglas, Georgia, USA
Genres	Country
Occupations	Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Flute, Percussion, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Piano
Years active	1996–Present
Labels	Mercury Nashville
Associated acts	Sugarland, Bon Jovi
Website	JenniferNettles.com

Jennifer Nettles (born September 12, 1974¹) is an American Grammy-winning country music artist.² She is known primarily for her role as lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Prior to Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta, Georgia-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band Bon Jovi's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home", a Number One hit on the Billboard charts.³

Contents 1 Musical beginnings 2 Sugarland 3 Personal life 4 Activism 5 Discography 5.1 Guest singles 6 Awards 7 References 8 External links

Musical beginnings

Nettles began performing at school assemblies, Georgia 4-H's Clover & Company clubs,⁴ her Southern Baptist church, and at regional theater.

Nettles attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia where she studied Sociology and Anthropology.⁵ While a student there, Nettles and Cory Jones (who at the time was studying classical guitar at the University of Georgia) formed the group Soul Miner’s Daughter. Performing as both an acoustic duo and with a band, they released two albums: The Sacred and Profane in 1996 and Hallelujah in 1998, both of which were composed of songs written collaboratively by Jones and Nettles.⁶

In 1999, she formed the Jennifer Nettles Band, with whom she released three studio albums and two live albums. The band, who in addition to Nettles included Brad Sikes (drums), Scott Nicholson (piano), Wesley Lupold (bass), and Mike Cebulski (percussion), was selected the grand prize winner from more than 2000 bands in "The Big Deal $100,000 Music Search" presented by Mars Music and was invited to perform at Lilith Fair in 1999.⁷

Friends Jay Memory and Bubba Dean, who perform as Memory Dean, invited Nettles to sing on their 1999 release Still Hungry Souls. According to Alan Back, writing for The Technique, Georgia Institute of Technology's newspaper, Nettles' vocals "lend a powerful gospel tone to "Fix My Heart," a standout cut on the album."⁸

Sugarland

In 2003, Nettles teamed up with Kristen Hall and Kristian Bush to form Sugarland. Regarding the trio's collaboration, she said:

"We really wanted to get out of where we had all been as artists and move beyond that to something bigger. Consequently all the songs reflect that; 'Fly Away,' 'Baby Girl,' all of those songs - you speak to the human condition and write what you know in your life."⁹

Sugarland was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best New Artist category in 2006.¹⁰ Although they did not win the award, Nettles and Bush performed for the awards show and Nettles presented both a Lifetime Achievement Award to Merle Haggard and the award for Best Country Group.¹¹

A duet performance with rock band Bon Jovi, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", reached No. 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The video for the song won a CMT Music Award in 2006 for Collaborative Video Of The Year. In February 2007, Nettles and Bon Jovi won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.¹² In 2006, Kristen Hall left the group¹³ and Nettles and Bush continued on as a duo releasing Enjoy the Ride in November 2006. Their third album, titled Love on the Inside, was released on July 22, 2008.

In an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCullum, Nettles expressed interest in appearing in a Broadway play, stating in particular that she would like to play the role of Elphaba in Wicked.¹⁴

On Sunday, January 18, 2009, she performed at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, singing James Taylor's "Shower the People" with James Taylor and John Legend.¹⁵

In early December 2008, Sugarland received three Grammy Award nominations and performed on the 51st Annual Grammy Awards show on February 8, 2009. They won awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group.²

On February 11, 2009, Sugarland received two nominations from the Academy of Country Music for Top Vocal Duo and Vocal Event of the Year for "Life in a Northern Town".¹⁶ During the broadcast of the April 5, 2009 awards show, Sugarland was presented with the Vocal Duo of the Year award, ending Brooks & Dunn's nine-year run.¹⁷ Nettles also received a Milestone award, presented to her by Reba McEntire.¹⁸

Personal life

Nettles grew up in the small town of Douglas, Georgia. She credits her mother, who loved listening to the radio, with shaping her as musician, writer and artist.⁹ Nettles has a sister Katie Bryce Ricketson¹⁹ and a brother Seth Ricketson, who is currently serving in the United States Air Force.^{citation needed}

Nettles was formerly married to Todd Van Sickle, one-time owner of Eddie's Attic, a music club in Decatur, Georgia.⁹ In August 2008, she was romantically linked to guitarist Clayton Mitchell of Kenny Chesney's band.²⁰

Activism

Nettles has lent her time and talent to support various non-profit organizations. In 2007, one dollar from every ticket sold during Sugarland's CMT Change For Change tour was donated to the Shalom Foundation.²¹ More than $120,000 was raised in 2007.²² In 2008 she launched Common Thread, a series of musical events enabling artists to come together to share music and raise money for their favorite charities. The first three Common Thread concerts included performances by Nettles, Sugarland partner Kristian Bush, Emily Saliers, and Amos Lee and raised funds for the American Cancer Society, American Liver Foundation, Honor the Earth, and Intercultural Family Services.²³

Discography

Year	Artist	Album
2000	Jennifer Nettles Band	Story Of Your Bones
2002	Jennifer Nettles Band	Drag Me Down, Gravity
2002	Jennifer Nettles Band	Rewind
2003	Solo	An Acoustic Evening with Jennifer Nettles
2004	Solo	An Acoustic Evening with Jennifer Nettles II

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Chart Positions3			Album
			US Country	US	CAN Country
2006	"Who Says You Can't Go Home"	Bon Jovi	1	107	3	Have a Nice Day

Awards

• 1999 Lilith Fair Acoustic Talent Search winner, Soul Miner's Daughter²⁴
• 2001 Independent Music Awards Regional Poll in Atlanta for "Bad Girl's Lament" ²⁵
• 2005 American Music Awards, Sugarland wins Favorite Breakthrough Artist²⁴
• 2006 CMT Collaborative Video of the Year, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"²⁶
• 2007 Grammy Award Best Collaboration, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"¹²
• 2007 Country Music Association Awards, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year²⁷
• 2008 Country Music Association Awards, Sugarland wins Vocal Duo Of the Year²⁷
• 2008 Academy of Country Music, Song of the Year, "Stay" (songwriter)
• 2008 Country Music Association Awards Song of the Year, "Stay" (songwriter)²⁸
• 2009 Grammy Award Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group for "Stay" ²
• 2009 Grammy Award Best Country Song for "Stay" (songwriter)²
• 2009 Academy of Country Music, Milestone award; Sugarland wins Vocal Duo of the Year

References

External links

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v • d • e Sugarland Kristian Bush · Jennifer Nettles Kristen Hall Studio albums Twice the Speed of Life (2004) · Enjoy the Ride (2006) · Love on the Inside (2008) Other albums Live on the Inside (2009) · Gold and Green (2009) Singles "Baby Girl" · "Something More" · "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" · "Down in Mississippi (Up to No Good)" · "Want To" · "Settlin'" · "Everyday America" · "Stay" · "All I Want to Do" · "Already Gone" · "It Happens" · "Joey" · "Keep You" Related articles Discography · "Life in a Northern Town" · "Who Says You Can't Go Home" · Billy Pilgrim · Universal Music Group Nashville