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Mindy McCready
Birth name	Malinda Gayle McCready
Born	November 30, 1975 (1975-11-30) (age 33)
Origin	Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	BNA Capitol Nashville Iconic
Associated acts	Richie McDonald
Website	Official site

Malinda Gayle (Mindy) McCready (born November 30, 1975 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American country music singer. Active since 1996, she has recorded a total of four studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was commercially unsuccessful, and she was dropped from the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records.

Overall, McCready's four studio albums have accounted for twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the Number One hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top Ten hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)". Although she has not charted a single since 2002, McCready has received significant media coverage regarding personal events in her life.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 2.1 Roger Clemens affair 3 Legal troubles 4 Discography 4.1 Studio albums 4.2 Compilation and specialty albums 4.3 Singles 5 References 6 External links

Career

Born Malinda Gayle McCready in Fort Myers, Florida, McCready began singing in church at age 3, graduated from high school at the age of 16 with the intention of beginning her music career early.¹

When she was 18, she moved to Nashville, where she was signed by BNA Records. Her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, was released in 1996 and sold two million copies. The album produced four chart singles on the country charts: the title track at #6, followed by her only Number One hit, "Guys Do It All the Time". This song, in turn, was succeeded by "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now", a duet with Richie McDonald, then the lead vocalist of Lonestar. The fourth and final single, "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", peaked at #4.²

The next year, McCready released the album If I Don't Stay the Night. The album spawned three singles, "What If I Do", "The Other Side of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know". The album sold 825,000 copies.³

In 1999, McCready released I'm Not So Tough. The first single, "All I Want is Everything", failed to break the top 50. The album was a commercial failure, selling 144,000 copies. Soon after, McCready's record company dropped her. McCready was then signed by Capitol Records. She released a self-titled album with Capitol in 2002 to disappointing sales, and was dropped by Capitol later that year.³

In May 2008, McCready released a song, "I'm Still Here", via her official website. She also announced that she is working on a documentary, a new album and a reality show.⁴

Personal life

In 1997, McCready became engaged to actor Dean Cain.⁵The couple broke up the following year.⁶

In May 2005, McCready's ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after beating and choking McCready.³⁷The following July, McCready was found unconscious in a hotel lobby in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida after attempting suicide. She was hospitalized for a drug overdose after washing down a large amount of undisclosed drugs with alcohol.⁸That September, McCready, who was then pregnant with McKnight's child, attempted suicide for a second time by overdosing on antidepressants.⁹

On March 25, 2006, McCready gave birth to a son, Zander Ryan McCready.¹⁰

Roger Clemens affair

In April 2008, the New York Daily News reported on a possible long-term relationship between McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15 years old.¹¹

Clemens' attorney Rusty Hardin denied the affair and also stated that Clemens would be bringing a defamation suit regarding this false allegation. Clemens' attorney admitted that a relationship existed, but described McCready as a "close family friend". He also stated that McCready had traveled on Clemens' personal jet and that Clemens' wife was aware of the relationship.¹¹However, McCready confirmed the relationship as being sexual in nature.¹²

On November 17, 2008, McCready spoke in more detail to Inside Edition about her affair with Clemens. She stated that their relationship lasted for more than a decade, and that it ended when Clemens refused to leave his wife to marry McCready. However, she denied that she was fifteen years old when it began, saying that they met when she was sixteen and the affair only became sexual "several years later". ¹³

Legal troubles

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In August 2004, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for using a fake prescription to buy the painkiller OxyContin. Although she initially denied the charge, she pleaded guilty and was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.¹⁴¹⁵

In May 2005, she was stopped by Nashville police for speeding and then arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.¹⁶A jury later found her not guilty on the charges of DUI, but guilty of driving with a suspended license.¹⁷That July, she was charged in Arizona with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution.¹⁸

An arrest warrant was issued for McCready the following month for violation of her probation when she left Tennessee without permission from her probation officer. McCready was also charged with not reporting to her probation officer during the month of July.¹⁹ She was finally arrested in Florida and returned to Tennessee. McCready faced a hearing later that year on charges of violating her probation on a drug charge by failing to check in with her probation officer and leaving the state without permission to go to Florida.²⁰

In July 2007, McCready was arrested in Ft. Myers, Florida. She was charged with battery and resisting arrest for an apparent scuffle with her mother.²¹The following week, she was taken into custody at the Nashville International Airport for violating probation.²² In September, McCready was sentenced to a year in jail for violating probation. In addition to the jail time, she was ordered to serve two more years of probation and perform 200 additional hours of community service. She was released from jail in December.²³

In June 2008, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for violating the terms of her probation set in September 2007.²⁴ Sentenced to 60 days in jail, McCready turned herself in on September 30, 2008.²⁵ After serving half of her sentence, she was released early for good behavior on October 31, 2008.²⁶

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions27				RIAA	Label
		US Country	US	CAN Country	CAN
1996	Ten Thousand Angels	5	40	1	93	2× Multi-Platinum	BNA
1997	If I Don't Stay the Night	12	83	12	—	Gold
1999	I'm Not So Tough	17	155	13	—	—
2002	Mindy McCready	29	—	—	—	—	Capitol Nashville
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or wasn't released

Compilation and specialty albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions 28		Label
		US Country	CAN Country
2000	CMT Girls' Night Out[A]	30	8	BNA
	Super Hits	46	—	Sony BMG
"—" denotes the album failed to chart or wasn't released

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions2			Album
		US Country	US Hot 100	CAN Country
1996	"Ten Thousand Angels"	6	124	13	Ten Thousand Angels
	"Guys Do It All the Time"	1	72	1
1997	"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (with Richie McDonald)	18	102	11
	"A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)"	4	102	4
	"What If I Do"	26	102	19	If I Don't Stay the Night
1998	"You'll Never Know"	19	102	12
	"The Other Side of This Kiss"	41	—	30
	"Let's Talk About Love"	68	—	—
1999	"One in a Million"	57	—	—	I'm Not So Tough
	"All I Want Is Everything"	57	—	77
2001	"Scream"	46	—	—	Mindy McCready
2002	"Maybe, Maybe Not"	49	—	—
	"Lips Like Yours"	—	—	—
2008	"I'm Still Here"	—	—	—	TBD
"—" denotes the single failed to chart.

References

External links

• Official site
• Mindy McCready at Allmusic
• Mindy McCready at musicianguide.com
• Mindy McCready at the Internet Movie Database
• Mindy McCready at MySpace

Persondata
NAME	McCready, Mindy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McCready, Malinda Gayle
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Singer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Myers, Florida, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH