{"id":99994,"date":"2024-09-11T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/11\/chart-rewind-in-1999-chely-wright-got-a-no-1-country-single\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T16:05:17","slug":"chart-rewind-in-1999-chely-wright-got-a-no-1-country-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/11\/chart-rewind-in-1999-chely-wright-got-a-no-1-country-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart Rewind: In 1999, Chely Wright Got a No. 1 Country \u2018Single\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Sept. 11, 1999, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chely-wright\/\">Chely Wright<\/a>\u2019s \u201cSingle White Female\u201d hit No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a> chart. Carolyn Dawn Johnson\u00a0and Shaye Smith wrote the song, the lead single and title track from Wright\u2019s set that\u00a0Tony Brown,\u00a0Buddy Cannon and\u00a0Norro Wilson produced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-sexuality-new-york-times-chely-wright-reaction-1235577227\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/chely-wright-2021-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/chely-wright-2021-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Chely Wright\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tChely Wright Says New York Times Op-Ed Speculating About Taylor Swift\u2019s Sexuality Is \u2018Triggering\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t01\/07\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWright was born on Oct. 25, 1970, in Kansas City, Mo. She followed her dreams to Nashville in 1989, eventually signing with Polydor and winning for top new female vocalist at the 30th Academy of Country Music Awards in 1995. She shifted to MCA Nashville in 1997 and \u201cSingle White Female\u201d became her ninth of 17 Hot Country Songs appearances, logged in 1994-2005, and stands as her sole top 10.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PaZEPvVDpE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThen-MCA Nashville president <a href=\"https:\/\/northcarolinamusichalloffame.org\/inductee-item\/tony-brown\/#toggle-id-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Brown<\/a> told <em>Billboard<\/em> in 1997, \u201cShe called me for lunch, and said, \u2018Would you be interested in me if I get free?\u2019 You know, you look around town at every label and you sort of have your wish list of people who might become available. Nine times out of 10, it\u2019s not the big headliners. But then you come to an artist who has been around for a couple of albums and is not quite established, but you know they\u2019re just waiting for that break. This has happened to me several times before, with Steve Earle, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill. If you grab them at the right time, you can really slam a home run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA testament to her courage, Wright came out as the first openly gay artist in the format, sharing her story in her 2010 memoir, <em>Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer<\/em>, published by Random House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWright continues her work as an advocate and speaker for gay rights and still tours and records. She released her most recent album, <em>Revival<\/em>, in March 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/chely-wright-single-white-female-chart-rewind-1999-1235769126\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sept. 11, 1999, Chely Wright\u2019s \u201cSingle White Female\u201d hit No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs chart. Carolyn Dawn Johnson\u00a0and Shaye Smith wrote the song, the lead single and title track from Wright\u2019s set that\u00a0Tony Brown,\u00a0Buddy Cannon and\u00a0Norro Wilson produced. Related Chely Wright Says New York Times Op-Ed Speculating About Taylor Swift\u2019s Sexuality Is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}