Artist Information
To all appearances, Gretchen Wilson went overnight from talented obscurity to phenomenon. Her meteoric rise, the kind experienced by only a handful of artists in the past few decades, was that rare instance where talent and moment meet to form a cultural tidal wave.
Her first single, “Redneck Woman,” spent six weeks at #1. Her debut album, Here For The Party, sold more than five million copies… and spawned three more top 5 hits including, “Homewrecker,” “When I Think About Cheatin’,” and the title track, “Here For The Party.”
Her second CD, All Jacked Up, saw four more hit songs like “California Girls,” “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today,” “Politically Uncorrect” (featuring Merle Haggard) and the title cut, and rode enthusiastic reviews to platinum status, and her third record, One of the Boys, solidified her position as one of contemporary music’s most original and multi-faceted female artists.
Since her debut, she has been featured on 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, 20/20 Primetime, CNN’s People In The News, and she has appeared on virtually every morning, noon and late-night television show on the air.
She has won across-the-board awards, including ACMs, CMAs, AMAs, Billboards, and is a Grammy winner and nine-time nominee. Her first book, the autobiographical “Redneck Woman: Stories from My Life,” landed her on the prestigious New York Times Bestseller List.
After much soul-searching, prayer and consultation, Gretchen left her original label home in July 2009 and launched her own label, Redneck Records, two months later. Gretchen produced her first album, I Got Your Country Right Here, with John Rich and Blake Chancey. It hit stores in March 2010 and debuted at #6 on the album chart. The Top 15 single “Work Hard, Play Harder” and the Grammy nominated “I’d Love To Be Your Last” were among the highlights.
“When it comes to my career,” she says, “I get involved on a personal level in everything that counts. I’m involved in the writing, recording, producing, mixing, merchandising, and promoting of the music, as well as the touring side, and I couldn’t be happier about it.”
In 2013, Redneck Records released three separate albums that covered everything from traditional country music and classic rock, to holiday favorites.
In 2014, Gretchen released the live album and DVD, STILL Here For The Party.
Gretchen’s 2017 album, Ready To Get Rowdy, has spawned three singles: the titular “Rowdy,”“Summertime Town” and the current single, “Stacy,” which is accompanied by a music video filmed in Gretchen’s hometown of Pocahontas, Illinois. The video features many of Gretchen’s closest friends, known to her as “Stacys.”
