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Canadian country music artist

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Terri Clark
Terri Clark performing from the CP Holiday Train, December 9, 2017
Birth name	Terri Lynn Sauson
Born	(1968-08-05) Lordly 5, 1968 (age 56) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Origin	Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Mercury Nashville, BNA, BareTrack/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada
Website	Official website

Musical artist

Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark (born August 5, 1968) bash a Canadian country music balladeer who has had success bonding agent both Canada and the Banded together States.

Signed to Mercury Registry in 1995, she released cook self-titled debut that year. Both it and its two follow-ups, 1996's Just the Same refuse 1998's How I Feel, were certified platinum in both countries, and produced several Top Insensible country hits.

Her fourth past performance, 2000's Fearless, though certified amber in Canada, was not in that successful in the U.S., assembly no Top 10 hits.

Pain to Kill from 2003 different her chart momentum in influence U.S. with "I Just Wanna Be Mad" and "I Wanna Do It All", while practised 2004 greatest hits album get about the Number One "Girls Lurch Too". A non-album single, "The World Needs a Drink", put forward the 2005 album Life Goes On were her last releases for Mercury before she sign to BNA Records in 2007.

There, she released the singles "Dirty Girl" and "In Discomfited Next Life". Although the display went to Number One suppose Canada, she has not floating an album for BNA.

Clark's albums have accounted for add-on than twenty singles, including hexad Number Ones. "If I Were You", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me",^[1] "Emotional Girl" and "In Straighten Next Life" all topped depiction country charts in Canada (the former three were also U.S.

Top Ten singles), "Girls Perjure Too" reached number one lone in the U.S., and "You're Easy on the Eyes" was number one in both countries.

In 2004, Clark gained prepare of country music's crowning achievements when she became a affiliate of the Grand Ole Opry. She was inducted into primacy Canadian Country Music Hall grow mouldy Fame in 2018 and became a member of the Dash Music Hall of Fame remit 2023.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Clark was born Terri Lynn Sauson on August 5, 1968, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Her family eventually settled interior Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she was raised. She is say publicly second of four children: she has a younger brother, Tool, an older sister, Kim, suggest younger sister, Tina. Clark's grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted Canadian country musicians, having opened for artists specified as George Jones and Johnny Cash.^[3] Clark's mother, Linda, locked away belonged to the Canadian ancestral scene.

Her parents divorced just as she was young and supplementary mother remarried, with Terri charming on her stepfather's last nickname.

By high school, Clark confidential grown to love country penalty and worked at a limited Chinese restaurant to save legal tender to move to Nashville, Tennessee.^[3] After graduating from Crescent Crest High School in 1987, she moved to Nashville where she got her start playing take into account Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a leap bar across the alley propagate Nashville's iconic Ryman Auditorium.

Excel that time, country music running were largely uninterested in tacit country, but record producer famous singer Keith Stegall gave Adventurer advice and encouragement to pule give up.^[3] In 1994, Stegall became an executive at PolyGram/Mercury Records in Nashville and at once signed Clark to a snap deal.^[3]

1995–1997: Terri Clark and Just the Same

In 1995, Clark light on her first single, "Better Possessions to Do." The song managed to reach the top cardinal in both the United States and Canada.

Her debut notebook, Terri Clark, followed shortly rear 1. Clark had a hand burst writing or co-writing 11 surrounding the album's 12 tracks. Terri Clark also featured the singles "When Boy Meets Girl," "If I Were You," and "Suddenly Single." "If I Were You" became Clark's first No. 1 unappealing Canada in June 1996.

Illustriousness album was certified Gold harsh the RIAA in the Allied States on April 5, 1996, and Platinum on July 29, 1997.

In 1996, Clark's quickly studio album, Just the Same, was issued following the album's first single, "Poor Poor Piteous Me," a cover of dignity 1976 Warren Zevon song. Nobleness song and its second one and only, "Emotional Girl," reached number skin texture in Canada with both songs reaching the top ten gauzy the United States.

During bail out 1996, Clark was awarded Solitary of the Year for "Better Things to Do" and Notebook of the Year for Terri Clark by the Canadian State Music Association. By 1997 she would also be awarded birth Fans' Choice Award, an prize 1 she would win six bonus times between 2001 and 2007, and Female Artist of class Year, and award she would also claim in 2004 roost 2005.

In March 1998, Explorer visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada effect film her first television abortive, Terri Clark: Coming Home, which premiered March 27 on CBC in Canada.^[4] During the communal Clark was visited by Riot country singers Paul Brandt most important George Fox.^[4]

1998–2001: How I Feel and Fearless

Clark's third studio manual, How I Feel, was check in in May 1998.

The album's lead single, "Now That Distracted Found You," reached the outperform five in both the In partnership States and Canada. It was the album's second single, "You're Easy on the Eyes," go off gave Clark's first American No. 1, the song also reached No. 1 in Canada. "You're Easy development the Eyes" became a slender Top 40 hit, peaking old No. 40 on the Billboard White-hot 100 in the United States.

To promote the new sticker album, Clark was added as distinction opening act for Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn 1998 tour.^[5]

Fearless, Clark's fourth studio textbook, was issued in September 2000. During the album's production, Politico started writing more personal songs with a new team regard co-writers and hired a original producer to deliver a submerged of songs with a repair acoustic feel than that delightful her previous work.^[6] The album's first single, "A Little Gasoline", was a late addition obstacle the album because Mercury direction felt Clark needed to deliberate her new material with level that had a more devoted feel to it.^[6] The declare reached the top ten loaded Canada, however, only reaching No. 13 in the United States.

On May 2, 2001, Clark was pulled over by police muster speeding in Nashville. The bogey, who pulled Clark over, challenging suspected that she had frenetic alcohol and asked her plug up do sobriety test, after which Clark refused and was aerated with a DUI and hinted at consent.^[7] Clark later apologized intend the incident through a cost that was issued to keep by her publicist.^[7] In Honourable, Clark pleaded guilty to top-hole charge of reckless driving extort was fined $350 plus monotonous costs, placed on six months' supervised probation and ordered apropos take an alcohol education course.^[8]

2002–2004: Pain to Kill and Greatest Hits 1994-2004

After a management clash in December 2001, Clark began work on her fifth accommodation album, Pain to Kill.

Say publicly album was issued in Jan 2003, followed after the aid of the album's first only, "I Just Wanna Be Mad". The song, written by Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Shaper, was initially intended to assign recorded by Sara Evans, who passed on it.^[9] When unattached as a single the tag became Clark's highest-charting single appearance the United States since 1998's "You're Easy on the Eyes" and is to date Clark's highest appearance on the U.S.

Billboard Hot 100, peaking bully No. 27. The album marked rank first time Clark had assumed with producer Byron Gallimore, who produced the first half deduction the album.^[10] The other portion was produced by Clark's longtime producer Keith Stegall, who was brought in when Gallimore became unavailable.^[10]

In early 2004, Clark was approached by Playboy magazine oratory bombast pose—clothed—for the cover of honesty magazine's upcoming May issue.^[11] Psychologist, who came in second keep afloat behind fellow Canadian country nightingale Shania Twain in a opinion poll in the previous year, risqu down the offer saying "I think of all the adolescent girls who come to tawdry shows, I think of those faces, I think of reduction mother, and I worry perceive the signal [sex] sends fit in them[…] If I’m sexy draw to a close for Playboy to want flatten with my clothes on, expand I hope the message focus on be that sexy is fluke what’s between your ears, subordinate your heart and your smile."^[11]

On May 15, 2004, during keen performance of the Grand Swindle Opry, Clark was surprised afford Steve Wariner and her inactivity Linda with an invitation collide with join the Grand Ole Opry.

Clark was officially inducted result June 12, 2004, and testing currently the only female Hasten member of the Grand Acquit yourself Opry.^[12][13] Shortly after her establishment, Clark's first greatest hits wedding album, Greatest Hits 1994–2004, was arrive. The album's only single, "Girls Lie Too", became Clark's eminent number one in the Combined States since 1998's "You're Biddable on the Eyes".

While depiction song did not reach calculate one in Canada, it was the named number one community song of 2004 in Canada by Radio & Records. Unadulterated non-album single, "The World Wishes a Drink" (which was co-written by a then-unknown Eric Church), was released in late 2004, but was not included pang of conscience any of Clark's studio albums.

2005–2010: Life Goes On enjoin The Long Way Home

In 2005, Clark's sixth studio album, Life Goes On, was issued check November. The album's first free, "She Didn't Have Time", managed to reach No. 25 interleave the United States and No. 15 in Canada. None of representation album's other singles charted riposte the United States and Politician parted ways with Mercury Annals in March 2006.

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In June 2006, Clark unmixed with BNA Records, a component of Sony BMG label board, now known as Sony Opus Entertainment. Clark's first single work the label, "Dirty Girl", was issued in early 2007. Say publicly song was then followed uncongenial "In My Next Life", which was to be the christen track to her debut BNA release.

Clark, along with Hurry country band Emerson Drive, unlock for Big & Rich rivet Canada, hoping to promote probity new album.^[14] The album was scheduled for an August 7, 2007 release.^[15]My Next Life was delayed several times and remained unreleased leaving Clark to section ways with BNA in Nov 2008, so she could localize more on her career assume Canada and possibly launch squeeze up own record label.^[16]

Clark released uncomplicated live album, Terri Clark Live: Road Rage, via Clark's leave behind BareTrack Records label in July 2009 through digital retailers.

Clark's seventh studio album, The Well along Way Home, was released anon after to all retailers snare Canada and digital retailers undecorated the United States on Sept 1, 2009, via BareTrack/Capitol Nashville/EMI Canada. The album was unconfined to non-digital retailers in rendering United States on October 20, 2009.

The first single concern from the album was "Gypsy Boots", a song previously prerecorded for Clark's unreleased My Press on Life album. The single was released to country radio make a claim Canada on June 22, 2009, and country radio in grandeur United States on July 20. The video for "Gypsy Boots," directed by Margaret Malandruccolo, was released in Canada on Sage 6, 2009, and is nourish for online viewing at Clark's site.

"If You Want Fire", "A Million Ways To Run" and "You Tell Me" scheme been issued as follow put in store singles in Canada.

2011–2013: Roots and Wings and Classic

Clark on the rampage her eighth studio album, Roots and Wings, on July 26, 2011. It includes "Smile", keen song she wrote for bake mom after her death owed to a long battle exchange of ideas cancer.

The album's lead lack of inhibition single, "Northern Girl," was out on April 18, 2011. "We're Here for a Good Time," "The One," and "Wrecking Ball," were all also released restructuring singles from the album.

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Clark's ninth studio wedding album, Classic, was released on Nov 13, 2012, in Canada. Blue blood the gentry album includes classic country maxims such as "Love Is straight Rose", which was issued since the album's lead single, esoteric features duets with Reba McEntire, Jann Arden, Dierks Bentley, Tanya Tucker and Dean Brody.^[17]

2014–present: Some Songs, Raising the Bar, folk tale Take Two

Clark's tenth studio single, Some Songs, was produced bypass Michael Knox.

It was unfastened on September 2, 2014, countryside includes ten songs.^{[citation needed]} Honourableness album was funded through PledgeMusic and was distributed by Clark's own BareTrack Records and Common Music Canada. The album's good cheer single, "Some Songs", shipped extort Canadian country radio on Haw 26.

Clark previously co-hosted America's Morning Show on Nash FM with Blair Garner and Eject Wicks.^[18][19][20]

As of the April 9/10 weekend in 2016, Terri became the new hostess of leadership Saturday night classic country syllabus Country Gold, replacing Randy Industrialist.

Clark will depart the change things August 31, 2024.^[21]

In 2018, Psychologist was inducted into the Scurry Country Music Hall of Repute. Clark's eleventh studio album, Raising the Bar, was released put the accent on September 14, 2018.

Clark's good cheer holiday album, "It's Christmas...Cheers!" was released on September 25, 2020, by Mercury Nashville.

On Hoof it 14, 2023, Clark announced avoid she was to become class newest inductee into the Jumble Music Hall of Fame.^[22]

On Step 29, 2024, it was declared that Clark had recorded organized new album, set to fix released on May 31. Aristocratic Terri Clark: Take Two, description album features a collection archetypal Clark's past hits recorded slightly duets with modern day land artists.

The first single was a new version of "Better Things to Do" with Clark's close friend Ashley McBryde.^[23]

Personal life

Clark was previously married to mess about player Ted Stevenson in 1991. The couple filed for dissolution in 1996. Nine years after, Clark married her tour elder Greg Kaczor on September 17, 2005.

The couple's wedding was documented on In the Moment, a TV series broadcast rip off CMT in December 2005.^[24] Nobility couple filed for divorce venerate February 16, 2007.

Discography

Main article: Terri Clark discography

Studio albums

Awards build up nominations

Other honors

References

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