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ChelyWright(/___li_ra_t/) was born on October 25, 1970 in Kansas, USA. Chely is a creative American country music singer and LGBT activist. As of 2010, Chely's seven albums have sold more than 1 million copies in the United States. Chely is the first country musician to come out as gay. Chely was selected as one of People magazine's fifty most beautiful people. Chely has performed all over the world, including for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Chinese name: Chely Wright

Foreign name: ChelyWright

Alias: RichellReneWright

Nationality: United States

< p>Birthplace: Wellsville, Kansas, USA

Date of birth: October 25, 1970

Occupation: Singer-songwriter

Belief: Christianity

Representative works: SingleWhiteFemale, NeverLoveYouEnough, BumperOfMyS.U.V.

Spouse: Lauren Blizter

Active period: 1994-present

Character introduction

Chely Wright was born in 1970 in a musical family in Kansas, USA. She grew up in the atmosphere of church music and bluegrass music. She loved country music since she was a child. She started learning piano at the age of 4 and started playing piano at the age of 11. Started singing on stage at a country club near Edgerton. She started her own weekend tour when she was 14 years old, and her father was her bass player at the time. In 7th grade, the school asked her to join the school band, and she reluctantly joined, where she learned about various music forms. , and discovered her creative talent for country music, which determined her to embark on the path of country music.

Singer-songwriter Cherry, who has won the Academy of Country Music Award and the Country Music Award, recalled her childhood in the South and said: "There is never anything in my life that is not related to my dream of music. After becoming famous, Cherry "hid her homosexuality for the sake of music" because at that time homosexuality was not as socially accepted as it is now. Chely Wright, a 39-year-old country singer, has become another openly gay artist. She told People magazine: "There has never been a country musician who openly admitted that he is gay, and I don't want to be the first." . ” But “from the moment I decided to come out, my life has never been so magical.”

Achievements and Honors

After several years of hard touring. Chely Wright broke through and became the top-selling country music star on a weekly basis. In 1992, he signed a contract with Mercury/Polydor Records. In 1994, he released his first album "Woman in the Moon", which received positive reviews and recognition. In 1996, his second album "Right in the Middle of It" achieved good sales results. Chely Wright also switched from Polydor to MCA. Under the label, she began to cooperate with the famous producer Tony Brown. In 1997, the album "Let Me In" entered the top 40 of the country charts. At the same time, she entered the top 20 singers with the song "Shut Up and Drive". In 1999, the title song of "Single White Female" became Chely Wright's first number one song. In 2000, she collaborated with Brad Paisley to form "Hard to Bea Husband, Hard to Bea Wife". Her next album "Never Love You Enough" entered the top ten in the country for the first time, and the title song and "Jezebel" entered the top 30. As a result, Chely Wright has become one of the top female country singers in the United States.

Works

Album

·1994: Woman in the Moon

·1996: Right in the Middle of It

·1997: LetMeIn< /p>

·1999:SingleWhiteFemale

·2001:NeverLoveYouEnough

·2005:TheMetropolitanHotel

·2010:LiftedOfftheGround

Collection

·2003:20thCenturyMasters_TheMillenniumCollection:TheBestofChelyWright

·2007:TheDefinitiveCollection

·2008:TheUltimateCollection

EP

·2004:Everything(EP)·2005:LiveEP(DigitalEP)

·2011:DamnLiar_TheDanceRemix(EP)

Personal Biography

May 2010, "Like Me", chely's personal biography is released. This book records the pain of concealing her gay identity since she was a child, her colorful childhood, tortuous emotions, rich social experiences, arduous road to acting, etc.

As recommended in the book: "Like Meisfearless, inspiring, true."

Documentary

In 2011, WishMeAway released a documentary about Chely's coming out. Documentary of experience.

Popular Songs

BackOfTheBottomDrawer

BumperOfMyS.U.V.

DamnLiar

DamnLiar(YoungjaredRemix)

DeepDownLow

Feelin'SingleAndSeein'Double

ForTheLongRun

GoOnAndGo

HangOutInYourHeart

Her

Horoscope

IAlreadyDo

ILoveYouEnoughToLetYouGo

ItWas

Jezebel

JustAnotherHeartache

LoveDidn'tListen

LetItSnow,LetItSnow,LetItSnow

LikeMe

LoveLetsGo

NeverLoveYouEnough

NotAsInLove

OneNightInLasVegas

Rubbin'ItIn

SeaOfCowboyHats

ShadowOfDoubt

ShutUpAndDrive

SingleWhiteFemale

SnowGlobe

TheLoveThatWeLost

TillIWasLovedByYou

Unknown

WishMeAway

Would'tItBeCool

Personal life

On August 20, 2011, country singer Chely Wright (Chely Wright) officially married her girlfriend Lauren Blitzer (Lauren Blitzer). Wright and The girlfriend wore a white wedding dress designed by Jose Dias and officially held the wedding. "We had a great time!" Wright tweeted.

Wright is a Christian and Blitzer is a Jew. The interfaith wedding was held at Blitzer's aunt's home in Connecticut, and was attended by about 200 guests. A wedding. In an interview, Wright said they only had some music played at their wedding, rather than a live band, because the bands at the wedding made her nervous. Additionally, she said she received death threats after coming out.

On May 4, 2010, 40-year-old Cherry Wright officially came out as gay. Just two weeks later, she met 30-year-old Blitzer, a native of New York State. LGBT civil rights activist.

Not long ago, Wright said they wanted to start a family.

On July 24, 2011, the first day that same-sex marriage was legally registered in New York State, Chely and Lauren got married.

On January 24, 2013, American country music lesbian singer Chely Wright (Chely Wright) and her spouse announced on the 23rd that they would give birth to twins in July.

42-year-old Cherry held her wedding to Sony Entertainment Marketing Director Lauren Blitzer in August 2010 in Connecticut in the northeastern United States.

Cherry is a country music songwriter and singer. Since most of Cherry's fans are conservatives, when she publicly admitted her homosexuality in 2010, her career was greatly affected, but she still continued her singing career to safeguard gay rights.

On May 18, 2013, Everett George was born.