ARTIST SPOTLIGHT = Lee Ann Womack (4 songs)

This Jacksonville TX-native singer won the 2001 CMA Female Vocalist award.

#1
This song debuted 06/21/1997, spent 20 weeks on the charts & peaked at #2. It was her 1st Top 10, following her debut single, 1997’s “Never Again, Again” (#23). The follow-up & her 3rd release, 1997-8’s “You’ve Got To Talk To Me”, also peaked at #2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvKLWscIeJk

#2
Her 1st release in 1998, “Buckaroo”, stalled at #27 on the charts. Then, this song debuted 08/08/1998 (the 10th anniversary of the original night game at Wrigley Field) & spent 21 weeks on the charts, 3 of those at its peak position of #2. Her very next release, 1998-9’s “I’ll Think Of A Reason Later”, also peaked at #2, but for 4 weeks, blocked from the top spot by Kenny Chesney’s “How Forever Feels”.

#3
After 2 releases in 1999 failed to crack the Top 10, with only “Now You Don’t” (#12) reaching the Top 40, this song hit the airwaves 03/25/2000; it spent 32 weeks on the county charts, claiming #1 for 5 straight weeks, easily becoming her signature tune. The version in this video is the original, featuring Sons Of The Desert as backing vocals; a 2nd version was recorded & reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

#4
This song, released as the follow-up to her only #1 tune, debuted 10/07/2000, spent 26 weeks on the country charts & peaked at #4. Of 6 releases 2001 to early 2004, only 1 reached the Top 15: 2001’s “Why They Call It Falling” (#13). Included in that stretch was a duet with Willie Nelson, 2002’s “Mendocino County Line”, which peaked at #22 & won the CMA Vocal Event & Vocal Collaboration Grammy awards. Her last Top 10 was 2004-5’s “I May Hate Myself In The Morning” (#10; CMA Single Of The Year).