1 child, with Liddell, Anne Lise Liddell (b. 1999)
1 child, with Sellers, Aubrie Lee Sellers (b. 1991)
Album, 'I Hope You Dance' has sold 3 million copies
attended South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas
attended South Plains Junior College's music program
enrolled in Belmont University's music program in Nashville after 1 year in West Texas
graduated from high school & entered college at 17
her self-titled album produced her 1st #1 single, 'The Fool'
single 'Does My Ring Burn Your Finger' was named 'song of the year' in 2001 by USA Today
worked as an intern at MCA Nashville while attending classes
According to experts and other industry officials, among the few country singers who prefers the traditional sound of country as opposed to the pop-oriented sound embraced by other acts.
Her first country hit was 1997's "Never Again, Again." However, she didn't break into the top 10 of Billboard magazine's country singles chart until later that year with "The Fool," which peaked at No. 2. She continued to score several more top 5 hits during the next two years, including "You've Got to Talk to Me" and "A Little Past Little Rock" (both 1998) and "I'll Think of a Reason Later" (1999).
Her only Billboard No. 1 hit is "I Hope You Dance," a five-week No. 1 country hit (and also multi-week No. 1 on the adult contemporary charts), which served as her introduction to pop-oriented artists.
Her 2002 duet with legendary country singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, "Mendonceno County Line," was that year's Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year. The duet also served as Nelson's first major country hit in more than a decade.
Lee Ann Womack Detailed Biography
Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966 in Jacksonville, Texas) is a country music artist whom may best be known for her 2000 crossover hit, I Hope You Dance.
Her 1997 self-titled debut album brought her onto the country music scene as a herald of a more neotraditional country music sound, in a genre that had begun to sound more pop-oriented with the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill and Shania Twain topping the charts. The hits from that first album were "Never Again, Again", "The Fool" and "You've Got To Talk To Me."
Her second album, 1998's Some Things I Know brought us "A Little Past Little Rock", "(Now You See Me) Now You Don't", and "I'll Think Of A Reason Later", while her third and possibly most successful album to date, 2000's I Hope You Dance featured, along with the award-winning aforementioned title cut (to which Sons of the Desert supplied the backing vocals) also featured the hits "Why They Call It Falling" and "Does My Ring Burn Your Ringer" as well as covers of the 1980 Rodney Crowell hit "Ashes By Now", and the Don Williams' 1970s classic, "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good."
Womack's fourth album, Something Worth Leaving Behind, released in 2002, was seen by many as an attempt by her to cross-over to the very pop-sound that she was the antithesis of five years earlier. The title cut and "Forever Everyday" were the only two singles released. Both went into the top 40 Country chart.
Her most recent album, 2005's There's More Where That Came From features "I May Hate Myself In The Morning," the album's first single, which is viewed by many as a return to the traditional sound that brought her success in her earlier career. Later in 2005, Womack won three awards at the Country Music Awards, as follows: Single of the Year for "I May Hate Myself In The Morning," Album of the Year for There's More Where That Came From, and finally Musical Event of the Year, for her duet, "Good News, Bad News," with George Strait.
Womack has released a few duets that have been released as singles. In 2002, her duet with Willie Nelson, "Mendocino County Line," became his biggest hit in several years. In 2004, she worked with country band Cross Canadian Ragweed on the track "Sick and Tired." The song had moderate success and received a bit of video airplay.
Womack has two daughters; Aubrie (with ex-husband Jason Sellers) and Anna Lise (with current husband Frank Liddell). Both daughters appeared in the video for "I Hope You Dance."
