Angaleena Presley
Angaleena Presley | |
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 Angaleena Presley with the Pistol Annies and band in 2011 From left to right: Miranda Lambert, Chris Kline, Ashley Monroe, Scotty Wray, Angaleena Presley, and Aden Bubeck. Photo taken backstage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV on December 3rd, 2011 shortly before the performance. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley |
| Born | September 1, 1976[1] Beauty, Kentucky, United States |
| Origin | Martin County, Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Columbia Nashville, RCA Records Nashville, Slate Creek Records |
| Website | www |
Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley[2] (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the female country trio Pistol Annies and has released two critically acclaimed solo albums, American Middle Class (2014) and Wrangled (2017).[3]
Personal life
Angaleena Presley was born in Martin County, Kentucky, and raised in Beauty, Kentucky. Her father Jimmy Presley, Sr., is a retired coal miner and her mother, Cathy Presley (née McCoy), is a retired school teacher. At age 15, her father taught her how to play her first song on his guitar, "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard. She attended Sheldon Clark High School in Inez, Kentucky, and graduated in 1994 before attending attending college at Eastern Kentucky University. Presley started work as a songwriter in Nashville in 2002, and later wrote the song Knocked Up from her own personal experience of being pregnant and unmarried. She has a son, who was three-years-old when the Pistol Annies were first forming in the early '10s; during this time, Presley was going through a divorce.[4] On May 22, 2012, she married manager/producer Jordan Powell in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, WY.[5]
Career
In 2000, Presley moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she landed a publishing deal nine months later. Through her publisher she met Ashley Monroe, who later brought Presley's music to the attention of her friend, Miranda Lambert. The three artists began working together writing songs, which would later become Pistol Annies' debut album Hell on Heels, released on August 23, 2011. The group spent much of the next two years touring North America and writing songs for their follow-up album. On May 7, 2013, Pistol Annies released their second album Annie Up. On June 17, 2013, the RIAA announced that the album and single for Hell on Heels had both sold in excess of 500,000 copies, giving Pistol Annies their first Gold Record. In 2014 Presley released her solo album American Middle Class, produced with her husband Jordan Powell.[6] In 2017, Presley released her second solo album, Wrangled.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
US Heat [9] | ||||
| American Middle Class |
|
29 | 14 | ||
| Wrangled |
|
— | 15 |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "Pain Pills"[11] | Traci Goudie |
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Angaleena Presley | Wrangled | ||
| "Dreams Don't Come True" | Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe | |||
| "High School" | Ivy Walker, Sophie Walker | |||
| "Only Blood" | Chris Stapleton | |||
| "Country" | Michael Wayne Atha | |||
| "Wrangled" | ||||
| "Bless My Heart" | ||||
| "Outlaw" | ||||
| "Mama I Tried" | Oran Thornton | |||
| "Cheer Up Little Darling" | Guy Clark | |||
| "Groundswell" | Ian Fitchuk | |||
| "Good Girl Down" | Wanda Jackson, Vanessa Olivarez | |||
| "Motel Bible" | Oran Thornton, Trevor Thornton | |||
| 2014 | Angaleena Presley | American Middle Class | ||
| "Ain't No Man" | ||||
| "All I Ever Wanted" | ||||
| "Grocery Store" | Lori McKenna | |||
| "American Middle Class" | ||||
| "Dry County Blues" | Mark D. Sanders | |||
| "Pain Pills" | ||||
| "Life of the Party" | Matraca Berg | |||
| "Knocked Up" | Sanders | |||
| "Better Off Red" | ||||
| "Drunk" | Sarah Siskind | |||
| "Blessing and a Curse" | Bob DiPiero | |||
| "Surrender" | Luke Laird, Barry Dean | |||
| 2013 | Pistol Annies | Annie Up | "I Feel A Sin Comin' On" | Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe |
| "Hush Hush" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Being Pretty Ain't Pretty" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Unhappily Married" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Loved by a Workin' Man" | ||||
| "Blues, You're a Buzzkill" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Don't Talk About Him, Tina" | Lambert | |||
| "Trading One Heartbreak for Another" | Monroe | |||
| "Damn Thing" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Girls Like Us" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "I Hope You're the End of My Story" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| 2011 | Pistol Annies | Hell on Heels | "Hell On Heels" | Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley |
| "Lemon Drop" | Kirsty Lee Akers | |||
| "Housewife's Prayer" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Bad Example" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "Takin' Pills" | Lambert, Monroe | |||
| "The Hunter's Wife" | Angaleena Presley | |||
| "Family Feud" | Lambert, Monroe, Presley, Blake Shelton | |||
| Miranda Lambert | Four the Record | "Fastest Girl In Town" | Miranda Lambert | |
| Ashton Shepherd | Where Country Grows | "Look It Up" | Robert Ellis Orrall | |
| 2008 | Heidi Newfield | What Am I Waiting For | "Knocked Up" | Mark D. Sanders |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | American Country Awards | New Artist of the Year | Pistol Annies | Nominated |
| 2012 | CMT Awards | Breakthrough Video of the Year | Hell On Heels | Nominated |
| 2012 | CMT Awards | Group Video of the Year | Hell On Hells | Nominated |
| 2013 | CMT Awards | Group Video of the Year | Takin' Pills | Nominated |
| 2016 | UK Americana Awards | International Song of the Year | American Middle Class | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Free Family Tree, Genealogy and Family History - MyHeritage". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Loved by a Workin' Man Lyrics". Lyrics.net. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Angaleena Presley Profile". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Angaleena Presley". Lone Star Music. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ^ "Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley Weds Miranda Lambert's Tour Manager". The Boot. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "Album Review: Pistol Annies' Angaleena Presley's 'American Middle Class' a Strong, Focused Debut". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ "Angaleena Presley - Wrangled - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com. ASIN B06WP59M9T. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Angaleena Presley Chart History - Top Country albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Angaleena Presley Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (May 22, 2017). "The Top 10 Country Albums Chart: May 22, 2017". Roughstock.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Angaleena Presley : Pain Pills". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 30, 2014.