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BLP sources|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Jessica Harp| image = The Wreckers on stage.jpg| caption = Jessica Harp (right) performing with Michelle Branch (center) as The Wreckers on June, 2007.| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jessica Leigh Harp| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|2|3| death_date =| origin = Kansas City, Missouri , USA | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter , guitar ist, Backing vocalist|backup singer | years_active = 2002–present| label = Maverick Records|Maverick / Warner Bros. Nashville (2005–2010)| associated_acts = Michelle Branch , Carlos Santana|Santana , The Wreckers , Jennifer Hanson | website = http://www.jessicaharp.net/ Official website| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Jessica Leigh Harp (born on February 3, 1982) is an American songwriter and former country music|country artist from Kansas City, Missouri . Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers , a duo that topped the country charts in 2006 with the Grammy Award|Grammy-nominated " Leave the Pieces ." After The Wreckers disbanded, Harp began a solo career on Warner Bros. Records , the same label to which The Wreckers were signed. Her solo debut album single, " Boy Like Me ," debuted in March 2009 and was a Top 30 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was followed by her debut album, A Woman Needs , in March 2010.
Biography
Jessica Harp grew up with her parents and her sister, Annie in Kansas City, Missouri. She began singing when she was three, writing lyrics when she was eight, and picked up guitar at 13. In 2002, she pursued a solo career in music, releasing her independent album, Preface . She then worked as a backup vocalist for various country acts.
2005–2007: The Wreckers
She provided backing vocals for her long-time friend Michelle Branch 's album, Hotel Paper . After working together, Harp joined up with Branch in 2005 to form a country duo, known as The Wreckers , whose song "The Good Kind" was featured on One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill and its soundtrack. The group's debut country single, " Leave the Pieces ", was released in February 2006. It was followed by their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty , which was released on May 23, 2006. "Leave the Pieces" reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in September 2006. The album produced two additional singles in " My, Oh My " (a Top 10 hit) and "Tennessee" and was certified Gold album|Gold by the RIAA for reaching sales of over 500,000.
Harp appeared on the very first live game broadcast by the NFL Network on November 23, 2006, to sing the The Star-Spangled Banner|American national anthem before the Thanksgiving Day game between her hometown Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos . http://kcchiefs.com/news/2006/11/13/broncos_vs_chiefs 1123 volunteers_needed Thanksgiving game – Volunteers needed! KCChiefs.com , 13 November 2006. They later performed the National Anthem at the 55th Annual NHL All-Star Game on January 24, 2007.
Despite the success of their Number One debut single, album sales, and a nomination for the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Leave the Pieces", both Harp and Branch announced in August 2007 that they were putting The Wreckers on hold, while both go forward with solo albums. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235200,00.html "FOX Facts: Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations". Associated Press . December 7, 2006. Retrieved February 4, 2007.: http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/news03.txt This was announced on the band's official message board, which was later closed.
2008–2010: A Woman Needs
On February 4, 2008, she married The Wreckers' fiddle player Jason Mowery. She started recording her first solo Country music|country album for Warner Bros. Nashville in July 2008 and announced in January 2009 that it will be titled A Woman Needs . Songwriter Jerry Flowers produced the album and co-wrote several of the songs. The lead-off single, " Boy Like Me ," was released to country radio on March 9, 2009. It became her first Top 30 country hit, reaching a peak of #30 in June 2009. The album's second single, the title track, was released to radio on January 19, 2010, and the music video was filmed on November 19, 2009. On March 2, 2010, Harp announced that she would retire as a recording artist to focus on becoming a full-time songwriter. http://board.jessicaharp.com/index.php? /topic/74-to-my-friends/page pid 808 st 0& #entry808 TO MY FRIENDS An Important Announcement at Jessica Harp official site. Warner Bros. Records released her second album digitally on March 16, 2010. Over a year and a half later, on October 11, 2011, Harp announced on Twitter that Warner Bros. released her from her contract http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaharp/status/123596252385525761 http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaharp/status/123596252385525761 and that she would record music again, either as an independent artist or with another major record label. http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaharp/status/123597352459173888 http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaharp/status/123597352459173888
Discography
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Albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
US Country
US Heat
Preface
Release date: 2002
Label: self-released
A Woman Needs
Release date: March 16, 2010
Label: Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
Year
Single
Peak positions
Album
US Country
2009
30
A Woman Needs
2010
56
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
2009
Scott Speer
2010
Kristin Barlowe
Awards
Year
Organization
Awardhttp:/ / www.michellebranch.com/ awards Awards and nominations of Michelle Branch
Result
2006
Country Music Association Awards
Vocal Duo of the Year (as The Wreckers )
nom
2007
Grammy Awards
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — (" Leave the Pieces " as The Wreckers)
nom
Music Row Awards
Major Label Breakout Artist of the Year (as The Wreckers)
won
R& R Readers' Poll
Best New Performer (as The Wreckers)
won
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.jessicaharp.net/ The Official Site of Jessica Harp
http://www.myspace.com/jessicaharp Jessica Harp MySpace page
http://www.thewreckers.com The Official Site of the Wreckers
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