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Infobox musical artist| image = | | name = Lila McCann| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Lila Elaine McCann| birth_date = birth date and age|1981|12|4| origin = Steilacoom, Washington , United States | instrument = singing|Vocals | genre = country music|Country | years_active = 1997present| label = Asylum Records|Asylum , Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. , Broken Bow Records|Broken Bow | associated_acts = Mark Spiro | website = http://www.lilamccann.com Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p210590|pure_url=yes |title=Lila McCann biography |accessdate=2007-12-10 |last=Bush |first=John |work= Allmusic ) is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of #28 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila (album)|Lila , which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997 and was RIAA certification|certified platinum in the United States.
McCann played Kelly Wyman, an aspiring country singer in Walker, Texas Ranger , "Eyes of a Ranger" 1998 episode. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0743480/soundtrack She sang USA national anthem a cappella for an opening to a rodeo sequence in the episode, and serenaded the main character, Walker (Chuck Norris), singing "Eyes of a Ranger". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0743480/fullcredits#cast
McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air (album)|Something in the Air and 2001's Complete (Lila McCann album)|Complete , before being dropped by her label in 2001. She signed to the independent Broken Bow Records label in 2005, releasing five singles for the label before being dropped in 2008. Overall, she has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at #3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You", which reached #9 on the country charts and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 , is her only entry on the latter chart.
Biography
Lila Elaine McCann was born on December 4, 1981 in Puyallup, Washington. She gave her first public performance at age four, when she sang " You Are My Sunshine " in her father's country music band. Later on, she became a local performer in her own right, singing in small venues around her hometown. By the time she was in her early teens, McCann recorded "Down Came a Blackbird", a song which was given to her by her manager, Kasey Walker. McCann's version of the song was sent to Seymour Stein, president of the Asylum Records label, who signed her to a recording contract in 1997.
1997-1998: Lila
"Down Came a Blackbird" was issued in mid-1997 as the first single from her debut album, Lila (album)|Lila ; the song went on to peak at #28 on the Billboard country charts. Released in June 1997, Lila drew critical acclaim and comparisons to LeAnn Rimes . These comparisons stemmed from the fact that both singers, who were teenagers at the time, were recording material that was considered mature for their age.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1444821/20010627/lila_mccann.jhtml |title=Lila McCann "Comes a Little Closer" to Adulthood |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=2001-06-28 |work=CMT.com Lila was also the highest-selling album for a new country music act that year,cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474080/20030717/lila_mccann.jhtml |title= Lila Big Seller For '97 |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1998-01-04 |work=CMT.com earning platinum certification in the United States for shipments of one million copies. "I Wanna Fall in Love", the album's second single, became McCann's highest-charting single at #3 on the US country charts and #1 on the Canadian country charts. However, the third and fourth singles (a cover of Sheena Easton 's "Almost Over You" and the Mark Spiro - Andrew Gold collaboration "Yippy Ky Yay", respectively) failed to make Top 40 in the US, although the former was a #38 in Canada. Later in 1998, McCann recorded a song entitled "To Get Me to You" for the Hope Floats (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the movie Hope Floats .cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1475332/20030804/lila_mccann.jhtml |title=Lila Floats On |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1998-08-11 |work=CMT.com This song was released to radio, although it did not chart.
1999-2000: Something in the Air and Complete
McCann's second album, Something in the Air (album)|Something in the Air , was issued in 1999. Originally slated as its lead-off single was "You're Gone", which featured harmony vocals from Vince Gill , Steve Wariner and Bryan White (of whom the latter two also co-wrote the song).cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474457/20030722/lila_mccann.jhtml |title=Bring On No. 2 For McCann |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=1999-02-11 |work=CMT.com This song was withdrawn before it could chart, however, and "With You" was its replacement. This song entered Top Ten on the country music charts, and peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 , giving McCann her only entry on the latter chart. Something in the Air was certified gold in the United States; although three additional singles were released from it, none reached higher than #41 on the country music charts.
McCann's third album, 2001's Complete (Lila McCann album)|Complete , was issued on Warner Bros. Records , due to the closure of Asylum Records's Nashville division which resulted in the transfer of Asylum's roster to the Warner Bros. label. Nineteen years old at the time of its release, McCann felt that the album marked an increased level of maturity in her work. The first single from Complete , "Come a Little Closer", reached a peak of #43 on the country music charts. After it came "Because of You", which failed to chart. McCann was dropped from Warner Bros.' roster in 2002, following the release of a Super Hits compilation which was composed of material from her previous albums.
2005-2008: Switch to Broken Bow
In 2005, McCann married her boyfriend Mike Wolofsky in Nashville, Tennessee .cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1517563/20051206/lila_mccann.jhtml |title=Lila McCann Marries |accessdate=2007-12-10 |date=2005-12-06 |work=CMT.com Later that same year, McCann signed to a new recording contract with Broken Bow Records , an independent record label. Although four singles were issued on the label between 2005 and early 2006, no album was released on Broken Bow during that timespan. A fifth single for Broken Bow, titled "That's What Angels Do", was shipped to radio in December 2007, and entered the country music charts at #60. McCann left Broken Bow Records in early 2008 and announced in October of the same year that she was expecting her and her husband's first child. She now lives in Nashville with her 3 dogs, her husband Mike and their sons Abraham Elliot, who was born on December 15, 2008, and Benjamin (born on December 6, 2011), whose upcoming birth she had announced on her official Twitter account.
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
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Lila
Release date: June 17, 1997
Label: Asylum Records
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Platinumcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Lila%20McCann& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 27, 2010: Lila McCann certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=August 27, 2010
Something in the Air
Release date: March 23, 1999
Label: Asylum Records
US: Gold
Complete
Release date: June 26, 2001
Label: Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville
"" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions
Compilation albums
Title
Album details
Super Hits
Release date: June 4, 2002
Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
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1997
28
40
Lila
" I Wanna Fall in Love "
1998
42
38
"Yippy Ky Yay"
"To Get Me to You"
1999
9
41
7
Something in the Air
"Crush"
2000
47
76
"Kiss Me Now"
2001
43
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Complete
"Because of You"
2005
53
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Non-album songs
"I Can Do This"
2006
*
2008
60
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Guest singles
Year
Single
Artist
Peak positions
Album
US Country
2008
Jim Brickman
59
The Disney Songbook
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1997
Norman Seeff
"I Wanna Fall in Love"
1998
Kevin McVey
"Yippy Ky Yay"
"To Get Me to You"
"With You"
1999
2001
Gerry Wenner
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External links
http://www.lilamccann.com/ Lila McCann official website
myspace|lilamccann|Lila McCann
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