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Chanteuse
Country US née Maren Larae Morris, le 10 Avril 1990 à Dallas (Texas).
With her
2016 debut album, Hero, and its accompanying hit single "My Church," Maren
Morris helped push country music into the 21st century. Morris' music was
grounded in country -- prior to striking gold as a performer, she was a
professional songwriter in Nashville -- but she also incorporated elements of
pop, R&B, hip-hop, and rock, creating a distinctive, stylish hybrid that had
wide appeal outside her chosen genre. This sly versatility was evident on her
hit singles "80s Mercedes" and "Rich," while her ability to cross over was
showcased in "The Middle," a 2018 dance-pop smash she recorded with Zedd and Grey.
Even as she broke into the pop Top Ten with 2019's Girl, Morris maintained
strong country roots, as evidenced by her pivotal part in the supergroup the
Highwomen. She began the next decade with several collaborations and solo
singles like 2020's "Better Than We Found It" and "Circles Around This Town,"
which heralded the release of her third album, Humble Quest, in 2022.
A native of the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Maren Morris was drawn to music as a
child. Picking up guitar at the age of 12, she soon started writing songs. At
15, she released her first album, Walk On, on Mozzi Blozzi Music. A second
independent album, All That It Takes, arrived on Smith in 2007, while Morris was
attending the University of North Texas. Following a third indie album, Live
Wire, in 2011, she relocated to Nashville. The New Music Seminar named her an "Artist
on the Verge," which helped her secure work as a professional songwriter in the
Music City.
Signing with Yellow Dog publishing, Morris quickly placed songs on albums by Tim McGraw (2014's Sundown
Heaven Town) and Kelly Clarkson (2015's Piece by Piece). All the while, she
continued to work on her own music, opening for a variety of artists while
recording on her own. Morris placed "My Church" on streaming services in
mid-2015 and it quickly went viral, earning over 2.5 million streams within a
month and, along with it, the attention of major labels. Morris wound up signing
with Columbia Nashville in September 2015, and the major put out an eponymous
digital EP in November, working "My Church" as a single to country radio.
During the early months of 2016, "My Church" began its climb into Billboard's
Country Top Ten -- it peaked at nine on Country Airplay, five on Country Songs
-- setting up the release of Hero in June. Greeted by critical acclaim, Hero debuted
at number one on Billboard's Country Albums chart and five on its Top 200,
spinning off the hit "80s Mercedes" by the end of the year. All the activity
elevated Morris to the front ranks of country music stars: she was nominated for
four Grammy Awards, taking home the trophy for Best Country Solo Performance;
she won New Artist of the Year from the Country Music Association; and she
earned a performing slot on Saturday Night Live in late 2016. As a deluxe
edition of Hero hit stores in early 2017, Morris toured both as a headliner and
an opener for Sam
Hunt, while "I Could Use a Love Song" made its way to number one on Country
Airplay later in 2017 (it reached seven on Country Songs). Following the mass
shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas -- an event at which she
played the night before the tragedy -- she wrote and recorded the topical "Dear
Hate" with Vince
Gill.
Morris broke into the pop mainstream in 2018 with "The Middle," an effervescent
dance-pop tune she recorded with Zedd and Grey. Reaching number five on the Hot
100, "The Middle" introduced Morris to new audiences, who were then given "Rich"
-- one of the album's glitziest, cleverest songs -- as a belated single from Hero;
it went to four Country Airplay, eight on Country Songs.
Early in 2019, Morris announced her second album with the release of its title
track, "Girl." An anthem of empowerment delivered in the midst of an ongoing
controversy about the lack of women on country airwaves, "Girl" climbed to
number one on Country Airplay. Its accompanying album debuted at number one on
Billboard's Country charts, number four on the Top 200. The second single from Girl,
"The Bones," only went to 57 on Country Airplay in mid-2019, but by that
point Morris' attention had turned to the
Highwomen, the supergroup that included her, Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires,
and Natalie Hemby. The Highwomen played their first live show at the 60th
Newport Folk Festival in July 2019, with their eponymous debut album arriving in
September; it was released on Elektra. In 2020, Morris picked up a Grammy
nomination for her song "Common" off Girl, which featured Brandi Carlile. The
non-album single "Better Than We Found It" arrived in October 2020. After a 2021
collaborative single with Joy Oladokun called "Bigger Man," Morris kicked off
2022 with her next solo track, "Circles Around This Town."
"Circles Around This Town" was the first single pulled from Humble Quest, an
album Morris made in collaboration with Greg Kurstin, a pop producer best known
for his work with Adele, Beck, Paul
McCartney, and Foo
Fighters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maren_Morris
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country Pop
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 2015 | SP Columbia 88875-16993-7 (US) |
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My Church / 80's Mercedes |
| 2016 | CD SONY ? (EUR) (promo) |
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My Church / 80s Mercedes / Drunk Girls Don't Cry / I Wish I Was / Company You Keep |
| 2017 | SP Columbia 88985-44726-7 (US) (transparent red) |
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I Could Use A Love Song / Bummin’ Cigarettes |
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Albums
| 2004 | CD Mozzi Blozzi 5254 (US) |
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WALK ON - Hit the Ground / Girl I See / Thank You / This Livin' / Rain / Popular Girl / Barrelhouse Blues / Better Days / Walk On / Help Wanted |
| 10/2007 | CD Image Entertainment / Smith Entertainment 7073 (US) |
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ALL THAT IT TAKES - Don't Stay Away / Dangerous / Down On My Knees / Me & The Moon / Goodbye / Can't Do This Alone / What You Need / Oh Marie / All That It Takes / Here I Am / Fragile / Love That Was Never There / Maren Morris / Sunkissed Days |
| 2011 | CD Mozzi Blozzi MBR 040102 (US) |
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Live Wire - Born Again / The Guitars Are Too Loud / The Willow Tree / Run To You / The Letter / Best Of Me / Moving On / Live Wire / Nothing At All / The Light / Truth |
| 06/2016 | CD Columbia 88875168852 (US) |
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HERO - Sugar / Rich / My Church / I Could Use A Love Song / 80s Mercedes / Drunk Girls Don't Cry / How It's Done / Just Another Thing / I Wish I Was / Second Wind / Once |
| 03/2019 | CD Columbia 19075901862 (US) |
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GIRL - GIRL / The Feels / All My Favourite People / A Song For Everyone / Common / Flavor / Make Out With Me / Gold Love / Great Ones / RSVP / To Hell & Back / The Bones / Good Woman / Shade |
| 03/2022 | CD SONY 19439965712 (US) (limited edition) |
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Humble Quest - Circles Around This Town / The Furthest Thing / I Can’t Love You Anymore / Humble Quest / Background Music / Nervous / Tall Guys / Detour / Hummingbird / Good Friends / What Would This World Do? |
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