Lainey Wilson: The Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Who "Felt Like a Complete Outsider Moving to Nashville to Chase My Dreams"

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 4:05 a.m.

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Lainey Wilson burst onto the country music scene in 2022 with her album Sayin\\u2019 What I\\u2019m Thinkin\\u2019. That year, she won Female Vocalist of the Year and Best New Artist at the CMA\\u2019s. But for seven years before that, she struggled to make it in the high-pressure Nashville music scene. And before that, she was a kid from a tiny town in rural Louisiana with a dream of being a country star. She joins Guy to talk about how she handled the hard times, what she\\u2019s learned about the art of collaboration during the making of two acclaimed albums, and what defines her unique style, which she calls Bell Bottom Country.

Links from the show:

Tougher Music Video

Things A Man Oughta Know Music Video

Lainey\\u2019s French Bulldog Hippie Mae\\u2019s Instagram 

Hillbilly Hippie Official Lyrics Video

Lainey\\u2019s Female Vocalist (2022) Acceptance Speech

Lainey\\u2019s New Artist of the Year (2022) Acceptance Speech 

Tougher (2016)

Sayin\\u2019 What I\\u2019m Thinkin\\u2019 (2021) 

Bell Bottom Country (2022)


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