Lila McCann

Infobox musical artist

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lila Elaine McCann
Born = birth date and age|1981|12|04
Origin = Steilacoom, Washington, United States
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Country
Years_active = 1997-present
Label = Asylum
Warner Bros.
Broken Bow
Associated_acts = LeAnn Rimes
Mark Spiro
URL = http://www.lilamccann.com

Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981 in Steilacoom, Washingtoncite web |url=http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:39foxq9hldae~T1 |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" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album "Lila", which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997cite 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] and was certified platinum in the United States.

McCann followed "Lila" with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified "Something in the Air" and 2001's "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 a dozen 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, was her only entry on the latter chart.

Biography

Lila Elaine McCann was born on December 4, 1981 in Steilacoom, 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 own 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"; 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, eventually gaining platinum certification in the United States. "I Wanna Fall in Love", the album's second single, became McCann's highest-charting single, peaking at #3 on the country music 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) both failed to make Top 40. Later in 1998, McCann also recorded a song entitled "To Get Me to You" for the 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]

1999-2000: "Something in the Air" and "Complete"

McCann's second 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, the latter two having co-written the song as well. [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 replaced with the song "With You". This song entered Top Ten on the country music charts, and peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving McCann her only entry to date 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", 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 (and only) chart single from "Complete", titled "Come a Little Closer", reached a peak of #43 on the country music charts, while its follow-up, "Because of You", failed to chart. Due to its poor chart performance, McCann was dropped from Warner Bros.' roster in 2002, the same year that her "Super Hits" compilation (which was composed of material from her previous albums) was released.

2005-present: 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 based in Nashville, Tennessee. 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 was dropped from Broken Bow in 2008 without issuing an album.

Discography

The following is a complete discography of all albums and singles released by Lila McCann to date, and their peaks on the major U.S. "Billboard" albums and singles charts.

Albums

ingles

* ^A Failed to chart.

References

External links

* [http://www.lilamccann.com/ Lila McCann official website]
*myspace|lilamccann|Lila McCann