Melodie Crittenden

Melodie Crittenden
Born	1969[1]
Origin	Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Genres	Country, Christian
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1998-present
Labels	Asylum/Elektra, Sandman (solo) Curb (in Selah)
Associated acts	Alan Jackson Selah Alan Hall Todd Smith (Selah)

Melodie Crittenden (born in Shawnee, Oklahoma) is an American country and Christian music artist. She initially recorded a self-titled debut album for Asylum/Elektra Records in 1998, the same year that she charted with her rendition of "Bless the Broken Road" (her version was titled simply "Broken Road");^[2] she would later record the song a second time as a member of the gospel group Selah.

Crittenden has released two studio albums, starting with her self titled debut in 1998.^[2] A third album, entitled The Woman I Am, was slated for release around 2004^[3] but was never released.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Melodie Crittenden	Release date: February 24, 1998 Label: Elektra Records
Dream with Me Tonight: Lullabies for All Ages	Release date: September 18, 2001 Label: Sandman Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1998	"Broken Road"	42	48	Melodie Crittenden
	"I Should've Known"	72	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			US CHR
1998	"Bless the Broken Road"	Selah	5	Bless the Broken Road: The Duets Album

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1997	"Broken Road"	Jim Hershleder

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 107. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Shawnee native making dream come true in Nashville". The Shawnee News-Star. 1998-02-21. http://www.news-star.com/stories/022298/art_crittendon.html. Retrieved 2007-12-30. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Melodie Crittenden". The Cruttenden Connection. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.cruttenden1/modern/melodie_crittenden.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 

External links

• Melodie Crittenden on Myspace

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Name	Crittenden, Melodie
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Date of birth	1969
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