The label then decided not to release the album until Ashley Monroe charted a top 20 single.
11 Facts About Ashley Monroe
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In late 2009 Ashley Monroe posted on her MySpace page that she was independently releasing a new self-titled EP.
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On July 24,2015, Ashley Monroe released her third full-length studio album, The Blade, to critical acclaim.
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On February 26,2016, Ashley Monroe released a live album containing songs from her previous records and a cover of the Gram Parsons song "Hickory Wind".
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In early 2008, Ashley Monroe began collaborating with singer-songwriter Trent Dabbs and creating several demo tracks that appeared on their individual MySpace pages, before releasing an EP under both of their names.
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In late 2008, Ashley Monroe collaborated with The Raconteurs and Ricky Skaggs on The Raconteurs single "Old Enough", which was released in bluegrass form, and as a music video.
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On Butch Walker's 2016 album Stay Gold, Ashley Monroe co-wrote and provided her vocals for the track "Descending".
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On September 14,2012, following a show on the Pistol Annies tour, Ashley Monroe accepted a marriage proposal by boyfriend John Danks, a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
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On December 25,2016, Ashley Monroe took to Twitter displaying an ultrasound picture to announce that she is expecting her first child.
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On March 19,2017, Ashley Monroe revealed that her baby would be a boy with multiple photos on Instagram.
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On July 13,2021, Ashley Monroe announced that she was diagnosed with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a rare form of blood cancer.