1. Maren Morris was born in Arlington, Texas and grew up there.
60 Facts About Maren Morris
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Maren Morris started publicly performing in her preteen years and toured throughout Texas.
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Maren Morris moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music during this same time period.
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Maren Morris signed a publishing contract and later a recording contract following the streaming success of her 2015 self-titled EP.
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In 2018, Maren Morris collaborated with Grey and Zedd on the song "The Middle".
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Maren Morris followed it in 2019 with her second album titled Girl.
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Maren Morris released her third studio album on March 25,2022, titled Humble Quest.
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Maren Morris has had two albums certified for sales certifications in North America.
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Maren Morris has scored three number one songs on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and eight top ten songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Maren Morris was featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2018.
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Maren Morris was born in Arlington, Texas to Greg and Kellie Maren Morris.
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Maren Morris was named after actress Maren Morris Jensen, whose name Kellie came across while watching Battlestar Galactica.
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Maren Morris's parents owned the Maren Morris Karsen Aveda Hair Salon, which is still in operation today in Arlington.
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Maren Morris spent much of her childhood at the salon.
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Maren Morris later worked there as a front desk clerk and guest coordinator.
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Maren Morris discovered that she could sing one day at a party at her parents' salon.
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From that moment, Maren Morris realized that "this [singing] is my calling".
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Maren Morris went to James Bowie High School in Arlington where she continued to play soccer.
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Maren Morris started touring her home state of Texas when she was 11 years old.
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Maren Morris's father acted as her manager and booking agent.
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Maren Morris often performed in the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, where she played at bars and clubs.
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Maren Morris was one of several high school students from across the country selected to attend the camp sponsored by the Grammy Foundation.
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Maren Morris got to meet music industry insiders at music workshops.
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In 2005, at the age of 15, Maren Morris released her debut studio album titled Walk On.
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Maren Morris was rejected after auditioning for all of the television shows.
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Maren Morris joined a teen band in her teenage years called They Were Stars, with whom she played keyboards and provided harmony vocals.
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Musgraves, who was living in Nashville, encouraged Maren Morris to make the move.
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Maren Morris spent her first year in Nashville networking and meeting other writers.
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Maren Morris was later introduced to Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog Music.
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Maren Morris began co-writing material with other songwriters, and her material was recorded by several country artists.
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Some of her material was more personal, and Maren Morris was encouraged by Wallace to start recording music herself.
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The success of Maren Morris' EP attracted the interest of major labels, and she was signed to Columbia Nashville in September 2015.
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Maren Morris later won Best Country Solo Performance for the song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Maren Morris provided vocals to Thomas Rhett's "Craving You" in 2017.
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Maren Morris was featured on Niall Horan's pop song "Seeing Blind" in 2017 and later opened for Horan on his Flicker World Tour.
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Maren Morris continued earning awards for her success including the "Best New Artist" accolade from the Country Music Association and several more Grammy nominations.
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In 2018, Maren Morris was chosen by Zedd and Grey to appear as the lead vocalist on their pop single "The Middle".
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Maren Morris later embarked on Girl: The World Tour, to support the album.
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In March 2019, it was announced that Maren Morris would be forming a group with Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby called The Highwomen.
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In 2021, Maren Morris collaborated with husband Ryan Hurd on the single "Chasing After You", which reached the top five on the Billboard country charts.
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In 2022, Maren Morris reunited with Zedd on their second collaboration, titled "Make You Say", alongside Beauz.
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In late 2023, Maren Morris announced her departure from the country music industry.
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Maren Morris told the Los Angeles Times that the reason for her decision is because she has "said everything" she has wanted to say.
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Maren Morris announced plans to work on a new album with Antonoff.
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In 2024, Maren Morris performed her song "Better than We Found It" at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Maren Morris contributed two songs to the DreamWorks animated film The Wild Robot, with the tracks: "Even When I'm Not", and "Kiss the Sky".
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In late 2024, Maren Morris released an extended play titled, Intermission, which features five new tracks and includes a collaboration with singer-songwriter Julia Michaels.
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On January 10,2025 Maren Morris released her second collaboration with Julia Michaels titled "Scissors".
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Chris Richards of The Washington Post described Maren Morris as having "the best voice of any country singer working today".
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Maren Morris has cited various artists of different genres as influences on her career, including Katy Perry, Coldplay, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan, and Hank Williams.
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In 2017, Maren Morris started the Heroes Fund, which raises money for music education in public schools.
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Maren Morris has been an advocate for making the country genre more equitable for fellow artists.
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Maren Morris has commented on the inequalities particularly for white and black artists in the genre.
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In early 2021, Maren Morris spoke out against country artist Morgan Wallen when a video of him using a racial slur surfaced.
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Maren Morris said that proceeds from the shirts would be donated to GLAAD.
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Maren Morris told The Los Angeles Times in September 2023 that she planned to leave the country music industry.
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Maren Morris cited the country music industry's unwillingness to reckon with issues of misogyny and racism, as well as its reluctance to support artists from marginalized demographics, as her reasons for doing so.
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Maren Morris met fellow country singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd while co-writing "Last Turn Home" for Tim McGraw.
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Maren Morris filed for divorce in October 2023; a divorce settlement was reached in January 2024.
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Maren Morris has won a series of awards for her work as a music artist.