49 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 relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, 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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Maren Morris followed it in 2019 with her fifth album titled Girl.

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Maren Morris released her sixth 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 has won multiple accolades including one Grammy award, five Academy of Country Music Awards, one American Music award and five Country Music Association Awards.

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Maren Morris was born in Arlington, Texas to Greg and Kellie Maren Morris.

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Maren Morris's parents owned the Maren Karsen Aveda Hair Salon, which is still in operation today in Arlington.

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Maren Morris later worked there as a front desk clerk and guest coordinator.

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Maren Morris discovered 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 attended James Bowie High School in Arlington where she continued playing 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 played the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, where she played 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, Maren Morris released her debut studio album when she was 15 years old 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, which she played keyboards and provided harmony vocals.

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Musgraves, who was living in Nashville, Tennessee, 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's 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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Maren Morris was the featured guest vocalist on John Mayer's single "Last Train Home", released on June 4,2021.

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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.

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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 stated that proceeds from the shirts would be donated to GLAAD.

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In September 2022, Maren Morris partnered with GLAAD to design a new T-shirt in honor of Spirit Day.

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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 told Taste of Country that she suffered a difficult labor which eventually resulted in a C-section delivery.

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Maren Morris recalled suffering from postpartum depression for nearly a year after giving birth.

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Maren Morris has won a series of awards for her work as a music artist.