Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5,1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States.
22 Facts About Terri Clark
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In 2004, Terri Clark gained one of country music's crowning achievements when she became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
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Terri Clark was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018 and will become a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
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Terri Clark is the second of four children: she has a younger brother, Peter, an older sister, Kim, and younger sister, Tina.
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Terri Clark's parents divorced when she was young and her mother remarried, with Terri taking on her stepfather's last name.
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Terri Clark had a hand in writing or co-writing 11 of the album's 12 tracks.
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In March 1998, Clark visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada to film her first television special, Terri Clark: Coming Home, which premiered March 27 on CBC in Canada.
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The album's first single, "A Little Gasoline", was a late addition to the album because Mercury executives felt Terri Clark needed to balance her new material with something that had a more familiar feel to it.
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On May 2,2001, Terri Clark was pulled over by police for speeding in Nashville.
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The officer, who pulled Terri Clark over, had suspected that she had consumed alcohol and asked her to do sobriety test, after which Terri Clark refused and was charged with a DUI and implied consent.
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Terri Clark later apologized for the incident through a statement that was issued to press by her publicist.
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The album marked the first time Terri Clark had worked with producer Byron Gallimore, who produced the first half of the album.
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On May 15,2004, during a performance of the Grand Ole Opry, Terri Clark was surprised by Steve Wariner and her mother Linda with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.
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Terri Clark was officially inducted on June 12,2004, and is currently the only female Canadian member of the Grand Ole Opry.
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None of the album's other singles charted in the United States and Terri Clark parted ways with Mercury Records in March 2006.
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In June 2006, Terri Clark signed with BNA Records, a division of Sony BMG label group, now known as Sony Music Entertainment.
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Terri Clark released her eighth studio album, Roots and Wings, on July 26,2011.
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Terri Clark previously co-hosted America's Morning Show on Nash FM with Blair Garner and Chuck Wicks.
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In 2018, Terri Clark was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
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On March 14,2023, Terri Clark announced that she was to become the newest inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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Terri Clark was previously married to fiddle player Ted Stevenson in 1991.
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Nine years later, Terri Clark married her tour manager Greg Kaczor on September 17,2005.