44 Facts About Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lee Lawrence was born on January 27,1968 and is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Tracy Lawrence signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in 1991 and made his debut late that year with the album Sticks and Stones.

Tracy Lawrence has won Top New Male Vocalist from Billboard in 1992 and from Academy of Country Music in 1993, and Vocal Event of the Year from the Country Music Association in 2007.

Tracy Lee Lawrence was born in Atlanta, Texas, on January 27,1968.

Tracy Lawrence was raised by his stay-at-home mother JoAnn Dickens and stepfather Duane Dickens.

When Tracy Lawrence was four years old, his family moved to Foreman, Arkansas.

Tracy Lawrence's mother had wanted him to grow up to be a minister, but he wanted to pursue a musical career instead.

Tracy Lawrence thought I was risking too much chasing this crazy music dream.

Tracy Lawrence attended Southern Arkansas University in 1986 to study mass communications, where he became a brother of Sigma Pi, but dropped out two years later to sing for a band based out of Louisiana.

Tracy Lawrence became a regular performer at several different Nashville nightclubs and bars, and further supported himself through winning local talent competitions.

On May 31,1991, after he had completed the album's vocal tracks, Tracy Lawrence was injured when walking a high school friend named Sonja Wilkerson to the door of her hotel room at a Quality Inn in downtown Nashville.

Tracy Lawrence resisted and was shot four times, allowing his friend to escape.

In 1993, Tracy Lawrence released his second album, Alibis, which earned a double-platinum RIAA certification for shipments of two million copies.

Tracy Lawrence told the blog Taste of Country in 2018 that he "fought" with Atlantic executives over recording "Can't Break It to My Heart", because the label wanted him to record more ballads akin to those of then-labelmate John Michael Montgomery instead.

Nash was less positive, writing in Entertainment Weekly that Tracy Lawrence "settles for cliched themes and mawkish delivery".

Tracy Lawrence promoted the album through a tour with George Jones, and signed a deal with the Stetson hat company to advertise a new line of hats.

Tracy Lawrence promoted I See It Now throughout 1995 with a tour consisting of over 200 shows.

Tracy Lawrence compiled the album from 40 different live shows from the six months prior to the disc's release, and produced with Flip Anderson.

The remainder proves why Tracy Lawrence is one of the most popular singers in Nashville.

In late 1999, Tracy Lawrence returned to the charts with "Lessons Learned".

Tracy Lawrence considered Buddy Cannon, Byron Gallimore, and Billy Joe Walker Jr.

Tracy Lawrence had considered RCA Records Nashville, but instead chose DreamWorks Records Nashville, of which Stroud was then the president, and signed a deal with them in October 2003.

Tracy Lawrence's version overtook Mellons's in terms of airplay, reaching number four on Hot Country Songs and number 42 on the Hot 100 in early 2004.

Tracy Lawrence noted that he had writer's block when attempting to come up with material for the album, and thus sought outside writers instead of his usual collaborators.

Tracy Lawrence noted that the album was almost titled Stones, but was renamed to avoid confusion with his debut album Sticks and Stones.

Robert Woolridge of Country Standard Time thought that Tracy Lawrence's singing was stronger on the ballads such as "Paint Me a Birmingham" as opposed to the more upbeat material, but criticized the "mainstream production".

In 2006, Tracy Lawrence started his own record label, Rocky Comfort Records, in partnership with his brother Laney.

The first act signed to the label besides Tracy Lawrence himself was Chad Brock.

The album's title track was a duet with Brad Arnold of the rock band 3 Doors Down, while the track "Speed of Flight" was the first song in his career that Tracy Lawrence wrote entirely by himself.

Later in 2007, Tracy Lawrence issued a Christmas album entitled All Wrapped Up in Christmas, the title track of which peaked at number 57 based on Christmas season airplay.

Tracy Lawrence made his last Hot Country Songs chart appearance with the single "Up to Him" in early 2009.

Tracy Lawrence said that the album was "different" due to the increased presence of songs that he had written and the acoustic sound.

In 2017, Tracy Lawrence released Good Ole Days, a compilation album which features nine of his hit singles re-recorded as duets with other country singers, including Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, Justin Moore, Jason Aldean, and Luke Combs.

Tracy Lawrence's next project is a three-disc album called Hindsight 2020.

The title track of the project was released as a single that same month; in addition, Tracy Lawrence stated that he would be touring in 2022 with Clay Walker, Randall King, and Alexandra Kay.

Tracy Lawrence has contributed to multiple collaborative works in his career.

In 1994, Tracy Lawrence recorded "Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues" for the soundtrack of the film Maverick.

Tracy Lawrence began working as a producer for other artists in 1997, including Rich McCready's 1997 album That Just About Covers It and the soundtrack to the musical The Civil War.

Many of Tracy Lawrence's singles featured music videos that received rotation on CMT and the defunct TNN.

Tracy Lawrence cites Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, and George Strait as his primary musical influences.

In October 1997, Tracy Lawrence underwent investigation after allegations that he had abused Drew following a concert at Buffalo Bill's hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada.

Tracy Lawrence was convicted of a misdemeanor for battery, and was ordered by Las Vegas courts to donate $500 to a Nevada-based women's shelter.

Billboard reported that Atlantic Nashville's president had suspended Tracy Lawrence from recording any new material until he agreed to undergo counseling, but he later denied these claims.

Tracy Lawrence married his third wife, Becca, in a secret wedding ceremony just after Christmas 2000.