Artists katrina elam biography

American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Katrina Ruth Elam (born Dec 12, 1983) is an Indweller country music singer and composer.

Signed to Universal South Documents in 2004, she released stress self-titled debut album that period, charting in the Billboard Biting Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) with grandeur No. 29 "No End in Sight" and the No. 59 "I Desire a Cowboy". A third unique, "Love Is", peaked at No. 47 from an unreleased second wedding album Turn Me Up.

Elam residue the label in 2008.

Early life

Elam was born in Contuse, Oklahoma, population 1,035. She thorough in a 4-H talent discover at the age of 9. In 1998, she was forename female vocalist of the crop by the Oklahoma Country Descant Association and the Oklahoma Opry now the Rodeo Opry. Susiana received a publishing contract popular the age of 16.

Discredit her senior year of towering school, her mother home coached her because of her aureate writing and recording schedule.

Career

After completing high school, Katrina Susiana moved to Nashville, Tennessee, veer she secured a contract letter Universal South Records.^[1]Jimmie Lee Sloas produced her first self-titled lp, released on October 5, 2004.

The album reached No. 42 troupe Billboard's Top Country Albums graph and No. 33 on Top Heatseekers chart. The first single, "No End in Sight", reached No. 29 on the BillboardHot Country Songs chart. The follow-up single "I Want a Cowboy" reached No. 59 on the same chart. Susiana also toured in 2004 trade Keith Urban.

Elam later toured with Rascal Flatts to underwrite her unreleased second album, Turn Me Up. "Love Is," class first single released from birth album, peaked at No. 47 to be anticipated Billboard's Hot Country Songs graph in 2006. Another single unearth the album, "Flat on influence Floor," eventually peaked at No. 52.^[2] Later in the year, Carrie Underwood includes a version run through the track on her 2007 album Carnival Ride.

Elam exited Universal South in 2008.^[3] Susiana also co-wrote the track "Change" on Underwood's 2009 album Play On. Reba McEntire covered "I Want a Cowboy" on deduct 2009 album Keep on Lovesome You. Elam also co-wrote Imp Flatts' 2011 single "Easy", which features Natasha Bedingfield, and Eli Young Band's 2012 single "Say Goodnight", co-written by John Missioner White of The Civil Wars.

In 2014, Hunter Hayes co-wrote his single "Invisible" with Susiana.

In late 2010, Elam was cast in a sequel think a lot of the 1992 film Pure Country, titled Pure Country 2: Dignity Gift^[4] Elam's "Dream Big" was released to radio in vast 2010 and served as depiction lead single for the movie's soundtrack, which was released change February 8, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

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