Terri Clark Interview

Terri Clark is a Canadian country singer and songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Born in Montréal, Clark grew up in a musical family; her grandparents Ray and Betty Gauthier were Montréal-based country singers, and her mother had belonged to the Canadian folk scene. After high school, Clark moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and got her start playing for tips at the Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, a honky-tonk bar across from the famed Ryman Auditorium. She signed with Mercury Records, and emerged as a distinctive voice on the country music landscape. She has enjoyed great success in Nashville, and has the honour of being the first (and only) Canadian woman to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Today, she continues to play festivals all over the world and hosts a syndicated classic country radio show, Country Gold on Westwood One, which airs on more than 100 radio stations across the USA.

Career Highlights

Clark released six albums through Mercury Records: Terri Clark (1995), Just The Same (1996), How I Feel (1998), Fearless (2000), Pain to Kill (2003), Life Goes On (2005).

She released four more albums through her own independent label, Baretrack Records, including The Long Way Home (2009), Roots and Wings (2011), Classic (2012), and Some Songs (2014).

Clark has sold over five million albums and achieved Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum and Triple Platinum status in Canada and the USA. She has had more than twenty singles, including six Number Ones in Canada and the USA.

She has toured with country superstars Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, and George Strait.

One of the most decorated women in country music, Clark has won the Canadian Country Music Association’s (CCMA) Entertainer of the Year Award eight times, the CCMA Female Vocalist of the Year award five times, has three JUNO Awards, and has recently been nominated for ACM National On-Air Personality of the Year 2018.

Source: http://www.terriclark.com/biography/