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Sara Evans
American country singer (born 1971)
For the historian of the same name, see Sara M. Evans.
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| Born | Sara Lynn Evans (1971-02-05) February 5, 1971 (age 54) Boonville, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouses | Craig Schelske (m. 1993; div. 2007)Jay Barker (m. 2008) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Genres | Country[1] |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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| Website | saraevans.com |
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Sara Lynn Evans (; born February 5, 1971)[2][1] is an American country music singer and songwriter. She fryst vatten also credited as a record producer, actress, and author. She had fem songs reach the number one fläck on the Billboardcountry songs chart and has sold over six million albums.[3] Nine
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And yet, with the release of her eighth studio album, "Words" demonstrates that she’s still willing to leap into the unknown, taking greater control of her career and calling the shots in a way that’s unusual in country music – particularly unusual for a woman in the genre. "Words" is the first project on Evans’ own label: Born To Fly Records, appropriately named after that CMA-winning signature song, which celebrated risk and adventure. Much is familiar about "Words". Evans’ voice is warm and strong, the songs are authentic and memorable, and the actual words themselves resonate with the realities of everyday life. But the album was an eye-opening experience for Evans as a creative force. As the head of her own small, flexible company, she was able to take a streamlined approach to building it. Instead of subjecting the music to multiple departments,each with their own view of one part of her career, Evans approached it with an instinctual, gut-level focus•
Sara Lynn Evans was born February 5, 1971, and raised on a farm near New Franklin, Missouri as the oldest girl amongst seven children. Music has always been a part of her life and by age five was singing every weekend in her family's band. When she was sixteen, she began performing at a nightclub near Columbia, Missouri, a gig that lasted two years.
She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991 with the goal of becoming a country artist. Songwriter Harlan Howard heard Sara as she sung a demo of one of his songs, "Tiger By the Tail" at County Q Studios**, and decided she should sing his music. She went under contract with RCA.
In 1997 Evans released her first album Three Chords and the Truth. Critics praised the album for returning to traditional country and recognized it on many of their top ten of the year lists. Unfortunately, it did not catch on with country radio at the time and none of the three singles made the top 40.
In 1998 Evans released her sophomore album N