Mindy McCready Biography

Mindy McCready Biography

Mindy McCready is an American country music artist. Active since 1996, she has recorded a total of four studio albums, and has charted more than ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the number one hit "Guys Do It All the Time", and the Top Ten hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)". Although she has not charted a single since 2002, McCready has received significant media coverage regarding personal events in her life. McCready began singing in church at age 3, graduated from high school at the age of 16 with the intention of beginning her music career early. When she was 18, she moved to Nashville, where she was signed by BNA Records. Her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, was released on in 1996 and sold two million copies. The album produced her two biggest hits, "Ten Thousand Angels" and "Guys Do It All The Time". The next year, McCready released the album If I Don't Stay the Night. The album spawned three singles, "What If I Do", "Other Side Of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know". The album sold 825,000 copies. In 1999, McCready released I'm Not So Tough. The first single, "All I Want is Everything", failed to break the top 50. The album was a commercial failure, selling 144,000 copies. Soon after, McCready's record company dropped her. McCready was then signed by Capitol Records. She released a self-titled album with Capitol in 2002 to disappointing sales, and was dropped by Capitol later that year. In May 2008, McCready released a song, "I'm Still Here", via her official website. She also announced that she is working on a documentary, a new album and a reality show.