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中 文 名 凯西(茜)·马斯格雷夫斯
外 文 名 Kacey Musgraves
别 名 Kacey Lee Musgraves
国 籍 美国
出生日期 1988.8.21
职 业 乡村女歌手
主要成就 2013CMA最佳年度新人
代表作品 Merry Go 'Round ,keep it to yourself
艺人资料
Kacey Musgraves,1988年8月21日出生于德州米尼奥拉,是一名创作型乡村歌手。
凯西·马斯格雷夫斯(Kacey Musgraves),美国新晋乡村音乐创作型女歌手,于2012年完成了个人首个单曲的制作。《Merry Go 'Round》获得了十佳乡村单曲。2013年首张个人专辑和Kacey, Shane McAnally, Luke Laird共同制作完成。Kacey Musgraves8岁就开始在“大庭广众“下表演,9岁就创作了自己的第一首歌。而她的创作才能更是在大牌Martina McBride和Miranda Lambert的专辑中有所展现,其中她和Miranda Lambert共同创作的《Mama’s Broken Heart》被滚石评为2011年50首最佳歌曲的第26首。凯西是有才但不张扬的乡村歌手。首单从演唱到伴奏都那般淡然自若,不曾有一点强势的感觉,获得了许多歌迷的喜爱。
在2013年11月7日举办的CMA Awards上,乡村新星Kacey Musgraves备受瞩目,她与Taylor Swift一起以六项提名领跑。最后Kacey Musgraves获得了年度最佳新人的奖项,并在颁奖礼现场为观众演唱了她的新单曲《Follow Your Arrow》。
在2014年1月26日(北京时间2014年1月27日9:00)举行的第56届格莱美奖上,Kacey Musgraves更是大放光彩,以四个提名和Taylor Swift以及17岁的才女Lorde一起成为当晚被提名最多的女艺人。最后Kacey Musgraves不仅以《Merry Go 'Round》拿到最佳乡村单曲,更以个人首张录音室专辑Same Trailer Different Park 击败了其他四位乡村巨星。
2015年发行录音室专辑《Pageant Material》。
2016年7月,她宣布正在筹备新的圣诞专辑,将会在新年发行。
Life and career
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She self-released three albums before appearing on the fifth season of the USA Network's singing competition ‘Nashville Star’ in 2007, where she placed seventh. She signed to Mercury Nashville in 2012 and has released two critically acclaimed albums on the label, ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ (2013) and ‘Pageant Material’ (2015).
Musgraves was born in Golden, Texas. She began songwriting at the age of eight, when she wrote a song called "Notice Me" for her elementary school graduation. She first learned to play music on the mandolin, then at age 12 started taking guitar lessons from a local musician named John DeFoore, which she later described as "one of the most important things that ever happened to me." Musgraves first got her start in the country music industry at the age of 18, when she would record demos to make money.Her mother would take her to local music festivals to sing western swing music.
While living in Austin in 2008, Kacey was discovered by independent record label Triple Pop, for whom she recorded two songs, "Apologize" and "See You Again", both of which are available on a digital EP online.
Musgraves joined Lady Antebellum on their Own the Night 2012 tour in the United Kingdom.She also signed with Mercury Records in 2012 and released her solo debut single "Merry Go 'Round". The song is included on her album ‘Same Trailer Different Park’, which was produced and co-written by Shane McAnally and Luke Laird and released on March 19, 2013. She also co-wrote Miranda Lambert's 2013 single "Mama's Broken Heart". ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ produced additional hit singles in "Blowin' Smoke" and "Follow Your Arrow". ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine listed "Follow Your Arrow" at number 39 of their list of 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time, and said that Musgraves was "one of the loudest symbols of young country musicians embracing progressive values."
"Undermine", a song co-written by Musgraves and Trent Dabbs, was featured in the ABC television series ‘Nashville’ on October 17, 2012.Musgraves was nominated for four awards at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year. Kacey's fourth studio album, ‘Same Trailer Different Park’, debuted at number 2, selling 42,000 copies. Musgraves was also nominated for four Grammy Awards at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, tying Taylor Swift and Lorde for the most nominations received by a woman that year. Those nominations included Best New Artist, Best Country Album (‘Same Trailer Different Park’), and Best Country Song for both "Mama's Broken Heart" and "Merry Go 'Round"."Merry Go 'Round" won the Best Country Song Grammy award, and ‘Same Trailer Different Park’ won in Best Country Album. Kacey Musgraves joined Katy Perry on the North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour as well as Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss on select dates during their tour.
Musgraves provided backing vocals for ‘Bourbon in Kentucky’, the lead single on Dierks Bentley's 2013 album Riser.
In April 2014, Musgraves won the Academy of Country Music award for album of the year for ‘Same Trailer Different Park’. In June 2014, she released a new song called ‘The Trailer Song’, which she debuted on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
‘Same Trailer Different Park’ was certified gold in August 2014 for selling over 500,000 copies.Musgraves' single "Follow Your Arrow" was also certified gold, while "Merry Go Round" was certified platinum.
Musgraves announced in late August 2014 that she would perform a ten-show headlining tour, dubbed "Same Tour Different Trailer" starting on September 25 and ending on October 19.
In September 2014, Musgraves said that she had begun writing songs for her second major label album, and planned to begin work in earnest with Luke Laird and Shane MacAnally later in the year after her touring schedule finished. "Biscuits," the lead single from the album, was released on March 16, 2015.
‘Pageant Material’, Musgraves' second studio album, was released on June 23, 2015. To support the album, Musgraves performed on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ (June 9, 2015), ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ (June 10, 2015), ‘Good Morning America’ (June 23, 2015), ‘The View’ (June 24, 2015), ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (September 14, 2015), ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ‘(January 8, 2016), and the ‘Late Late Show with James Corden’ (April 6, 2016).
Musgraves was featured on a remix of Miguel's single "Waves", which was released on February 26, 2016.
In June 2016, Musgraves announced that she was working on a Christmas album to be released near the holiday season.The album with feature traditional and original Christmas music.