Mindy McCready出生在佛罗里达州南部,早在16岁高中时期就开始了她的音乐生涯。毕业后,她找到了一份兼职工作,在母亲的救护车公司开始专注于她的表演音乐。她18岁时,她叫母亲答应休学一年专心做音乐,如果不成功就去上大学。几个月后她遇到了制片人/作曲家Norro Wilson,带她入行。在接下来的一年,Mindy McCready和Norro Wilson制作了一张又一张不同曲风的专辑。
Mindy McCready成名于1996年的单曲“Guys Do It All the Time”,同时她的专辑《Ten Thousand Angels》在去年销售数量达到了200万张。
当地时间2013年2月17日下午3:31,37岁的美国乡谣女歌手曼迪·麦克格雷迪在自己家中的走廊中枪身亡,Mindy McCready当场死亡从现场情况看来初步定为自杀。
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Mindy McCreadys debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, elevated her into Nashvilles music spotlight and established her as a promising singer.
Born and raised in southern Florida, McCready (born Malinda Gayle McCready) graduated from high school at the age of 16 with the intention of beginning her musical career early. Following her graduation, she took a part-time job in her mothers ambulance company and began concentrating on performing her music. When she was 18 years old, she moved to Nashville. She had made her mother a promise that she would go to college if she failed to break into the music industry within the space of a year. After a few months in Nashville, she met producer/songwriter Norro Wilson, who directed her demo tapes to producer David Malloy. Impressed with her tapes, Malloy agreed to work with McCready. For the next year, McCready and Malloy refined the singers style and crafted a high-class demo tape. Eventually, Malloy took the tape to RLG Records, who signed McCready after seeing her perform a live concert; she completed the deal exactly 51 weeks after she moved to Nashville.
McCready released her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, in April of 1996 to positive reviews. Within six months of its release, it had gone gold. If I Dont Stay the Night followed in 1997, trailed two years later by Im Not So Tough.