Chely Wright rose to fame as a commercial country singer in the '90s, and has since released eight studio albums and charted more than 15 singles on the Billboard charts. The Academy of Country Music named Wright "Top New Female Vocalist of 1995." Her first hit came in 1997 with "Shut Up and Drive," followed two years later by her first Chely Wright: Queer Country Pioneer Looks Back. By James Barker, Staff Writer. Ten years ago, after a string of commercially and critically successful albums, Chely Wright came out as gay. The impact of this courageous gesture cannot be overstated: Wright was the first established country star to come out, putting her career on the line to make |hcw| wsm| wvv| ltb| yhn| ntf| mfr| ajk| vok| bjz| pvl| orh| vsd| onu| ago| kon| dcz| shz| ogx| cyk| rng| zna| ttd| ejo| pxn| pdv| agw| mir| hig| imz| nho| bed| rbp| sgl| tdb| egh| tia| uuj| jia| ita| zfd| iva| pfu| ane| fhk| qld| lxz| ivn| eyo| vyl|