Mindy McCready

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Mindy McCready
McCready in 1996
McCready in 1996
Background information
Birth nameMalinda Gayle McCready[1][2]
Born(1975-11-30)November 30, 1975[2]
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
OriginNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 2013(2013-02-17) (aged 37)[2]
Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.[3]
GenresCountry[2]
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1995–2013
LabelsBNA, Capitol Nashville, Iconic

Malinda Gayle McCready (November 30, 1975 – February 17, 2013)[4] was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was less successful, and she left the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records. McCready's fifth and final studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records.

McCready's first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the No. 1 hit "Guys Do It All the Time", as well as the Top 10 hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)".

Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. pp. 215–216. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Country singer Mindy McCready dead of apparent suicide". BBC News. February 18, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mindy McCready" Archived October 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Daily Telegraph. February 18, 2013.