Lila McCann

Lila McCann
Birth nameLila Elaine McCann
Born (1981-12-04) December 4, 1981 (age 42)
Puyallup, Washington, U.S.
OriginSteilacoom, Washington
GenresCountry
InstrumentVocals
Years active1997–present
LabelsAsylum, Warner Bros., Broken Bow
Websitelilamccannmusic.com

Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981[1]) is an American country music singer who made her debut at age 16 with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in 1997 and was certified platinum in the United States.

In 1998, McCann played Kelly Wyman, an aspiring country singer in the Walker, Texas Ranger episode "Eyes of a Ranger" on CBS.[2]

McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air and 2001's Complete, before being dropped by her label in 2001. She signed to the independent Broken Bow Records label in 2005, releasing five singles for the label before being dropped in 2008. Overall, she has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at No. 3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You", which reached No. 9 on the country charts and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, her only entry on the latter chart.

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Lila McCann biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  2. ^ ""Walker, Texas Ranger" Eyes of a Ranger (TV Episode 1998)". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.