Michelle Wright | |
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 Michelle Wright in December 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 1, 1961 Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Merlin, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Savannah, Arista Nashville, RCA/ViK. Recordings, Icon, Navigator Records |
| Website | michelle-wright.com |
Michelle Wright (born July 1, 1961) is a Canadian country music artist. She won the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice (1993 and 1995). In 2011, Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Wright's primary success has been in her native Canada, where she has charted more than twenty-five singles, including six Number One hits: "Take It Like a Man", "One Time Around", "Guitar Talk", "One Good Man", "Nobody's Girl" and "Crank My Tractor". She also had chart success in the United States in the 1990s, landing in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with "Take It Like a Man" at No. 10, "He Would Be Sixteen" at No. 31 and "New Kind of Love" at No. 32.