Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American

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singer-songwriter. She is a member of the country trio

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, which was formed in 2011 with

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and

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, and has released two solo albums, ''

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'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2017).

Career

In 2000, Presley moved to

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, where she landed a publishing deal nine months later. Through her publisher she met

, who later brought Presley's music to the attention of her friend

. The three artists began working together writing songs, which would later become

' debut album '' Hell on Heels'', released on August 23, 2011. The group spent much of the next two years touring North America and writing songs for their follow-up album. On May 7, 2013, Pistol Annies released their second album ''

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''. On June 17, 2013, the

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announced that the album and single for '' Hell on Heels'' had both sold in excess of 500,000 copies, giving

their first

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. In 2014 Presley released her solo album ''

'', co-produced with her husband Jordan Powell. In 2017, Presley released her second solo album,

Personal life

Angaleena Presley was born in

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, and raised in

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. Her father Jimmy Presley Sr., is a retired coal miner and her mother, Cathy Presley (née McCoy), is a retired school teacher. At age 15, her father taught her how to play her first song on his guitar, " Mama Tried" by

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. She attended

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in Inez, Kentucky, and graduated in 1994 before attending college at

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. Presley started work as a songwriter in

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in 2002, and later wrote the song "Knocked Up" from her own personal experience of being pregnant and unmarried. She has a son, Jed, born in 2007. When the Pistol Annies were first forming in the early 2010s, Presley was going through a divorce. She insists her upbringing was not "the stark, poverty-stricken one as committed to record on the ' Coal Miner's Daughter' by

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. That doesn't mean the Presleys didn't struggle, however, or that the singer led a charmed life once she left Beauty." On May 22, 2012, she married manager/producer Jordan Powell in a small ceremony in

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. On August 15, 2018, Presley confirmed she was pregnant with her second child (her first with Powell) and gave birth to their daughter Joeleena in January 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

Music videos

Songwriting discography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Pistolannies.comTheboot.comRollingstone.com
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