Rachel Wammack is a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

singer/songwriter signed to

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...

from

Muscle Shoals, Alabama Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated popula ...

. In 2018, she released her first self-titled EP.

Career

Wammack is from

. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by 17 was discovered by

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

. Before she began her recording career, she attended the

University of North Alabama The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence, Alabama, United States. It is the state's oldest university. Occupying a campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also ...

where she was crowned Miss UNA 2015. Six months after she finished school she signed with Sony and moved to Nashville. Her first self-titled EP was produced by

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio guitarist, and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004 ...

and was released on April 6, 2018. ''

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'' magazine listed Wammack as one of “10 new Country artists you need to know.” Her single "My Boyfriend Doesn't Speak For Me Anymore" was also featured on ''Rolling Stone'' and was described as "mixing the power-pop pipes of

Adele Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by Adele, ...

with the women-first attitude of

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill (song), The P ...

." The EP also features her first single, "Damage", which was co-written with Tom Douglas and

David Hodges David Hodges (born December 5, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a studio contributor to the rock band Evanescence from 2000 to 2002, and has co-written and co-produced for pop, pop rock a ...

. On March 15, 2019, she released her single "Enough." Her next single, "Something People Say (Acoustic)", was released on June 6, 2019. After a two-year hiatus from social media, Wammack released her single "Like Me" on August 12, 2022. Wammack has described "Like Me" as "a love note to me and a reminder to the world ..I'm not everybody's cup of tea and that's OK. That was a hard thing for me to reckon with. But now, I feel like people are more drawn to me now that I like myself."

Personal life

Rachel Wammack was born on June 28, 1994. She was raised in

and attended Muscle Shoals High School, where she performed in the school's marching band and percussion ensemble. Wammack attended the

and was crowned Miss UNA 2015. On August 3, 2019, she married Noah Purcell.

Discography

Extended plays

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wammack, Rachel American country singer-songwriters American women country singers RCA Records artists Living people Country musicians from Alabama Singer-songwriters from Alabama 1994 births