Savannah Grace Conley(born 1997) is an American

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, and pop music singer-songwriter. Conley has released four EP albums. ''Twenty-Twenty'', was released in April 2018 as her debut major-label EP with Low Country Sound, an imprint of Elektra, and she has since recorded two more EPs.

Early life

Conley was born and raised twenty miles outside of

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into a family with strong appreciation for music. Her mother was a professional back up singer and her father was an accomplished

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. Conley has performed music consistently since the age of seven and was strongly influenced by the local

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scenes in her early years.

Career

Conley recorded her first EP in 2017 called ''18th & Portland''. This debut EP was independently released solely by her to regional acclaim. Not long after its release, tracks from the EP, such as "Midnight Train", generated

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interest that lead to her being noticed by producer

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, who has been quoted as saying, "She really reminds me of a Southern

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and I was blown away by her lyrics." He then subsequently signed her to his Low Country Sound imprint label. ''Twenty Twenty'' was produced by Cobb and was officially released in April 2018. She has since released ''Surprise Surprise'' on Empire and ''Best I Can'' on Good Partners. Since her most recent release, she has gone on tour as a supporting act with

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and

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. She has opened for

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, and

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as well.

Discography

*''18th & Portland'' (2017)(EP) *''Twenty–Twenty'' (2018)(EP) *''Surprise Surprise'' (EP) (2020) *''Best I Can'' (EP) (2022) *''Playing the Part of You Is Me'' (2023)

References

External links

Official website
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