Talk:Chely Wright

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I will be adding more detailed information about her discography in the coming days. It will mostly expand the singles section and add some official chart positions from Billboard.com.

Check out this music video, about how she supports the troops. -LtNOWIS 02:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't ad space my friend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.140.0.3 (talk) 06:27, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted the pr on the upcoming release of a book for tomorrow. It reads as if she wrote the wikipage for pr. Whoever wrote this entry needs to clean it up/rewrite it -this is not an adpage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.135.217 (talk) 18:30, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see you restored my edits- which is another reason I don't trust wiki much these days. Seems like a pr machine more than an info site. Whatever. That also gave me a lower opinion of this so called coming out. Well timed publicity- thank God for KD Lang-she was the first to come out- how easily forgotten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.135.217 (talk) 18:35, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try reading closer. They are saying Wright is the first MAJOR country music star to come out. Major seems to be the word you keep skipping over. Lang was a fairly minor artist. Won a couple of awards, but it didn't translate into the commercial success that Wright has achieved. Regardless, the NY Post and the Boston Herald are reliable sources. You aren't. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:41, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What !!?? You are joking. Surely. KD Lang has won 4 Grammys (one being best country vocal performance) and has many other nominations. She is about as major as they come - and one of the best singers out there. Her records have sold in the millions-topping the charts for decades. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.135.217 (talk) 18:47, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not kidding. I already said she won a couple of awards. She won 2 as a country artist. Then everything else was as a POP artist.After her 2 country Grammy's, both of which were BEFORE she came out as a lesbian, she was never even nominated in country categories. In other words, she crossed over and abandoned country music. And Wright, who has achieved more commercial success (in terms of charting) than Lang did in country music, has never left country music. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:53, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

She came out in 1992 - and she released Even Cowgirls get the Blues in 1993....if that does not say she is still appealing to country audience after she came out then I don't know what else does. But whatever. You obviously are invested in this. I just think it does a great disservice to KD Lang.

Right......she came out in 92, she made Cowgirls in 93....and it was not a country album. It was a movie soundtrack for a film of the same name. The album only made it to #82 in the US. The record didn't even go gold, where her previous 3 went gold or platinum in the US. In that same year, she got Grammy nominations as a POP artist. 1990, last nomination in country. 1992, she came out. Never got a nomination or had success with country after that....because she switched to pop. Niteshift36 (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly never had heard of Chely Wright until she came out-so good for her-now I know of her -a gay C& W singer. But not the first gay C&W singer. You may have a hard time seeing it that way-but the rest of the world has heard of KD Lang. And has paid for her records for over 20 years now (she has sold millions upon millions with best of collections). I suppose you will be telling me that Lyle Lovett is not C& W either. Now if you want to say KD Lang is not country as in Grand Ol Opry- fine- but she is the reincarnate of Patsy Cline-no matter where she plays. That is her voice. She is the quintessential country and western crooner. The audience does not change that. sigh...... Now sadly- I see this as a big marketing campaign for Wright's upcoming book and album- and I had never heard of her before...so they are hoping that people outside of C&W world will buybuybuy. As for who is correct here(not Wright)-you can use this argument 20 years after Wright has emerged from the closet. Until then- the future is too difficult to predict to dismiss KD Lang.