Get to Know C2C Headliner: Lainey Wilson

Grammy award-winning, CMA award-winning and reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson will headline Saturday 15th March. The country star will also have artists Dylan Gossett, 49 Winchester, Tucker Wetmore and Wyatt Flores perform that very same night!

The three-day music event hosts a rotating line-up of country’s biggest music stars, traveling across London, Glasgow and Belfast! Having kickstarted in 2013, C2C has become Europe’s biggest and best hotspot to see country music’s best perform.

With another star-studded lineup, get to know Saturday nights headliner Lainey Wilson👇👇

Who is Lainey Wilson?

Lainey Wilson is a highly acclaimed American country singer-songwriter.

When and where was she born?

Wilson was born on May 19th, 1992 in Baskin, Louisiana, U.S.

How old is Lainey Wilson?

She is 32 years old.

Lainey Wilson’s Early Life

Wilson grew up alongside her paremts and younger sister, Janna, in Baskin, Louisiana.

She became interested in music at a young age, attending the Grand Ole Opry at age nine furthering her interest. She began writing songs in her preteens, releasing her first EP on MySpace in 2006 titled Country Girls Rule.

In high school, she took up her very first job impersonating Hannah Montana at birthday parties, fairs and festivals across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.

First years in Nashville

Wilson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in August 2011, after finishing high school to chase her dreams of becoming a country music artist.

Trying to make her own way, she lived in a camper trailer outside of a recording studio in Nashville, while performing at a variety of small shows.

In 2014 she released a self-titled album on the Cupit label that was followed by her 2016 album Tougher. The second record release helped gain Wilson’s traction on the American country albums chart making its way to the Billboard Top Country Albums play.

Her second EP issued in 2018, led to her signing her first publishing deal with Sony/ATV.

Wilson’s Breakout years

Signing with major-label recording contract with the BBR Music Group in 2019, this saw the beginning of her breakout success with her major label single ‘Dirty Looks’.

With her growing success, Wilson toured with Morgan Wallen in 2019, with her songs also being featured in the Paramount Network show Yellowstone that same year.

Her third studio album ‘Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’ included her two breakout singles ‘Dirty Looks’ and ‘Things a Man Oughta Know’. The tracks gained heavy media attention, reaching number one on Billboard Country Airplay and number three on Hot Country Songs.

Making her ongoing mark, Wilson appeared as a supporting act on Jason Aldean’s ‘Back in the Saddle Tour’ in 2021and collaborated with Cole Swindell on his single ‘Never Say Never’, which was released as the second single from Swindell’s fourth studio album Stereotype.

Followed by her 2022 single Heart Like a Truck and then came the Bell Bottom Country album in the same year.

Wilson received a groundbreaking six nominations at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards, becoming the fourth artist to receive six or more nominations as a first-time nominee. She also joined the cast of Yellowstone in 2022 where she portrayed a local musician, Abby.

Her success continued into 2023 receiving a leading nine nominations at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2023, winning five including the top honour Entertainer of the Year, making her the first woman to win Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift in 2009.

Wilson released her fifth studio album Whirlwind in 2024 which included Hang Tight Honey as the lead single, peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Country Airplay charts.

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