Mary Chapin Carpenter

About Mary Chapin Carpenter

Grammy-nominated country and folk singer best known for her breakthrough single"I Feel Lucky". She has been on shows such as Austin City Limits and Late Night with David Letterman, among others.

Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American singer and songwriter. Carpenter spent several years singing in clubs in Washington, D.C. before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, which marketed her as a country music singer. Carpenter's debut album, Hometown Girl in 1987, did not produce a single, although State of the Heart in 1989 and Shooting Straight in the Dark in 1990, each produced four hits in the top 20 on the Billboard charts. country. Carpenter's most successful album to date remains Come On Come On from 1992, producing seven country singles and was certified four times platinum in the United States with sales exceeding four million copies. She followed it up with Stones in the Road and A Place in the World, both of which have hit singles. In the 2000s, Carpenter's albums removed both theme and music from his original work, becoming less radio-based and more focused on social and political issues. In 2007, she released The Calling.

Born	February 21, 1958, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1987–present
Instruments	Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Associated acts	John Jennings, Joan Baez, Shawn Colvin, Indigo Girls, Radney Foster, Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea, Tift Merritt, Rose Cousins
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Genres	Americana, country, folk, country folk, soft rock
Labels	Columbia, Zoë, Lambent Light Records

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Trivia

She wrote a column for the Washington Times from December of 2008 until March of 2009.

Mary Chapin Carpenter before fame

She spent a lot of her high school years learning to play the guitar and piano. Following that, she attended Brown University.

Achievement of Mary Chapin Carpenter

She wrote a column for the Washington Times from December 2008 until March 2009.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$8 million (2017)

Mary Chapin Carpenter family life

Her parents divorced when she was sixteen years old. Later in life, Timmy Smith became her spouse.

Associations of Mary Chapin Carpenter

Joan Baez, another folk singer, asked her to write songs for her.

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