Mark Wills

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Mark Wills

Background information
Birth name Daryl Mark Williams[1][2]
Born August 8, 1973 (1973-08-08) (age 34)
Cleveland, Tennessee, USA[3]
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals
Rhythm guitar
Years active 1996-present
Label(s) Mercury Nashville
Equity
Website Official website

Mark Wills (born August 8, 1973 as Daryl Mark Williams[1][2]) is an American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Records in 1996, he released his self-titled debut album that year.[3] The album produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year, of which two were Top Ten hits.

Wills' second album, Wish You Were Here, was released in 1998. His highest-selling album to date, it was certified platinum by the RIAA; its title track became his first Number One country hit in 1999. Wish You Were Here was followed by 2000's Permanently (which was certified gold) and 2001's Loving Every Minute, neither of which had the chart success of his second album.

In 2003, Wills released his first Greatest Hits compilation; its lead-off single "19 Somethin'" spent seven weeks at the top of the country charts. His last album for Mercury, And the Crowd Goes Wild, was also released in 2003, and produced two minor singles before he exited the label.

Country singer Clint Black signed Wills to his Equity Music Group label in 2007. To date, he has charted three singles on Equity. His first album for the label, titled Familiar Stranger, was originally slated for release in September of 2007,[4] then later in February 2008,[5] although as of May 2008, the album has not been released.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Label Chart Positions RIAA
US Country US 200
1996 Mark Wills Mercury Nashville 38
1998 Wish You Were Here 8 74 Platinum
2000 Permanently 3 23 Gold
2001 Loving Every Minute 10 93
2003 And the Crowd Goes Wild 5 68
2007 Familiar Stranger Equity Unreleased

[edit] Compilations and specialty albums

Year Album Label Chart Positions
US Country US 200
2002 Greatest Hits Mercury Nashville 16 140
2003 The Best of Mark Wills
2004 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
2005 Live at Billy Bob's Texas Smith Music Group
2007 The Definitive Collection Mercury Nashville

[edit] Singles

Year Title US Country US Hot 100 Album
1996 "Jacob's Ladder" 6 Mark Wills
"High Low and In Between" 33
1997 "Places I've Never Been" 5
1998 "I Do (Cherish You)" 2 72 Wish You Were Here
"Don't Laugh at Me" 2 73
1999 "Wish You Were Here" 1 34
"She's in Love" 7 60
"Back at One" 2 36 Permanently
2000 "Almost Doesn't Count" 19 106
"I Want to Know (Everything There Is to Know About You)" 33
2001 "Loving Every Minute" 18 107 Loving Every Minute
2002 "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You" (w/ Jamie O'Neal) 31
2003 "19 Somethin'" 1 23 Greatest Hits
"When You Think of Me" 28
"And the Crowd Goes Wild" 29 And the Crowd Goes Wild
2004 "That's a Woman" 40
2006 "What Hurts the Most"A
"Hank" 49 Familiar Stranger
2007 "Take It All Out on Me" 47
"Days of Thunder" 50

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Craft, Dan (2007-08-02). Wills jumps back in the game. Pantagraph. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Mark Wills biography. MusicianGuide.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Mark Wills Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  4. ^ A Day of Thunder for Mark Wills (html). CMT.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  5. ^ Mark Wills * About * Official Artist Site

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