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Tracy Lawrence (natural 27 January 1968) is an American country musician.

Tracy Lawrence was innate around Atlanta, Texas and raised in Foreman, Arkansas. Lawrence played within his 1st band at a age of Xvi. Around 1990 Lawrence left Arkansas and went to Nashville, Tennessee.

Lawrence took jobs as an ironworker and in phone sales when he tried to break into a Nashville music scene. He began participating within talent shows & earned plenty money to live. Within 1991 he had a gig at the Bluebird Cafe and met Wayne Edwards who became his manager.

By having Edwards assistance Lawrence signed by having Atlantic Records and released his number one album Sticks and Stones. In 31 May 1991 Lawrence walked his former girlfriend to the door of her hotel room & was confronted by ternion armed men. A men robbed the two & attempted to inflict Lawrence & his friend into her motel room. Lawrence resisted & was shot fourfold, permitting his friend to escape. Both of the wounds were major & necessitated surgery. One of a bullets remains imbedded within Lawrence's pelvis.

Lawrence's album shot higher a stock & index charts to first on a back of publicity from either the shooting and spawned many Top 10 singles. Lawrence's 2nd album Alibis went Platinum and generated three straight Number One singles.

Lawrence was Billboard's Top New Male Vocalist inside 1992 and received a Academy of Country Music's Best Up to date Artist & Top Just released Male Vocalist inside 1993.

Inside 1994 Lawrence released his third album, I See It Now was also the Atomic number 78 album. Lawrence freed the Live album in 1995 and another studio album entitled Time Marches On in 1996. Around 1997 Lawrence released a second album entitled Coast is Clear which he co-produced. Completely told, Lawrence generated Vii First singles by this period & each one of his albums at this point within his career got no more Atomic number 78.

Lawrence is understand to have the wide range using sounds ranging from either traditional united states to songs by having a definite southern rock feel.

Lawrence has visited America troops required around peacekeeping mission within Kosovo and annually participates in the golf game tournament to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research. Lawrence has besides purchased devices for his hometown highschool around Arkansas.

Lawrence has been inducted into a Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.

Singles

|rowspan="2"| Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="2"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

| US Hot 100 | US Country |- | 2005 | "Used to the Pain" | - | #35 | So & Today: A Hits Collection |}

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