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Maren Morris trivia: 90 amazing facts about the country singer!

Maren Morris is a country singer and songwriter that has made an impact on the music scene!

So le’ts find out some things about her life and career!

Her full name is Maren Larae Morris
She was born on April 10, 1990
She is an American country music singer, songwriter
And record producer
She has released four studio albums
Her 2015 extended play, Maren Morris, charted on two Billboard charts
Her major label debut album, Hero, reached number five on the Billboard 200 chart
And number one on the Top Country Albums chart
Her debut single, “My Church”, peaked at number one on the Country Digital Songs chart in 2016
And reached the top five on the US Hot Country Songs chart
She won a Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance
Her third single, “I Could Use a Love Song”, was her first to reach number one on the Country Airplay Charts
She provided vocals for “The Middle”
A pop collaboration with Zedd and Grey
It was eleased in January 2018
It reached No. 5 in the United State
And received three nominations at the 61st Grammy Awards
Maren Morris was born in Arlington, Texas
Her parents are Greg and Kellie Morris
She has a younger sister, Karsen
As a child, she spent most of her time at her parents’ hair salon
At the age of 12, her father bought her a guitar
And she fell in love with it
Her music recording career started in 2005
With her debut studio album, Walk On, released on June 14, 2005
It was released by Mozzi Blozzi Music
Her subsequent release, All That it Takes, was released on October 22, 2007, by Smith Entertainment
She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2010
Her third release, Live Wire, was released in 2011, by Mozzi Blozzi Music
Her major label debut album Hero was released to critical acclaim in 2016
Maren Morris spent several years in Nashville writing songs for other artists
Including “Last Turn Home” on Tim McGraw’s 2014 album Sundown Heaven Town
And “Second Wind”, which Kelly Clarkson sang on her 2015 album Piece by Piece
Maren Morris initially self-released five songs as an eponymous extended play, Maren Morris
It was released on Spotify in August 2015
The songs gained 2.5 million streams on Spotify in a month
With three songs appearing on Spotify’s US and Global “Viral 50” chart
The success of Morris’ EP attracted the interest of major labels
She was signed to Columbia Nashville in September 2015
The label re-released the five-song EP, on November 6, 2015
“My Church” was the lead single
Following airplay on country radio, along with several in-studio appearances on satellite radio, this EP charted on two Billboard charts
Reaching number 27 on the Country Albums chart
And number one on the Top Heatseekers chart
It sold 2,400 copies in its debut week
“My Church” reached number five on the Hot Country Songs chart
It was certified Gold by the RIAA
With the success of “My Church”, Maren Morris released her major label studio album on June 3, 2016
The week she started a tour with Keith Urban
The album debuted and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 chart
And number one on the Top Country Albums chart
Her debut single from the project, “My Church”, hit number one on the Country Digital Songs chart in 2016
It reached the top five on the US Hot Country Songs chart
Hero earned Maren Morris four Grammy Award nominations at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards
The album was nominated for Best Country Album
“My Church” won Best Country Solo Performance
And it was nominated for Best Country Song
Maren Morris was also nominated for the all-genre honor of Best New Artist
But lost to Chance The Rapper
She was honored at Billboard Women in Music 2016 with the Breakthrough Star Award
She received the Breakthrough Artist Award at Music Biz 2017
Maren Morris embarked on the Hero Tour in 2017, in support of her album
She joined Sam Hunt for his 15 in a 30 Tour later that year
A deluxe edition of Hero was released in March 2017
Featuring the songs “Bummin’ Cigarettes,” “Space” and “Company You Keep.”
In response to the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, Maren Morris released Dear Hate
A song she had written and recorded with Vince Gill
With all proceeds from the track going to the Music City Cares Fund
She provided vocals on the song “Craving You” with Thomas Rhett in 2017
Maren Morris was also featured on Niall Horan’s song “Seeing Blind”, released in October 2017
She later opened for Horan on his 2018 Flicker World Tour
She collaborated with Zedd and Grey on “The Middle”
It was released in January 2018
That single, which combined elements of country, pop, and electronic dance music, reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100
On October 5, 2018, Maren Morris appeared as a special guest during Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour in Arlington, Texas
She performed “The Middle” with Swift
In January 2019 Maren Morris released the lead single “Girl” from her upcoming second major label studio album of the same name
And simultaneously announced a worldwide concert, GIRL: The World Tour
To support the album which is due March 8, 2019
The tour is scheduled to start March 9, 2019 in Chicago
And conclude August 23, 2019 in Canberra, Australia
In March, it was announced that Maren Morris would be forming a supergroup with Brandi Carlile and Amanda Shires called the Highwomen
With the fourth slot being filled by a rotating line-up of guests
Such as Sheryl Crow, Chely Wright, Margo Price and Courtney Marie Andrews
A social media post by Shires’ husband Jason Isbell hinted that the group had already begun recording with producer Dave Cobb
In December 2015, Maren Morris began dating fellow country singer Ryan Hurd
Whom she had first met in a co- write in 2013
They became engaged in July 2017
The two were married on March 24, 2018
They were married in Nashville, Tennessee