Kortney Wilson

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kortney Wilson

| image =

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Kortney Galerno

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|8|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Ontario, Canada

| alias = Kortney Kayle

| origin =

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer, Realtor, HGTV Star

| years_active = 2001–present

| label = Lyric Street

| associated_acts = The Wilsons

| website = {{official website|http://www.kortneyanddave.com}}

}}

Kortney Wilson (born February 8, 1979, as Kortney Galerno)[http://thewilsonsofficial.com/index.htm?inc=5&news_id=17402 Meet the Wilsons: CMT reality stars] is a Canadian actress, country music singer, real estate professional, designer, and television presenter, best known as cohost with her former husband Dave Wilson of home renovation programming for HGTV Canada.{{cite news |title=Renovating and decorating with HGTV's Kortney and Dave Wilson|url=https://live.washingtonpost.com/home-front-20170914.html |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}

Background

She was born in Windsor, Ontario,[https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9187326-former-kitchener-resident-and-reality-tv-star-kortney-wilson-and-her-husband-dave-promoting-their-new-book/ "Former Kitchener resident and reality TV star Kortney Wilson and her husband Dave promoting their new book"]. Waterloo Region Record, February 21, 2019. and spent her childhood in Sudbury[https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/former-sudbury-resident-now-a-tv-star-and-author "Former Sudbury resident now a TV star and author"]. Sudbury Star, March 28, 2019. before her family moved to Kitchener when she was 13.

Musical career

As a youth in 1994, she was performing as Annie with Royal City Musical Productions in Guelph.Harry Currie, "Royal City's Annie offers fine ensemble acting". Waterloo Region Record, November 25, 1994, pg. E.9. By 1998 she had signed a management deal with Scream Marketing and Christy DiNapoli, a publishing deal with Scream Music Publishing in Nashville,[https://web.archive.org/web/20071221095300/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/atkinson/23/id408.htm Kortney Kayle (herself)] and was working with Reba McEntire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/transcripts/1998/tb0613.htm|title = ARCHIVED - Transcript - London, ON - 1998/06/13}} In 2001, she issued two singles as Kortney Kayle on Lyric Street Records, but her debut album never materialized.{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Ted |title=Meet the Wilsons: CMT reality stars |url=http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Meet+Wilsons+reality+stars/2015924/story.html |work=Canwest News Service |accessdate=2009-11-19}} By October 2001, she had left the label.{{Cite news |last=Stark |first=Phyllis |date=October 27, 2001 |title=Nashville Scene: On the Row |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=Kortney+Kayle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ28PklKeIAxUHkO4BHZAIJ-s4KBDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Kortney%20Kayle&f=false |access-date=September 3, 2024 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=37 |volume=113 |issue=43 |issn=0006-2510}}

Her highest charting single was "Unbroken by You", which reached No. 50 in 2001. She also recorded with Dave as a duo.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/06/17/masters-of-flip-duo-partners-on-tv-and-in-life.html|title=Masters of Flip duo partners on TV and in life|website=Toronto Star|date=17 June 2016|accessdate=August 1, 2018|last1=Delap|first1=Leanne}}

In 2001, Kortney Wilson also made several appearances on the soap opera, One Life to Live. She co-wrote Ryan Tyler's 2003 single "Run, Run, Run", which was also released by Krysta Scoggins.[https://www.proquest.com/docview/1797463559 "Masters of Flip duo dishes on their dynamic teamwork"]. Toronto Star Delap, Leanne. Jun 17, 2016 Page: E.1

Kortney Wilson was also signed to Open Road Recordings with Dave Wilson as The Wilsons. Dave had also recorded for Lyric Street.{{cite web| url = http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=9598cc9e-517e-4036-9367-d8fa48a3a3bc&sponsor=| title = Canada.Com {{!}} Homepage {{!}} Canada.Com}} They later lost their recording deal and turned to other jobs and eventually to renovating and flipping houses in Nashville.

Music videos by The Wilsons years earlier, including Marry Me Again, Stick Together and Mine All Mine, continued to air on YouTube as of August 2018.{{cite AV media |date=July 23, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksyc0BEGpdo |title=Kortney & Dave - Marry Me Again |publisher=KortneyandDave |via=YouTube |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117103846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksyc0BEGpdo |archive-date=January 17, 2015 |url-status=live}} Another music video featuring Kortney Wilson in 2001, under the stage name Kortney Kayle, titled Something To Cry About (Unreleased Song), was also still airing on YouTube.{{cite AV media |date=April 30, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rvFekVjFo |title=Kortney Kayle - Something To Cry About (Unreleased Song) 2/11 |publisher=CountryStar |via=YouTube |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829105448/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rvFekVjFo&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |url-status=live}}

Subsequent career

In 2006, Kortney and Dave Wilson did some cosmetic renovations on a home and sold it, at a $30,000 profit. The couple realized they could earn additional money by flipping other houses, initially part-time while continuing in music and other part time work. Eventually, this would become a full time business and later, the basis for their HGTV television programs.{{cite web|url=https://www.hgtv.com/design-blog/shows/11-things-to-know-about-dave-and-kortney-wilson|title=11 Things to Know About Dave and Kortney Wilson|publisher= HGTV|accessdate=August 1, 2018}} In 2008, Kortney Wilson got her real estate licence and she also took over the design aspects of the homes they were renovating. In the next year, the Wilson family began to star in the CMT Canada reality series Meet the Wilsons about trying to juggle a family (two children at that time) while pursuing music careers.

{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20090917/281925949053562|title=Meet the Wilsons|publisher= Windsor Star|accessdate=August 1, 2018}}

In 2015, they began working on their new series about buying, renovating and flipping houses, Masters of Flip, originally on the W Network."Canadian country musicians look to real estate". Telegraph-Journal, May 8, 2015.[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/how-a-canadian-couple-discovered-the-american-dream-in-nashville "How a Canadian couple discovered the American dream in Nashville"]. National Post, Jon Dekel, May 26, 2015 As of mid-2018, the series was running on HGTV in the US and Canada but also aired in numerous other countries.{{cite web |title=Masters of Flip stars headline Edmonton Fall Home Show |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/life/homes/wilsons-on-the-way-masters-of-flip-stars-headline-edmonton-fall-home-show|work=Edmonton Journal |accessdate=August 1, 2018}} In May 2018, HGTV also began airing another reno/flip series with the Wilsons, Music City Fix; in the ten episodes, the couple renovated a "crumbling Craftsman bungalow" in historic East Nashville, Tennessee, while striving to retain as much of the original character as possible.{{cite web |title=HGTV launches another Nashville show: 'Music City Fix'|url=https://www.acrestate.com/blog/hgtv-launches-another-nashville-show-music-city-fix/|work=Acre Benchmark |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}{{cite web |title=HGTV 'Music City Fix'|url=https://www.hgtv.com/shows/music-city-fix/episodes/off-the-rails |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}

Masters of Flip ended after its fourth season, with the couple moving on to produce and host the new HGTV series Making it Home with Kortney and Dave.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2020/01/20/preview-kortney-and-dave-pay-it-forward-in-making-it-home/ "Preview: Kortney and Dave pay it forward in Making it Home"]. TV, eh?, January 20, 2020. After the Wilsons' divorce, Dave Wilson left the show, which continued with Kenny Brain replacing Dave as the contractor.

Personal life

Kortney Wilson has joint Canadian/American citizenship.{{cite web|title=10 Fascinating Facts About Masters of Flip's Kortney and David Wilson|date=8 October 2016|url=https://www.popsugar.com/home/Facts-About-Masters-Flip-Kortney-David-Wilson-42513235|accessdate=1 August 2018}}

Kortney Wilson was born in Windsor, Ontario, but grew up in Sudbury, Ontario{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1285926-canadian-country-musicians-hammer-out-a-new-tune|title=Canadian country musicians hammer out a new tune|accessdate=August 1, 2018}} and then in Ayr, Ontario, Canada, before moving to Nashville at age 18. She was with Dave Wilson for 18 years and married for 14 of those. The couple first met when Dave (originally from Ottawa, Ontario) was working in England as part of a band, but was in Nashville on a writing vacation; he did not return to London after meeting Kortney.{{cite news|last=Dekel|first=John|title=How a Canadian couple discovered the American dream in Nashville|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/how-a-canadian-couple-discovered-the-american-dream-in-nashville|work=Postmedia|date=26 May 2015|accessdate=August 1, 2018}} The couple announced on December 20, 2019, that they are separating and will divorce. They have two biological children, Jett and Sully and an adopted daughter, Lennox Esmee. In July 2021, Wilson introduced her Instagram followers to her boyfriend, Ryan and has continued to share relationship photos.{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Kortney|date=2021|title=Kortney Ryan Insta|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHFU3BFdJK/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Kortney|date=2021|title=Kortney and Ryan relationship August|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CS0G6TTp-cq/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.instagram.com}}

In October 2021, Scoop Nashville reported that Wilson's 17-year old son, Jett filed for emancipation so he could pursue his career as a day-trader. He cited he was miserable living with his mother and was aided in his court filing by his father.{{cite tweet |author=Scoop: Nashville |user=scoopnash |number=1448488094609645569 |date=October 13, 2021 |title=#SCOOP: the 17-year-old son of famed @KortneyWilson has filed (via his father) to be emancipated, so he can be a full-time day trader. The lawsuit details 'miserable' conditions while living at the home of his mother, citing it caused his depression https://t.co/ZuOHNRKLX1 |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027153514/https://twitter.com/scoopnash/status/1448488094609645569 |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |url-status=live}} Jett confirmed this report on his personal Instagram account.{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Jett|title=Jett Wilson Emancipation|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVJtIy0ATxO/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.instagram.com}}

Discography

= Scrapped album =

{{Infobox album

| italic_title = no

| name = No Turning Back

| type = studio

| longtype = (cancelled)

| artist = Kortney Kayle

| cover = Kortney Kayle album.jpg

| released = Cancelled

| genre = Country

| label = Lyric Street

| producer = {{hlist|David Malloy|Mark Bright}}

| misc = {{Singles

| name = No Turning Back

| type = studio

| single1 = Don't Let Me Down

| single1date = February 20, 2001{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=70|date=February 16, 2001|issue=1389}}

| single2 = Unbroken by You

| single2date = May 7, 2001{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=118|date=May 4, 2001|issue=1400}}

}}

Wilson, while under the name Kortney Kayle, began work on her debut studio album titled No Turning Back in late 1999 with producer David Malloy and extra production by Mark Bright.{{Cite news |last=Verna |first=Paul |date=October 2, 1999 |title=Pro Audio: Audio Track |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=Kortney+Kayle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuxO3fk6eIAxVPLEQIHSqiGLAQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=Kortney%20Kayle&f=false |access-date=September 3, 2024 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=49 |via=Google Books |volume=111 |issue=40 |issn=0006-2510}} According to Wilson, she wanted the album to be quite energetic and garner attention.{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |last2=Stark |first2=Phyllis |date=March 3, 2001 |title=Young Country Artists Blossom and Boom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70&dq=Kortney+Kayle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYkbSolaeIAxXdLUQIHQM1A7c4PBDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=Kortney%20Kayle&f=false |access-date=September 3, 2024 |work=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=70 |via=Google Books |volume=113 |issue=9 |issn=0006-2510}} While it was scheduled for release on August 28, 2001,{{Cite news |last=Havens |first=Candace |date=July 8, 2001 |title=Metcalfe spins his wheels; OLTL courts country |work=The Victoria Advocate |page=5-F}} it was cancelled altogether following the commercial failure of its singles and Wilson's departure from Lyric Street.

== Singles ==

"Don't Let Me Down" was released on February 20, 2001. It debuted and peaked at number 60 on the US Hot Country Songs chart the week of March 24, 2001. "Unbroken by You" was the second and final single, released on May 7, 2001. It debuted at number 53 on June 9, 2001, and rose to a mini-scule peak of number 50.

== Track listing ==

{{Track listing

| headline = No Turning Back track listing{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16616664-Kortney-Kayle-No-Turning-Back|title=Kourtney Kayle – No Turning Back (CDr, Advance, Album, Promo)|website=Discogs|access-date=September 3, 2024}}

| extra_column = Producer

| title1 = Unbroken by You

| length1 = 2:46

| writer1 = {{hlist|Gary Burr|Jack Blades|Trey Bruce}}

| extra1 = David Malloy

| title2 = Something to Cry About

| length2 = 3:26

| writer2 = {{hlist|Phillip White|Rachel Proctor}}

| extra2 = Mark Bright

| title3 = You Got My Love

| length3 = 3:29

| writer3 = {{hlist|Bob Regan|Tom Shapiro}}

| extra3 = Mark Bright

| title4 = I Say Hello

| length4 = 3:48

| writer4 = {{hlist|David Malloy|Tim Johnson}}

| extra4 = David Malloy

| title5 = Yeah, Right

| title6 = Jump

| length6 = 3:35

| writer6 = {{hlist|Kortney Kayle|Connie Harrington|Shaye Smith}}

| extra6 = Mark Bright

| title7 = Soul Mates

| title8 = Not This Girl

| title9 = Don't Let Me Down

| length9 = 3:29

| writer9 = {{hlist|Lonnie Wilson|Zack Turner}}

| extra9 = Mark Bright

| title10 = Love Invented Us

| title11 = Dancing with Angels

}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"\| Single ! colspan="1"\| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"\| US Country
rowspan="2"\| 2001 ! scope="row"\| "Don't Let Me Down" \| 60 \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| No Turning Back (unreleased; as Kortney Kayle)
scope="row"\| "Unbroken by You" \| 50

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Single

! colspan="1"| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

rowspan="2"| 2001

! scope="row"| "Don't Let Me Down"

| 60

| align="left" rowspan="2"| No Turning Back
(unreleased; as Kortney Kayle)

scope="row"| "Unbroken by You"